Example sentences of "[verb] up [art] [noun] with " in BNC.
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| 1 | Convinced , and quite rightly , that nothing had or would come of Napoleon III 's attempts to drum up an alliance with Italy or Austria-Hungary , dismissing such a possibility as ‘ idle gossip ’ , the Prussian Chancellor prepared to spring his trap . |
| 2 | Rohan drew up a chair with gilded legs which looked altogether too fragile for his tall frame . |
| 3 | I drew up a form with these headings and time was calibrated in fifteen minute interval boxes which , by the use of a marking code , could also show five minute intervals . |
| 4 | Foods such as sugar , salt , spices , fat and alcohol can therefore aggravate a cellulite condition by cluttering up the system with additional waste matter that is poorly eliminated . |
| 5 | If you are careful and place all your subroutines at the end of the main program , you can display the main structure of the program without cluttering up the trace with the subroutines . |
| 6 | developed from Xerox research ( like just about everything else we take for granted in desktop publishing ) these are a method of providing user control over software without cluttering up the screen with text . |
| 7 | Why do n't you tie up a hobby with a purely personal risk like parachuting … |
| 8 | If you want to maintain a minimum temperature above 10°C , it may be economical to use a cheaper form of fuel to provide the bulk of the heat and top up the supply with electric heaters in very cold weather . |
| 9 | A two-year research project has produced what is called the home bus system , a set of standards for wiring up the home with coaxial cable . |
| 10 | After the break , though , the Welsh moved up a gear with the French slowing down by the equivalent amount . |
| 11 | I fixed up an interview with him . |
| 12 | They built up a friendship with the Scottish band , This Poison ! / ‘ It was really cold at their house . |
| 13 | I began the basic structure of the rose leaves in the bottom left of the picture and then built up the shape with the larger open roses , tucking the asparagus fern and gypsophila behind them , and finally put the buds into position . |
| 14 | In its geographical analysis , the DCS system also picked up a problem with a particular building . |
| 15 | But City have picked up a bit with a draw at Chelsea and a comfortable win against Crystal Palace , and with the suspended Morley replaced by Oldfield , who knows where the goal is , they will be confident today . |
| 16 | A radio ham called Tony and an ambulance driver who had just picked up a man with bandaged fingers who was suffering from exposure . |
| 17 | On the evening when he was to undergo the experience , unique for a Prime Minister of this century , of winding up a debate with the certain knowledge of defeat at the end of his speech , Tom Jones saw him in his room behind the Speaker 's chair . |
| 18 | We went into my room and sat down on the floor together , and dried each other 's tears ; then I began to laugh a bit , ruefully , because I suddenly imagined how we must look , a hulking great coloured man and a girl sitting snivelling in front of a gas-fire mopping up the tears with dozens of paper hankies . |
| 19 | After mopping up the mess-tin with a large piece of French bread that had accompanied the stew , I got to my feet and looked around the barn . |
| 20 | ‘ It can be hard when they die , because you build up a bond with them . |
| 21 | The T&L empire grew out of the merger in the 1920s of East End sugar refineries owned by Henry Tate and Abram Lyle , and expanded by fattening up the nation with calories . |
| 22 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Suppose you suddenly had that feeling — tawdry — while you were walking up the aisle with George Beador . |
| 24 | And if a strange person is walking up the driveway with intention of breaking in at least somebody may notice it . |
| 25 | It was ideal and saved people walking up the bank with heavy shopping , also it was handy for the post office ( which by the way , we have n't one on Albert Hill ) as it stopped at the end of Albert Road and was quite near to the post office on North Road and everyone welcomed that . |
| 26 | Cover one eye with your other hand and line up the pencil with the edge of a door . |
| 27 | Line up the children with one holding up the legs of the other . |
| 28 | To match the pattern , turn in the side of one width of fabric and line up the pattern with the width to which it will be joined . |
| 29 | He strode into the room and picking up the kettle with an old cloth he proceeded to make a pot of tea . |
| 30 | It may well be worth trying to gum up the joint with a mastic sealant or self-adhesive bitumastic flashing rather than going to all the trouble of dismantling the system : use the sealant on the joints even if you do dismantle and reassemble them . |