Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] up [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many of the difficulties children get into as they begin to explore the immediate environment of their home happen because they do not know enough to realize what will occur if they , for example , put their hands in a rose bush or pick up a shining splinter of glass . |
| 2 | Or pick up a cheap one . |
| 3 | You might want to add to a set of chairs that you already possess , or make up a matching chair to one at home . |
| 4 | In fact , the Generalísimo 's unprecedented attentions to the visitor were no more , but also no less , than a lavish propaganda exercise designed as a show of political strength to conceal or shore up the underlying economic weakness and isolation of the regime . |
| 5 | Whether you 're eating out or buying a take-away , heating frozen meals from the supermarket or knocking up a fresh pasta and salad in the apartment , quality and variety are excellent . |
| 6 | The Association will provide past students with a chance to renew old friendships , make new contacts or build up a strong , useful network within the catering industry . |
| 7 | Establishing , operating or winding up a collective investment scheme , including acting as trustee of an authorised unit trust scheme . |
| 8 | He worked with scarcely a break to search out a new passage in the files , or to pick up the half-smoked end of his last cigarette from the ashtray , stub it out , light a new one , and put it down in its place . |
| 9 | Would a trust , for example to construct a public building or to set up a private monument , actually be enforced as such ? |
| 10 | Mrs Peysner hopes that the money will be used instead to improve day facilities for this group at other homes or to set up a mobile day unit . |
| 11 | It 's probably where the expression ‘ work like a dog ’ was born ; no wonder they shuffle under the shearing sheds and grab as much sleep as they can when they 're not clambering over sheep 's backs or kicking up the fine , red dust . |
| 12 | If the band spends a lot of money in the venue ( with a big stage extension , an early ‘ get-in ’ to the venue , playing very late , or running up an enormous catering bill ) , all of these costs are paid mainly by the artist . |
| 13 | This is another reason for you to maintain your own social life , or to build up a new network of friends , if necessary . |
| 14 | There 's two ways of doing that , dial them on nine nine nine or ring up the local police control , which for this area is at Newark . |
| 15 | He does n't run away , or hang out crosses or wreaths of parsley , or ring up the local press , he merely mentions it to his friends in passing , and gets on with his work . |
| 16 | It is not so obviously true where the intervention takes the form essentially of a decision to initiate a single direct action such as closing a particular valve or starting up a stand-by pump . |
| 17 | The booklet points out that age is never a reason for giving up an activity or taking up a new one . |
| 18 | The booklet points out that age is never a reason for giving up an activity or taking up a new one . |
| 19 | Voltage and current signals can be used to pre-set speed or to call up the actual values for speed and torque , and the start/stop functions can be activated using the same method . |
| 20 | Many people find that they return to the same company over and over again , or take up a permanent job offer at a place they have been working for a while . |
| 21 | Individuals with more complicated problems , that do not easily fit into the overall structure of the programme , may either be neglected or take up an inappropriate amount of group time . |
| 22 | Others have found it more advantageous to acquire a local bank or set up a joint venture with local banks . |
| 23 | Or phone up a cheerful friend who always makes you laugh . |
| 24 | She had reached the place where the Dalek Killer had entered one of the six squat buildings that made up the central complex . |
| 25 | At the top right of the figure , which shows the highest level of completeness , there is a cluster of owl assemblages containing the same species that made up the typical owl pattern designated in the previous section : barn owl , long-eared owl , short-eared owl , great grey owl and Verreaux eagle owl . |
| 26 | One was its desire to find some way not simply to get through the current hard times , but also to protect themselves from the financial ups and downs that make up every economic cycle . |
| 27 | So far as I knew I covered the area around my bowels , liver , one kidney and all the other bits and pieces that make up a living abdomen . |
| 28 | This section provides an overview of the various activities that make up a typical risk management programme , and then presents some examples of good practice derived from Engineering Council studies and other sources . |
| 29 | Both can be presumed to matter most when and where they are most influential — as in the charting of the interests , concerns and methods of analysis that make up a new academic discipline . |
| 30 | The opening screen is in fact a text editor that you can use to enter the commands that make up a QBasic program . |