Example sentences of "[vb pp] up [to-vb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm if a window 's been smashed , then we 'll we 'll get the window boarded up to secure the flat the best possible way . |
| 2 | Tell-tale themes — which emerge in repeated use of phrases such as , in the case of a motivated talent for management , ‘ I took care of … organised … got people together ’ — can be added up to reveal the interviewee 's motivational pattern . |
| 3 | The grey tracksuited Apostle , who had come up to make a routine check of the sleeping quarters , doubled over with a grunt of agony . |
| 4 | For a wider panel , as shown in Fig. 3 , weave , lifting strands before weaving each pair of rows , but omitting the weaving yarn on the last row when the strands are picked up to complete the diamond . |
| 5 | Suppose that rectangular Cartesian coordinates are drawn to cover a rectangular sheet of paper and it is then rolled up to form a cylinder . |
| 6 | Ideally , farmers would like to grow the larvae from eggs , and so a new industry — prawn hatcheries — has grown up to meet the demand . |
| 7 | Since 1977 a case law has been built up to define the limits of the availability of this remedy , which proved very popular . |
| 8 | BCG also argued that a company with a balanced portfolio of products would use cash flows generated from the cash cows to invest in selected problem children , which would be built up to become the stars of the future . |
| 9 | In the small , square grave-yard , tangled with bramble and escalonia and overgrown with rank grass and nettles , a hole was dug for her among the bones of former generations ; bones of old women and men scarcely yet forgotten were turned up to make a place for her among them . |
| 10 | " Mrs. Bidwell has n't turned up to start the cleaning and now Dr. Lorrimer 's missing . |
| 11 | I think we have to be freed up to have the choice to bring children into a society where that we can go to work , that we can do , you know fulfilling |
| 12 | ‘ The whole musical inferno has risen up to stop a child 's brilliance being seen ’ , he wrote . |
| 13 | His wife 's hair was straggling over her eyes , and she had not made up to hide the ravages of the night 's events . |
| 14 | On the face of it , it may seem that these two approaches can be made to coincide as long as the rules are drawn up to reflect the facts . |
| 15 | In fact , it seems no ship without a charter party could be loaded ( ’ freighted ’ ) ; and bills of lading were supposed to be drawn up to declare the nature of the cargo and to bind the master of the vessel to deliver in accordance with the charter party . |
| 16 | The edge of the toga was drawn up to form a loop of cloth ( umbo ) by the waist . |
| 17 | In a broadcast on Aug. 3 the RCC stated that plans had been drawn up to begin a withdrawal of Iraqi forces from Kuwait on Aug. 5 . |
| 18 | But the charities say plans have not even been drawn up to develop the homes and that housing associations have refused to start work on projects until they are promised funding for running costs . |
| 19 | A company spokesman would not say what measures had been drawn up to keep the port running normally . |
| 20 | Astrologers , psychics and crystal-ball gazers ministered to the North Shore passion for prophecy , and elaborate charts detailing the movement of the moon and planets could be drawn up to ascertain the prospect of waves on any given day of the year . |
| 21 | TOUGH new rules are being drawn up to end the danger of killer gas fires . |
| 22 | Exclusive by Mark Davies TOUGH new rules are being drawn up to end the danger of killer gas fires . |
| 23 | Plans are being drawn up to enhance the pavements between Wakefield and Rennie Houses . |
| 24 | The promotion — drawn up to strengthen the Group 's position as market leaders in bridal tableware — ran in all UK Waterford Wedgwood rooms and in almost 300 specialist Wedgwood bridal stockists . |
| 25 | The contract was drawn up to safeguard the teachers ' rights in the situation . |
| 26 | The Rios RISC has been cleaned up to create the PowerPC , focusing on just what 's important for the desktop market . |
| 27 | I 'm psyched up to make an appearance on Wednesday if I get the chance , whether it is for one minute or 10 . ’ |
| 28 | It was got up to resemble a jungle , with prints of animals and birds on the walls , mosquito netting draped around , all in shades of khaki and saffron . |
| 29 | Profits from the British Grand Prix have virtually been used up to redeem the mortgage on Silverstone , but there is still no sign of a new deal . |
| 30 | This is of flannel : the round part is plaited up to form the front , and a quilling of the bordering put on , a band of the same laid on at the back , and strings . ’ |