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

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1 But I could have them send up a tray if you 'd rather stay in bed . ’
2 three million books on the shelve , and we do n't have time going properly at the price so we go anything you want , bung it on the trolley and soon as the trolleys full it 's taken away and another one given , and you poke around and then in the evening , you stay in a hotel overnight , and then the following morning , they get and you just sort of send up the money and they just shout up the money as we go , then , every time I get to a thousand they say one , two , and you say right , tell me when I get near three , and I 've got this erm , I 'm dreadful at maths , I failed maths O Level three times and I do n't think about prices , I 've never been more than fifteen pounds out .
3 He 'd been shaken , certainly , when Cedric Downes had invited him to go along to the North Oxford Golf Club and knock up the caretaker if necessary .
4 What Teller hopes the West will do will be to develop its inter-dependence , eradicate secrecy between its constituent parts so the defence and the knowledge thereto is shared , and behind its nuclear shield build up a society that will prove the point about the superiority of its system .
5 They build up a taxonomy that relies on whether the preferences of the electorate are seen as fixed or varying and whether government capability is seen as strategic or responsive .
6 Albert then in turn discovers Celie 's true self and slowly they build up a trust and confide in each other .
7 you build up a pattern then you build up a rhythm and eventually you know do it
8 And sometimes if there was just a few of the men maybe two men in the camp , they would come and help with even fencing or or erm build up a dyke or something like that Even drain they would stay for days if they wanted draining the fields , mm it was that .
9 So always start with the minimum amount and gradually build up the tones until you reach the strength that emphasises , rather than overpowers .
10 First build up the piers and end courses , then the rest of the wall can follow
11 You build up the fire while I go out to milk the cows .
12 As always , remember to practise sl-ow-ly at first and only build up the tempo as and when the part begins to feel comfortable .
13 If you mess up the hour or so afterwards , you no doubt will never want to line up to cover the distance again .
14 Sort out the jumbled lists below and match up the products and their descriptions , eg PVC raincoat
15 I 'd never give him instead of bought for her for her christening she match up the jacket and sh the socks , the socks what somebody just bought for her .
16 Or smash up the house or something .
17 Or write it down and put little dots and count up the dots or something it 's a erm a lot of the Who tells you not to count on your fingers ?
18 Admired and rejected , the primitive rite is also linked with the city ; the isolated last line of the poem 's second section summons up the field and its dancing , leading to a juxtaposition with the urban world which follows .
19 Chop up the ham and add to the beans with the remaining butter .
20 Doing the rooms in the morning fell into an easy rhythm — make the bed , tidy up anything the guests had left around , dust the tops , wash up the teacups if they 'd been used , clean the washbasin , put out fresh tea bags and sachets of coffee , sugar and milk powder , then go round with the Hoover .
21 They 've used all their timber stores and cut up every bucket and table and door to make all those fighting platforms and towers , so they can hardly have plugs for their cannon , and they wo n't have any fuel except dung .
22 I cut up a sack and I dip the little bits in Stinko .
23 I found a lens in an old box and I used , I got another two lenses , and I fitted them together in an a tube , I had no tubing but there was an old bicycle at the house and I cut up the frame and put one lens at the one end of the frame and the seat pillar , I used the seat pillar for focusing .
24 Every one satisfied , and looking forward eagerly to future developments , they cut up the hare and called Farquhar in .
25 Heat up a tin or two with sautéed onions and garlic , a splash of red or white wine , a pinch of dried oregano and a bay leaf , and you 've got an instant pasta sauce ready to hand .
26 Can I be , mix up the cheese and put the eggs , and put the milk .
27 From the start , pick up a crate and kill the policeman , continue right , dodging the dog on the way , climb the ladder to where the mugger prowls , dodge him and grab the ‘ ? ’ ( 50 points ) and the records , climb upwards , collecting records on the way , kill the workman with the crate and thus gain access to the roof of the building , avoid climbing the crane ( there 's nothing of interest there ) , climb up the ladder and kill the policeman , run right and jump off the edge to the end of the building .
28 One man who 's going to stay upstairs has the head of the wardrobe , you go tro I go trotting downstairs you see , and then I climb up the ladder And the ladder remember is over the edge of the sill .
29 You can say that if they do n't keep to the agreed rules of the drama , then the magic will start to fail ; if they climb up the wall-bars when you have asked them not to , you can say that the magic only works when their feet are touching the ground , thus using the fiction of the drama to limit the space they work in and remind them through a dramatic device of those rules which you will have agreed before the lesson begins ( see also the section on " Control " in Chapter 4 ) .
30 It 's not a hard walk up the spur that leads to the summit , and the lust to be able to see far into the rough bounds of Knoydart hiding behind Sgurr Thuilm will motivate even the most indolent hiker .
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