Example sentences of "[pers pn] conjure up a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I conjured up a vivid representation of the plushy murk in the Theatre Royal , I saw the shiny tip of the hypodermic gleaming against the dark fabric of The Fat Controller 's trouser leg . |
| 2 | She conjures up a place to balance against the freezing and breaking of the present . |
| 3 | She conjured up a bogeyman , Mr Whistle , who pulled out the voices of little boys who whistled , leaving them only with their whistles . |
| 4 | It 's more than a month since they conjured up a victory . |
| 5 | The subject had seemed to be taboo ; and he himself had in a way pressed her down into his mind because thoughts of her conjured up a feeling tinged with regret and shame , centred round a scene in the bedroom and the rage of his mother . |
| 6 | It conjures up a vision of a large , appetizing meal , around which the whole family gathers , to share food and conversation in an especially leisurely way . |
| 7 | He conjured up a coaxing grin , his teeth a perfect and dazzling white in the darkness of his face . |
| 8 | ‘ The reason we did a video for ‘ Dipping ’ was because it conjured up a lot of images . |
| 9 | So it is n't a bad idea at this stage of the season for us to conjure up a few exercises to test receding intellectual fibre . |