Example sentences of "[vb past] [to-vb] up [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The London conference in June 1990 agreed to tighten up the protocol and phase out production and consumption of CFCs by not later than the year 2000 . |
| 2 | It was alleged that Moin tried to scuff up the pitch — but England officials said yesterday that they would not study the video . |
| 3 | Sometimes , when she had been to a romantic film , or had been kissed good-night by Pogo , she had sat on the edge of her bed , staring at that dark , handsome , boy 's face and tried to conjure up the memory of his living presence . |
| 4 | Staring at his back , she tried to conjure up the image of him lover-like , tender , and failed . |
| 5 | she did n't , she never bent to pick up a flower |
| 6 | He walked over to the neatly stacked rods and selected one , then bent to pick up a wicker fishing box from a corner of the room . |
| 7 | Judy knew Brown Owl would be very cross if she saw Mandy on the other side of the fence — but she did n't have time to worry very long about that , for in a minute or two a loud , frightened scream shrilled from Mandy , who had stepped forward and bent to pick up the ball resting on the bright-green surface of the ground — and found herself up to her knees in treacherous , clinging slime . |
| 8 | He bent to pick up the curl of hair , which he put carefully in his pocket , next to his heart . |
| 9 | As George bent to pick up the halter of the horse which the boy had been holding , he looked round the yard with interest , noting how his father 's voice , though by no means a shout , had penetrated every corner . |
| 10 | He stood up , stretched and bent to pick up the tray . |
| 11 | He bent to pick up the card he 'd been carrying then scowled at the deserted foyer . |
| 12 | Jackson Chatterton stirred as though he proposed to clean up the mess himself , but I waved him down and kept my eyes on Rickie . |
| 13 | In 1983 , CRL helped to set up a test facility at the University of Cali in Colombia . |
| 14 | The bus stopped to pick up a passenger off one of the first terraced streets of the town . |
| 15 | Fran turned to leave , then stopped to pick up the photograph of her father . |
| 16 | Barney , he had these two sons — tried to set up a song and dance act . |
| 17 | Marcos , it is said , tried to set up a foundation last year to launder - sorry , deposit — the funds to benefit Filipinos , minus a 10 per cent cut for his greedy relatives and 10 per cent for the Vatican . |
| 18 | He tried to set up the League of Princes , an international peace-keeping force aimed primarily against the Turks , and the exhibition shows the route of the journeys he made to other countries to promote the idea . |
| 19 | Norman Dale , 50 , was struck down as he tried to pick up a cup of tea . |
| 20 | He 'd walked into the boathouse and tried to pick up an envelope and the floor had given way beneath him and a piece of beam was missing , and if I had n't been there with him he would certainly have drowned in the dock , impaled on something lurking beneath the surface . |
| 21 | It bit me and scratched me , and tried to escape up a curtain , which perhaps explains why I prefer Koi any day . |
| 22 | A policeman has been jailed for thirty months after he attacked a motorist and tried to cover up the offence . |
| 23 | He tried to cover up the flutter of surprise by leaning forward and telling the driver it was time to return to New Scotland Yard . |
| 24 | Four Ministers apparently tried to cover up the truth by hiding under a cloak of secrecy . |
| 25 | We tried to fix up a time to talk about the Willis Phazer board . |
| 26 | Even the compere , noted for his own style in suits , tried to bump up the bidding . |
| 27 | I tried to tidy up a bit when I first came to work here , but I soon found out I was wasting my time . |
| 28 | The car went racing on while the friends tried to tidy up the mess . |
| 29 | Carrie tried to mop up the mess with the edge of the table cloth and put a mat under the worst of it to stop the damp marking the table , but her hands seemed all thumbs and she could n't stop crying . |
| 30 | Mr Bishop , who has plastic joints in his hips , knees and spine , is an ex-boxer and tried to put up a struggle , but they were too strong for him . |