Example sentences of "[verb] up [art] [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | And he 's hoping to brew up a shock for his old mates tonight . |
| 2 | ‘ There was no conception of opening up a capacity for you to do things for yourself . |
| 3 | The abrupt cut can be softened by a lap dissolve , originally done by gradually closing down the iris on the lens ( a fade-out ) , winding back the film and then opening up the iris for the same length of time and film ( a fade-in ) . |
| 4 | Moreover , the obvious success of MDC in opening up the docklands for mass market consumption has also effectively restrained local opposition . |
| 5 | She flashed him her most sacharine-sweet and blatantly insincere smile , mentally notching up a point for herself when irritation tightened his lips . |
| 6 | The entire ZTT organisation drew up a blueprint for world domination which was a product of the desire to change the pop star syndrome . |
| 7 | In 1956 Britain drew up a scheme for a free trade area of OEEC states , but it was not put forward until November and by then the work of the Six , to British surprise , had progressed well . |
| 8 | On July 4 the government drew up a budget for 1991 which was described officially as designed to curb inflation , reduce the budget deficit and maintain economic growth . |
| 9 | In August 1853 Britain , France , Austria and Prussia drew up a letter for despatch from the sultan to the tsar which gave Nicholas what he wanted . |
| 10 | Mr Browning drew up a chair for her , as nice as could be , and sat down himself . |
| 11 | Marshall drew up a chair for her . |
| 12 | He drew up a chair for Wycliffe and sat down himself . |
| 13 | The CCC also drew up a questionnaire for teachers in charge of subjects/heads of departments/heads of faculty to be completed in collaboration with other staff . |
| 14 | Some stories say the scribe who drew up the document for the Queen Regent was a Madeiran and that he deliberately forgot to include Madeira . |
| 15 | They ran the most influential party journals , drew up the agenda for party conferences and congresses , and spearheaded the internecine struggle in which the parties were involved . |
| 16 | Indeed those who drew up the blue-print for the Common Market in the 1956 Spaak Report sought to make available to Europeans those advantages so long enjoyed by US manufacturers in the USA 's single market . |
| 17 | The King of Prussia kept up a desperate defensive campaign against his other main enemies , Austria and Russia ; Britain contributed to this struggle not only by keeping up the army for the defence of Hanover and western Germany but also by supplying money , first as loans and then about £3m. in grants , to keep the Prussian army going . |
| 18 | The conservatism of central and local government bureaucracy is only likely to be overcome if there is a strong , independent political movement keeping up the pressure for the legislation to be made meaningful . |
| 19 | She wore a pale blue suit , skirt slit up the thigh for combat , and a white blouse . |
| 20 | When you have researched a ley , by map , field and archive , you are then in a position to write up the material for possible publication in a magazine such as The Ley Hunter . |
| 21 | A good technique is to have a flip chart or white board , divide it with a line down the middle and ask someone to write up the arguments for and against . |
| 22 | From here you depart at 5.30pm and head up the Moselle for overnight mooring at Aiken a delightful wine village overlooked by the Thurant Castle . |
| 23 | He fixed up a holiday for himself and Fergie in St Tropez . |
| 24 | The study , produced for the Standing Conference on Drug Abuse and Alcohol Concern , indicates SSDs must catch up if they are to assess misusers and stump up the cash for community care . |
| 25 | He quickly built up a reputation for his dry wit . |
| 26 | I had looked up the directions for the Pan-Am Highway at the hotel . |
| 27 | I thought , I du n no picked up a guarantee for twenty quid . |
| 28 | His reputation as a hard man — he had picked up a conviction for GBH — had won him work on the bouncer circuit and the title ‘ King of the Bouncers ’ . |
| 29 | Now , in addition to that , and I do n't know if this is the source of the confusion , we 've also made provision in the ninety four five budget for another er camera site operation , except that it 's a lower figure because that does n't actually include the camera because we made it clear that as a result of the decision last time here we did n't want to create a , a permanent precedent that this committee always picked up the bill for the camera . |
| 30 | Mona , who had her daughter Soraya and a nanny with her , also picked up the tab for expensive dinners at trendy restaurants . |