Example sentences of "[noun] up with a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The S3 graphics co-processor and its associated chipset is justly acknowledged to be more than useful for speeding up Windows graphics , offloading much of the graphics work from the CPU as it does , and the speed up with a variety of tasks under Windows and applications is very noticeable .
2 Two completely trivial points must be mentioned as they may bring readers up with a start : in the first movement of the Sibelius symphony at 3′17″ ( bar 40 ) , the third trombone plays E sharp instead of E natural , and in the first movement of the Shostakovich ( track 7 , 7′19″ , six bars after fig. 16 ) the bassoon plays a G natural instead of a flat .
3 ‘ She should shack up with a man , then , like the other women writers do , ’ McIllvanney said nastily and , when I did not respond , he jabbed a finger at me .
4 This last great problem features an unprotected crux 30 feet up with a landing that would keep the local casualty department busy for some considerable time .
5 It was left to Bray to wrap things up with a penalty flick , her eighth league goal of the season , after Dixon 's storming run was impeded .
6 Then the sky lights up with a devil lightning prong that turns the whole countryside into a photo negative .
7 On the other hand Mrs. T. quite clearly sought in all other respects to bring Miss T. up with a view to her becoming a Jehovah 's Witness .
8 Hold up a finger at arm's-length , close one eye , and line your finger up with a picture or some other convenient object some way away .
9 He found another Brahmin cultivating half an acre of land which Ragu had laid claim to and beat the man up with a stick , causing arm fracture , hospitalization and a court case .
10 Well in really warm weather a T-shirt and shorts may be enough but as it gets colder so you need to add layers of sweaters , trousers and top the whole thing up with a wind and waterproof spray suit but all that can make you a little clumsy , so the answer for most British sailors is a wetsuit like the ones that you and Suzanne are wearing .
11 Gordon Armstrong put lowly Sunderland a goal up with a header in the nineteenth minute , but ten minutes later , an Ian Rush header put Liverpool level ; his twenty first goal of the season .
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