Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb base] up [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 An aid worker in Jordanian refugee camps ca n't get a TV crew from the West interested in tens of thousands of people from the ‘ Third World ’ who are about to die from starvation — all the crews are off watching Richard Branson pick up a couple of hundred westerners in one of his Virgin Jumbo Jets .
2 Yanto drained the last dregs of cider from the stone jar and watched Molly clear up the remains of the picnic .
3 Transvaal turn up the heat
4 Only by raising loans in New York and Paris could the Bank of England prop up the pound ; but foreign bankers were unwilling to risk their money unless the British Government balanced its budget .
5 The police driver shot Jamie a look of enquiry which he missed , occupied as he was with guiding Miss Williams back up the hill .
6 If the Mujahideen divide up the country among themselves it is likely that the big divide would be along these mountains , which would then become the new division between Central Asia and the Indian sub-continent .
7 Dan Jennings , Mari-Ann Dore and Rebecca Grisewood make up the backing group , and the girls also performed a duet .
8 Sam , Sam pick up the mustard , say Sam , Sam pick up the mustard , have they got the right
9 Sam , Sam pick up the mustard , say Sam , Sam pick up the mustard , have they got the right
10 Gavin Hastings finds no room for manoeuvre as ( l–r ) Wales ' Ieuan Evans and Roger Bidgood turn up the heat at Cardiff Arms Park .
11 The northern tribes , Dan , Asher and Naphtali bring up the rear .
12 And new paintings by Lawrence Gipe make up an installation downtown at Blum-Helman , opening 10 October and running until 21 November .
13 Water of Leith Clean Up No replies have been received from the Scouts or Guides .
14 Water of Leith Clean Up No replies have been received from the Scouts or Guides .
15 Would ex-health minister Kenneth Clarke take up a freebie from ‘ Tummies & Tone-Ups ’ ?
16 Now Alex and Judy take up the story
17 Middlesbrough and Charlton make up the group , Charlton tonight away to , Middlesbrough do n't play this evening , er no details as yet about how the game is going in Italy and we do n't expect to have any details either er because of the difficulties getting the score from Italy .
18 She heard Comfort pick up the sketch pad again and simply lay , letting her draw whatever she liked .
19 To make the vision a reality requires that BT open up the interfaces between the separate parts of its operation : the different parts of the physical network , its billing , management and services systems .
20 Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio and Mimi Rogers fill up the background prettily enough , but director Roger Donaldson could really have used a sharper script
21 ONCE more we 've been overwhelmed by demo tapes from local bands so this week , Off the Record 's Steve Hack and Andrew Hartley turn up the office music system and review the latest in local sounds .
22 The recall of Botham and Allan Lamb open up the prospect of 20 of the 22 players who contested the World Cup final clashing again in the third Texaco match .
23 Centre Penguins size up a tourist in Antarctica .
24 Montage by Graham Rawle Button up a package deal THE SEASONED traveller can be identified at check-in by a conspicuous absence of specially designed leisure clothes festooned with pockets , zips and velcro .
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