Example sentences of "[verb] up from a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 They built up from a working
2 Philip Swallow finds the VC 's memorandum , its envelope still unopened , at the bottom of his In-tray , trapped between the pages of a brochure for Bargain Winter Breaks in Belgium which he had picked up from a local travel agency some weeks ago .
3 Peter woke up from a violent dream that was to change everything .
4 It is reasonable to suppose that a sense of what is usual or unusual or noticeable in language is built up from a lifelong experience of linguistic use , so that we are able to affirm with reasonable confidence and without resort to a pocket calculator ( to take a simple case already mentioned ) that Hemingway favours short sentences .
5 From the small paved area near the house a path leads down one side of the garden , giving access to the rotary drier and flanking the small lawn that is built up from a strong flowing curve , this helping to lead the eye away from those rectangular boundaries .
6 The claim is that these rules can be built up from a simple base .
7 A feeling of belonging to a community , or as it has been described here , of citizenship , is built up from a whole range of social , economic and psychological components .
8 Thus the expenditure needs are built up from a whole series of estimates , referring to the many components of Local Government expenditure .
9 Those with a knowledge of simple trigonometry will recognise that oscillation in any other direction perpendicular to z , say in the direction x , could be made up from a component proportional to cos u in the direction x and a component proportional to sin u in the direction y .
10 For example , the genetic material is made up from a complex molecule known as DNA ( deoxyribonucleic acid ) .
11 I I simply , I simply want er er a direct message from from the programme which is going on Chairman incidentally I I note that Nottinghamshire County Council erm has found a a and the Labour group there has found it necessary to tackle just the same problems erm in elderly persons homes and that I understand that they have a a closure list of seven , now presumably that has been drawn up from a long list of a lot more than seven , say fourteen or fifteen from which they 've made their final choice .
12 Dot was n't allowed into Mrs Parvis 's kitchen except at the regulation meal-times and she was n't sure about how food was prepared , but she was pretty certain that when Mrs Parvis cooked what was called a nice egg-dish , it was made from an orange coloured powder spooned up from a deep cylindrical tin .
13 A double stairway led up from a dusty hallway past walls of hieroglyphics and adolescent gods , set between huge mirrors advertising an Italian cognac popular in the 1920s .
14 Spain 's 35% growth has been fuelled by its catching up from a low base , government investment policies , especially in the workstation arena .
15 In 1963 Takayanagi proposed models for polymers containing separate phases and carried out experimental studies on composites made up from a hard polymer and a soft rubber .
16 I immediately asked Dennis if he was OK , and pointed out that I thought that the ball had jumped up from a good length .
17 In these hot summer months prudent Japanese girls suppress the potential faux pas of erect nipples that could spring up from a cool blast of the air-conditioner by sticking on a handy pair of ‘ Nipples ’ .
18 GRAMPIAN 'S campaign to win access to greater European funding will move up from a fast trot to canter , now that the Highlands and Islands look to have won their case , said regional convener Bob Middleton yesterday , writes Peter Jones .
19 Now she thought ‘ Mother ’ deliberately , summoning up from a deep centre the bossy voice which had haunted her and with it a sweet softness , older still and loving .
20 Clear fresh water bubbled up from a pebble-filled pool , overhung by rocks .
21 But there are two other prices where you can sell up from a full page and that 's that pre a premium slot like you see there and the chemist there will have paid twelve hundred pound .
22 Now I was about to meet him again , it was as if I had suddenly woken up from a syrupy dream .
23 Have you ever woken up from a full night 's sleep still exhausted ?
24 Rose looked up from a Naseby-dominated desk as Mr Multhrop speedily opened the door and almost pushed the sergeant in .
25 A colonic mucosal biopsy obtained at endoscopic follow up from a non-inflammatory bowel disease patient with a colonic polyp was also positive for M paratuberculosis .
26 He heats each portion in a bowl of hot water kept topped up from a boiling kettle before making the wax balls , the names tightly sealed inside .
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