Example sentences of "[verb] up [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Creating your own designs on the screen does not actually involve any drawing because it is done by plotting a series of points or co-ordinates , which the computer automatically joins up to form a two dimensional shape it is a bit like joining the dots in a dot to dot picture , except that you have to decide where the dots will go and the computer does the joining up ! |
| 2 | Babies born several weeks prematurely grow up to have a lower IQ on average by the ages of seven to 10 than children born at full term , according to research reported yesterday . |
| 3 | It 's possible to spend the entire night enjoying oneself and ending up having a good Copenhagen breakfast of meat and cheese , yoghurt and wienerbrød … ’ |
| 4 | Within the quantitative framework , the instances of each variant are usually simply added up to produce a gross sum . |
| 5 | Long grains usually cook up to give a dry , fluffy dish , whereas the shorter grains cook wet or sticky and have a tendency to cling together . |
| 6 | All this adds up to make a strong , well constructed tent . |
| 7 | Small things build up to give a positive lasting impression and provide the main opportunity to enhance the reputation of the company — in this every employee has a role to play . |
| 8 | The floaty , translucent , viscose jacket costs £195 ; the gathered skirt , with its lycra waistband which can be rolled up to form a strapless dress , is £169 , and the long overtop costs £105 . |
| 9 | Ember moved with an ease that soon took him out of sight among the frost-clawed rocks and left her panting , furious with him but unable to catch up to say a single one of the angry remarks cartwheeling through her mind . |
| 10 | When you have picked up stitches , for example to knit on a neckband , or when picking up to make a sideways knitted front band , if the edge is a bit rough it is a very good idea to bring the needles holding the picked up edges or stitches out to E position before knitting across with the side levers at 0 . |
| 11 | About ten days after the Club dance , my mother and father and I , and Anne and her parents drove up to spend a few days in the Rest House at Kota Belud , a beauty spot on the upper slopes of Kinabalu . |
| 12 | Fancy teaming up to shoot a few goals in a dynamic , fast growing team sport ? |
| 13 | The voice startled him and he spun round , looking up to see a young woman standing there . |
| 14 | But you go to the middle of nowhere and Nicky would look up to see a black cloud on the horizon and ask what it was . |
| 15 | In the house example , we can choose the order in which we see the parts of the building but we surely can not see occluded portions , and we surely can not look up to see a thatched roof — because that 's the kind of roof we want to see — when the roof is tiled . |
| 16 | But despite their superstar status , the band refuse to change their lifestyle and have snubbed the showbiz establishment — turning up to collect a recent award in their pyjamas . |
| 17 | Even worse , opponents ' wives are turning up to keep a beady eye on proceedings . |
| 18 | It is proposed that the programme of implementation should be drawn up following a consultative exercise involving all colleges . |
| 19 | It has been drawn up following a widespread survey in the towns of Chelmsford , Southend and Colchester . |
| 20 | Stephen 's big break came in 1984 when a young Manchester band by the name of The Smiths turned up to record a single , Heaven Knows I 'm Miserable Now . |
| 21 | Nearly 700 BP employees involved in the KG Ethylene Project turned up to enjoy a delicious grill and tasty menu specially prepared for the event . |
| 22 | So many mourners turned up to say a final goodbye to nurse , Sharon Hill , that some had to stand outside Gloucester crematorium for the service . |
| 23 | When she recently appeared at a New York department store to promote a scent , over 5,000 people turned up to catch a precious glimpse of her in the flesh . |
| 24 | When putting the ring together I alternate the segments marked face up then plain face up to create a balanced pattern . |
| 25 | Only five events qualify for inclusion in this study — four individual eruptions , and a series of three closely spaced events in 1902 which together add up to produce a large dust veil . |
| 26 | The parallelism may be less transparent : in 22 foot and scrutinise have a parallel relation to bill , and in 23 foot and add up have a parallel relation to bill . |
| 27 | I must say it 's pretty funny that a chap like him ends up playing a Jesuit priest having doctrinal disputes in the rain forest . |
| 28 | Just ten or fifteen minutes of it now would see him right , a short trip out through the islets and mudbanks where you could let the boat drift , lean over the stern and watch the inner life of the dirty green water , the shreds of seaweed and small branches and other shapes that sometimes proved to be alive , or focus on the surface , a depthless sheet of scum on which the pearly light shimmered in continual shifting patterns , or even look up to see a huge modern building , several storeys high , going for a stroll along a neighbouring island , the superstructure of a freighter putting out to sea along the deep-water channel … |
| 29 | A priest tells the story of a boy he rescued from poverty who grows up to become a revolutionary leader . |
| 30 | I only ever wanted him to grow up to become a pro-ball player . |