Example sentences of "[vb base] up the [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | send up the survey to old Hughey , he , he 'll give you a few . |
| 2 | Top up the level in the bucket to five gallons with cold water . |
| 3 | He continues pouring from one container to another , and after lots of experience and conversation with the adults around him can begin to estimate how much he is going to need to fill the guinea pig 's water bowl or top up the vase of flowers . |
| 4 | If you want to maintain a minimum temperature above 10°C , it may be economical to use a cheaper form of fuel to provide the bulk of the heat and top up the supply with electric heaters in very cold weather . |
| 5 | From here you depart at 5.30pm and head up the Moselle for overnight mooring at Aiken a delightful wine village overlooked by the Thurant Castle . |
| 6 | The study , produced for the Standing Conference on Drug Abuse and Alcohol Concern , indicates SSDs must catch up if they are to assess misusers and stump up the cash for community care . |
| 7 | If we can now persuade more birds to come and perch on top of the first lot we can in principle build up the wire to any thickness we choose . |
| 8 | but you , you 've , you build up the strength in yourself and believe that your , your in vulnerable and then to find out that you are vulnerable , it really scary |
| 9 | We must take heart from our experience in Hyde Park , we must nurture that support and build up the confidence of our members . |
| 10 | Warm up the oil in a cup , standing in hot water ( either buy a sachet of hair treatment oil , or use almond oil ) . |
| 11 | In fact they lick up the nectar by flicking their tongues rapidly into the flower , in the case of hummingbirds as swiftly as thirteen times a second . |
| 12 | I stumble up the aisle to the immense ponderous tones of a god extolling the virtues of a restaurant in Moscow Road , Bayswater , and pass through some dingy curtains into the foyer . |
| 13 | Meanwhile , Fielding promised , he would hire the loft or the studio and line up the auditioning for the bit parts — the waiters , the dancers , the gangsters . |
| 14 | Cover one eye with your other hand and line up the pencil with the edge of a door . |
| 15 | Line up the shot in the viewfinder as before , press the camera button again and away you go on shot two , still keeping the camcorder as steady as you can . |
| 16 | To match the pattern , turn in the side of one width of fabric and line up the pattern with the width to which it will be joined . |
| 17 | Simply line up the shelf in position , using a spirit level , before permanent fixing for a really professional result . |
| 18 | Simply line up the shelf in position , using a spirit level , before permanent fixing for a really professional result . |
| 19 | Show up the folly of I feel this so I do that . |
| 20 | After all , it was join him or prop up the door for a few hours . |
| 21 | Clearly no one person could get round five parishes , control five PCCs , prop up the fabric of five buildings , look to a couple of church school governing bodies , visit , bury and comfort the sick , dead and bereaved , let alone baptise , prepare for confirmation and marry five sets of parishioners and at the same time keep up a life of prayer . |
| 22 | Pausing long enough at Bingen to have a coffee and look at maps , I decide it is time to abandon the Rhine for a while and cut up the valley of the river Nahe towards Idar-Oberstein and the Palatinate Forest . |
| 23 | This leaves a nice little ladder which I zig zag down on both sides with my sewing machine , then cut up the centre of the ladder . |
| 24 | Mine become so tame that they climb up the inside of the wire mesh when I approach the hutch and are clearly pleased to see me . |
| 25 | Turn somersaults and climb up the underside of a ladder with your armour on . |
| 26 | It was possible to get on to the roof by the window and climb up the slope to the wall and the projecting archway . |
| 27 | So she 's got her knuckles grazed , you 've cleansed it , put it into a drop of water , ra or else we 've used the Mediwipes or the end of the bandage okay , now we just cover it , okay , so it goes over , can you just straighten out your hand for me , it goes over the wound , okay and you can take this one that she can hold it for you just up there , right , now the rest of this just winds round , the only thing you really need to do is to just make sure that you leave the thumb out , cover up the bottom right and then come up towards the wrist , cover up the top of the pad , come back down again , leave the thumb out all the time , got the idea ? |
| 28 | Because that way it stays on if you do it the other way it 'll drop off it 's as simple as that , okay , cover the pad and as you spiral up the arm all you need to do is to cover about two thirds of what you 've just done before , just like a spiral , you find the bandages , the more you use those roller bandages of yours the worse they get to control because they lose their , you know , nice and stretchiness , so you just do , cover up the pad at the top , tie always on the top of the arm never underneath here . |
| 29 | They walk up the cleft in the hills beside the stream and begin to climb above the valley . |
| 30 | ‘ Whoever put up the money for the scheme has made a fortune . |