Example sentences of "[verb] up [art] [noun] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As you know , Derek Jefferson is one of the sponsors of this week 's tournament and one of his ploys to drum up a bit more publicity is to arrange a tour of his factory . |
| 2 | This bridge , recently rebuilt and enlarged , was built in 1849 , thereby opening up the Estrada Monumental ( then just called the New Road ) past Reid 's Hotel and out to the west , through the present tourist zone . |
| 3 | THE GOVERNMENT and army drew up a secret 50-60 point peace plan in a bid to get the IRA to extend its Christmas ceasefire . |
| 4 | I had wept back in the office after Mr Charles had told me the Scharnhorst was steaming up the channel unchallenged . |
| 5 | I found this sweet little man who fixed up a non-reflex 35 for me slowed down the motor wind so it would n't make a sound fixed in a timer to take a shot every thirty seconds . |
| 6 | Oh they , they say it 's all controllable so that I 've , I 've answered , I have n't just let the Environmental Health wash over me I 've actually written back to them again , er I 'll be interested to see whether I get a letter back from them , but I phoned up the Council this morning and they 're rejecting on two grounds , one is to do with the highway and the sort of the traffic situation coming in there , although the , the authority , the Highway Department are n't objecting to it and the other one is erm , on local environmental issues I think you know that is , is unsuitably , unsuitable environmentally to the area well I can only say that I 'm grateful to the planning , to the planning offices for they 're going out on a limb if you like because I think they 're on thin ice erm and so long as the committee will , will back them up I mean I do n't know of what else I could of done as a person |
| 7 | I phoned up the bank this morning . |
| 8 | There 's the odd exception where I 've picked up a brand new one and it 's worked right away . |
| 9 | Alice had picked up a spoon ready to ladle out the stew on to a plate , but she paused and looked at her daughter hard as she said , ‘ You do n't know what it 's all about , do you ? |
| 10 | Another one to fall by the wayside with a 78 was Ray Floyd , who had picked up the US Open title Norman had let slip through his grasp a few weeks before . |
| 11 | Because that way it stays on if you do it the other way it 'll drop off it 's as simple as that , okay , cover the pad and as you spiral up the arm all you need to do is to cover about two thirds of what you 've just done before , just like a spiral , you find the bandages , the more you use those roller bandages of yours the worse they get to control because they lose their , you know , nice and stretchiness , so you just do , cover up the pad at the top , tie always on the top of the arm never underneath here . |
| 12 | Jumble up the shades cottage-garden style or choose a cool colour such as cream that will show up on dark wintry days . |
| 13 | always nought , and you just , so I line up the way that is , where am I ? |
| 14 | ‘ Or these , ’ she added , picking up a gossamer fine silk stocking and crumpling it into a weightless ball in her hand . |
| 15 | He still had not mastered the art of picking up a girl half his age who was not after his money , but he had found ways to avoid spending too much . |
| 16 | ‘ Pick them up , there 's a good boy , ’ said his Mum , picking up the cutting nearest to her , a half page of photos of houses for sale . |
| 17 | Picking up the story thirty years on , Peter Bogdanovich 's eagerly anticipated sequel to THE LAST PICTURE SHOW substitutes elegiac lament with a wry comedy of the trials and absurdities of disillusioned middle-age . |
| 18 | After all , British taxpayers are picking up the £60 million bill and we ought to be told a lot more about why it happened and why so much damage was caused . |
| 19 | GGT 's string of new business wins continued this week with the agency picking up the Cussons personal care account . |
| 20 | As you improve , start to bring the action into your everyday life , such as when bringing the milk out from the fridge or when picking up the post each morning . |
| 21 | We were just picking up the malai national programme . |
| 22 | BRITAIN 'S big banks stirred up a storm last night after threatening to charge customers for using their own money . |
| 23 | He says up the A one left at Catterick . |
| 24 | This was a special event in her life , a rare and wonderful thing , she was lapping up a comfort undreamed of in her daily existence . |
| 25 | When they found her , on an estate in Leominster , Hereford and Worcester , he spent another £68,000 — snapping up the house next door . |
| 26 | This involved looking up the ailments common to exotic animals in order to be prepared for any searching questions by the proprietor . |
| 27 | Jose-Maria Olazabal starts the defence of his title today in illustrious company , teeing off with Bernhard Langer and Mark Calcavecchia , looking to pick up a £55,000 first prize . |
| 28 | A growing trend in North America is for parents to pay a laundry service to pick up a bucket each day . |
| 29 | It is difficult to pick up a magazine these days and not see an article or item of news about the latest attack on some computer or other . |
| 30 | something just approaching from the south two thousand feet one zero one niner , and now turning eastbound er , via to pick up the M twenty five clockwise . |