Example sentences of "[conj] [vb pp] up [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | A third group moved the coal cutting equipment and conveyor forward , and propped up the roof . |
2 | Anyway , we nailed our box to the wall and propped up the front with a piece of wood , to make it stable enough to support the weight of our two owls . |
3 | What they did n't realize was that granules of radioactive material left in the bottom of the dissolving vessel had evaporated the residual liquid and heated up the base . |
4 | Lined up against the working mums were women who 'd given up work to look after their children , women who 'd had working mothers themselves and felt they had missed out , and women who had tried to do it all and given up the struggle . |
5 | Somehow the outside world had intruded and broken up the fabric of the tale . |
6 | Once she had stripped off her top clothes she slapped the monitor pads on and connected up the leads . |
7 | To facilitate this , the conference organisers had prepared a list of topics and drawn up a list of questions which might be considered in the discussions . |
8 | It is significant that having conducted a review of the ‘ state of the art ’ in these areas , and drawn up a list of generalisations about the change process in education , Bolam cautions that generalisations ‘ should be regarded as working hypotheses and pointers for future study since their basis in research is weak ’ . |
9 | Had he pressed on he might none the less have taken Newcastle , which contained many Jacobite sympathisers , but while he dallied , turning aside to Hexham , 15 miles [ 24 km ] west of the city , the Newcastle magistrates called out the militia and trained bands , mobilised a force of 700 tough keelmen , who worked on the lighters in the harbour , patched up the ancient city wall , though they lacked cannon to defend it , and bricked up the gates . |
10 | Henry went up to the landing and sized up the lavatory . |
11 | I started off the way I write every album — wrote a couple of songs , got a feel for the music and called up the musicians that I thought I could do the songs with . |
12 | There were probably machines that could have lowered and pulled up the basket easily , but he 'd preferred to loop the wire around a pillar inside the Ship and , with Pion helping inside , to pull themselves up and down by sheer nomish effort . |
13 | Albert cut it out , snipping around the paragraph that said that her husband was the buyer in the men 's sports-clothes department of the same store , and pinned up the clipping in his room . |
14 | Recession is the culprit : it has slashed tax receipts and driven up the cost of unemployment benefits . |
15 | As one farmer , who had participated in a number of courses , put it , ‘ it could assist the instructor and liven up the learning process ’ . |
16 | Choose a predominantly white or pastel-coloured suite , and liven up the room with colourful wall coverings , curtains or blinds and accessories , which are easier and cheaper to change than a bathroom suite . |
17 | On receiving confirmation of his decision from the commander , the pilot made a turn to the left and lined up the aircraft for an approach to the selected field . |
18 | The station had gone , too , and they 'd shut the line down and taken up the rails . |
19 | But last time I climbed it I started at Wall End Farm and headed up the ravine of Redacre Gill . |
20 | The following morning they lit the oil-lamp in the shrine and loaded up the sheep . |
21 | With five ends completed they had opened up a 39-22 lead , and at the halfway mark had all but tied up the title at a convincing 78-37 ahead . |
22 | This model was fitted with radial tyres as standard and is currently on 205 x 16 Michelin XM + S. When jacked up the steering i-not stiff . |