Example sentences of "[adv] [to-vb] up [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | USL 's DCE for Unix SVR4 will be an extension of Siemens ' reference work that the pair will collaborate on to tighten up the integration . |
| 2 | Having declared the new music to be — incomprehensible on the basis of traditional aesthetics ' , Nietzsche at once went on to sum up the task he saw before him : " the thing above all is to get beyond Lessing 's Laocoon " . |
| 3 | ‘ We had to call the police helicopter in to light up the area so we could see what we were doing . ’ |
| 4 | I remember one morning some friends of mine were fast asleep on the beach when a tractor drove along to rake up the sand . |
| 5 | It is easy enough to set up an objective which really consists of two contradictory objectives : that is to say that to reach one you have to move away from the other ( for example , lowering prices on premium goods , designing a family sports car , designing tyres that do not wear out ) . |
| 6 | They very kindly drop in shade cards and patterns for her and Mrs Critten has only to pick up the telephone and they are there to help . |
| 7 | Vendelin Gajdusek flicked one last look at her , leaving her with no idea whether he approved or disapproved , and , pausing only to pick up the dog 's lead , he went to the kitchen door with her . |
| 8 | Just as I was about ashore , I bent down to pick up the ball , getting a wet sleeve in the process . |
| 9 | Christina kneeled down to pick up the handle of a cup . |
| 10 | ‘ Thanks , Mister Tom , ’ and he bent down to pick up the book with the marmalade cat in it . |
| 11 | She reached down to pick up the sweater she had thrown on to her own oilskins . |
| 12 | He bent down to pick up the photograph which was what had fallen . |
| 13 | These days many people know that they should bend their knees when they bend down to pick up an object , but this is only half the story . |
| 14 | French plastic manufacturers and bottle suppliers have joined together to set up a recycling company , " Valorplast " , which intends to recycle around 1 billion plastic bottles by the year 1996 . |
| 15 | So with that call it coincidence , call it what you like but one of these low-loaders come in to pick up a caravan or something like . |
| 16 | ‘ I believe someone comes in to pick up the post from time to time . ’ |
| 17 | Yet the address was correct ; maybe there was a relative — a sister-in-law or another daughter perhaps — living there … but in that case the phone should still be working and there would be no need to arrange for someone else to come in to pick up the post . |
| 18 | They help with the provision of housing , food and employment and give continuing support with money , perhaps to set up a business , go on a visit to Pakistan or to cope with unforeseen disasters . |
| 19 | I 've been painting since I was old enough to pick up a brush . |
| 20 | Mr Popple unravelled some toilet-paper and threw it down to cover up the spider as it was thrown against the ceramic sides of the bowl . |
| 21 | To this it might be retorted that no-one linguistically advanced enough to look up a word in a dictionary could possibly require a definition of the word home . |
| 22 | Adorable 's favoured method of song construction is to start with a slow , dreamy melody and then accelerate to Warp Factor 11 with very loud , sharp and combative peals of guitar swooping in to rough up the tune and kick it momentarily off course , before Piotr grabs hold of the melody again . |
| 23 | Rivers only roll along to brighten up the landscape , and cattle graze only to give life to his drawings . |
| 24 | Sane enough to cover up a murder ! |
| 25 | Steve suggested drily , bending down to mop up the water at her feet . |
| 26 | The units are small enough to fill up the space almost as a liquid would fill it . |
| 27 | It 's that flippancy that makes the listeners love him ; three hours ’ broadcasting a day is usually enough to use up the excess , but he does n't work weekends . ’ |
| 28 | An agreement is needed , not merely to give up an amount of liberty , but to put it into the hands of some sovereign power . |
| 29 | One that seems to work well for many managers is merely to divide up the list into three types of activity : |
| 30 | Or , concentrated bleach can be diluted with cold water in the proportion one part bleach to ten parts water , to make it thin enough to draw up the needle into the syringe . |