Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] up [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Acrylix brushes helped me to make broad , glazing strokes , slowly building up a depth of colour . |
| 2 | Van Dijk has analysed the language of racism , thereby building up a picture of modern ideology which pays particular attention to the way that elite messages can be transformed into ordinary discourse ( van Dijk , 1985b , 1987 ) . |
| 3 | Also , the turnaround found in bars 13–16 is a little tricky so , if you have any problems , break it down into small parts and practise it slowly , only building up the speed when you 're feeling more comfortable . |
| 4 | In compulsory competitive tendering the Government are merely bringing up the rear and ensuring that local authorities that have not yet taken advantage of those techniques are brought up to the level of the best . |
| 5 | I remember the disgraceful way she allowed you to be neglected when you had flu , only bringing up a water biscuit or two when she deigned to climb the stairs ! |
| 6 | Although the rules only allow the purchase of one new free-standing AVC policy a year , it is possible to purchase a different policy every year , so building up a spread of investments . |
| 7 | The most likely answer is that the Candida lowers the blood sugar , by constantly using up the sugar supplied in food , producing a type of hypoglycaemia ( see p 130 ) . |
| 8 | They were just two friends , enjoying the cool evening air , perhaps walking up a thirst before repairing to a beer hall . |
| 9 | These operate as discursive resources to be drawn upon and articulated in different combinations in particular contexts , thus constantly opening up the possibility of tension , inconsistency and contradiction within and between sites . |
| 10 | After dinner we would gossip , play cards or perhaps walk along the Dee , idly picking up a piece of driftwood here and there along the way . |
| 11 | In the hope of perhaps pushing up the timber and the fruit and veg . |
| 12 | Richardson was extraordinarly charismatic , dressed in very tight trousers and thigh-length boots — which may have had something to do with my infatuation — and he characterised Richard as a man of great vanity , constantly picking up a mirror and checking himself in it . |
| 13 | Constantly turning up the pressure on suppliers to do even better makes doing business with carmakers tough ( see box ) . |
| 14 | Claiming that it is merely cleaning up a technicality , the government , in clause 50 of the current finance bill , is cheerily trying to rewrite the law , retroactively , five years after the event . |
| 15 | ‘ Oh , only cleaning up the printer , ’ I replied . |
| 16 | Mr Duckett says : ‘ However poor the local infrastructure , with VSAT you can lay in the communications by literally packaging up the dish , putting it on a lorry and sending it to the site . |
| 17 | I was used to suddenly closing up the shop anyway . |
| 18 | ‘ But you are kinda running up a backlog in my favour account . ’ |
| 19 | More orthodox critics feared that he was only stoking up a consumer boom which would reap the whirlwind in a vast price inflation . |
| 20 | This has two properties together making up a property complex ; each property is applied to the immediately adjacent subject of the sentence . |
| 21 | The alternative version has the same two properties together making up a property complex that is applied to the immediately adjacent subject of the sentence ; moreover in both cases the complex as a whole is assigned syntactically to the subject E ; the sole difference is in the matter of which property is taken as " senior " to the other within the bounds of the complex , as in ( 63 ) , and in such a case this will produce an infinitesimal semantic difference : ( 63 ) However this sort of syntactic trading is only possible where the language contains suitable lexical items ; it must have an adverb and verb with the appropriate meanings ; thus , in the absence of an adverb equivalent to after a change and a verb meaning to be orange , for instance , English can not offer such an alternative for ( 64 ) : ( 64 ) in spring , their skin turns orange 5.8 The range of verbs which can occur with postverbal adjectives is in fact quite wide . |
| 22 | Unfortunately for those of a nervous DOSposition ( rotten pun , I know ) the FastLynx package has no install utility , so setting up the device drivers to enable what amounts to a two machine network involves rolling up the sleeves and getting stuck into editing a file or two . |
| 23 | therefore it is quite important to grasp at this stage that moving the lace carriage to transfer stitches is only setting up the pattern of holes that will next be knitted in by the main carriage . |
| 24 | He said : ‘ She appears when I am alone clearing up the bar . |
| 25 | We were soon building up the idea of productivity … |
| 26 | One relatively manageable task would be to use the computers currently employed to sort out lists and marks for item analyses of marks scored in individual questions , thus building up a profile of strengths and weaknesses in the subject analysed . |
| 27 | Q : Have you ever considered just hanging up the business ? |
| 28 | The BIOS and the PC must be capable of shadowing — that is copying the contents of slow ROM , such as the BIOS or VGA BIOS , into faster RAM , thus speeding up the system . |
| 29 | Well , in that we 're , I 'm just , I 'm just bringing up a point that yes he , he , it seems that he could well say something like well , the cow herder or the shepherd down the road has got as much of the right as anybody else . |
| 30 | ‘ How quick and how right you are ; we could deal very well together — you 'll find I am a generous lover , as long as you understand I 'm not walking up the aisle with you , or any other woman . ’ |