Example sentences of "[adj] [vb base] up a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This skirts the base of the pinnacled north ridge and reaches a ridge beyond , where the final stage of the ascent , of daunting aspect , requires a very steep scramble up a narrowing spire to its airy top . |
| 2 | Some take up a static life — the barnacles ; others swim in vast shoals — the krill which forms the food of whales . |
| 3 | tutorial programme , we talked last , last term er and I said that I 'd like to as soon as possible put up a complete programme of titles , it would be nice if we could have a little er what am I supposed to call them ? |
| 4 | As we have already seen , these make up a sizeable number of temporary workers and in the years since 1983 there has been a major expansion of special employment measures in Britain . |
| 5 | Docks , farms , animals , people , towns and villages all make up a complete railway system . |
| 6 | Above , an awkward shuffle up a short steep wall deposited us on a flat-topped summit of the lesser Drug , with only the choughs for company . |
| 7 | He 's had a blind put up a special blind that leads straight across the fanlight . |
| 8 | United put up a brave fight and a little more luck in the second half might have brought them a goal . |
| 9 | Four how many how many sixths make up a whole one ? |