Example sentences of "[verb] up [art] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet revisionist work underlines the enormous difficulties that would have confronted even the most gifted of tsars in shoring up a rigidly conservative regime . |
| 2 | If the choice now is between shoring up a democratically bankrupt Westminster or standing up for the restoration of Scottish democracy , then I am for Scottish democracy . |
| 3 | He drew up a very elaborate Writer 's Guide to explain what he had in mind to the authors he planned to canvass for Doctor Who . |
| 4 | Meanwhile , the kitchen was being gutted and an architect friend drew up an entirely new conception for the space , involving limed Spanish oak , wrought-iron brackets ( many bought at David de Spenceley 's antiques salvage warehouse in Fulham ) and 300-watt pinpoints of light hidden in the ceiling . |
| 5 | Without legal connections and with little money , he judged that progress would be easier in the provinces and went to Manchester , where he built up a mainly civil practice until Sir David Napley , Jeremy Thorpe 's solicitor , happened to see him in action . |
| 6 | Given his background , he built up a very effective little unit , then he offered the whole thing to us after the Flying Doctor business . |
| 7 | He had just picked up a particularly attractive ring , when a girl 's voice said , ‘ That 's not for sale . ’ |
| 8 | one who pretends to have picked up an apparently valuable ( but actually worthless ) ring which he palms off on an unwary buyer . |
| 9 | Richie had picked up an almost invisible speck and said , ‘ I 'm just this tiny grain of sand . ’ |
| 10 | There are many repeating features in this book , and one such is Dickens ' amazing ability to conjure up the most absurd but believable characters . |
| 11 | Ponds of the southern and central tundra warm quickly once their ice has melted , and build up a moderately rich flora and fauna . |
| 12 | Street Scene is the climax of this quest , an opera that speaks with the accents of Broadway , but which holds up a typically critical and compassionate mirror to the face of his adopted city . |
| 13 | There is also the chance of picking up a not inconsiderable amount of loot . |
| 14 | ‘ Is this all you 're putting on the Christmas cake this year ? ’ asked Mark , picking up a rather battered-looking plaster Father Christmas . |
| 15 | If programmes aiming to pick up directly beamed contact' messages from other worlds are starved of funding , what possibility is there of anyone picking up the incredibly faint traces of extraterrestrial radio leakage ? |
| 16 | … Over the last ten years we 've built up a pretty good network . |
| 17 | Not just overseas where Save the Children has built up a well deserved reputation for its long term and disaster work — but here in Britain , too . |
| 18 | ‘ Again , being something so totally new and different , it took a while for people to fall in with it , ’ Shaun explained , ‘ but we 've built up a very strong client base in Doncaster and the district . |
| 19 | It is gratifying that the initial residents have built up a very happy family atmosphere , and have expressed their thanks to the Association for providing them with what they now regard as their home . |
| 20 | Apart from that , life had taught her to pry because sometimes doing so turned up the most surprising things . |
| 21 | It was reported on Jan. 8 that former federal judge Frederick B. Lacy , the court-appointed independent administrator assigned to clean up the notoriously corrupt Teamsters union ( International Brotherhood of Teamsters , Chauffeurs , Warehousemen and Helpers of America ) , had banned one of the union 's vice-presidents , T. R. " Teddy " Cozza , for having knowingly associated with figures involved in organized crime . |
| 22 | In the modern period radical elite theorists have extended the argument to explain how a politically neutered Parliament , normally controlled by a majority party leadership , functions to disguise or dress up the constitutionally uncontrolled concentration of power within the executive branch in Britain . |
| 23 | ‘ Yes , we 've decided to do the chart together , ’ Belinda answered , looking up an impossibly long way to meet his blue gaze as she spoke . |
| 24 | Perhaps I should try to pick up a little extra at Macready 's tables . |
| 25 | ’ We 're about to pick up a very valuable thing . |
| 26 | It is impossible to guarantee that anyone you invited will turn up , so you could try to guard against wasting your time and money by sending courtesy cars to pick up the more important people . |
| 27 | Until a moment of madness by Bruce , the United stand-in captain , Alex Ferguson 's side appeared likely to open up the most significant lead in this topsy turvy title race . |
| 28 | They forced several corners and looked for the height of Simon White and Steve Harris to open up the sometimes nervous ‘ Mill defence . |
| 29 | However , herbs have always been used to pep up the more blandly-flavoured foods such as fish , vegetables and cereals . |
| 30 | They have done a little bit of redecorating , such as in the hallway where they put up a pretty floral paper with a wide matching border at dado level , and hung an original time recorder clock , made in Leeds and bought from an antique shop in Leigh-on-Sea . |