Example sentences of "[vb infin] up [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could buy up the whole block . |
| 2 | Perhaps you could lighten up a little bit . ’ |
| 3 | We will lighten up the dreary Brighton sky and dim the fluorescent pier . ’ |
| 4 | The rating process can tie up a considerable amount of management time , and the company , of course , pays a fee to the rating agency . |
| 5 | It is sometimes very difficult indeed not to be very cross , and there have been some occasions when I have had to go and chop up a few logs in order to abate my own aggression before replying . |
| 6 | As predicted , we did catch up the cold front , refiled IFR and had to climb even further . |
| 7 | And you can line up a special treat to celebrate when the battle is won — using the money that has been saved on a holiday or to buy yourself something special . |
| 8 | Why do n't you count up the French words in italics and see how many you can learn by heart . |
| 9 | We could hang up a few politicians too. , ‘ There 's that farmer who used a plough with horses . |
| 10 | The chefs of Brighton & Hove 's excellent restaurants can whip up a piquant sauce every bit as good as George IV 's French cooks . |
| 11 | So far , the Ramsdens have sent out 30 winners this season and they are hoping that they can snap up a tasty hors-d'oeuvre before the Newmarket feast by saddling their first winner at Ascot this afternoon when they run Line Of Vision and Hunter Valley . |
| 12 | Like the rolling greens , the fairways are generous , although deep rough awaits anything wayward and some evil bunkers will snap up the timorous approach . |
| 13 | No fish should be kept in this tank , as they will snap up the fragile-shelled baby snails . |
| 14 | Peter Watts , currently the president of Tangent , will head up the new venture , which will use ISDN technology , allowing for electronic software distribution and simultaneous voice , data and image computer conferencing , all areas on which Unilinx has it long range sights . |
| 15 | They range from 24-hour , 365-day booking services to trouble-shooting units manned by experienced travel consultants who can conjure up a private jet at three o'clock in the morning . |
| 16 | Based on a syllabus for children in their first year of English , Wizadora helps the teacher conjure up a rich learning experience from the basic elements of language covered at primary level . |
| 17 | I ca n't paint it , but I can mentally conjure up a corresponding work titled The Rapist of a huge erect penis clothed in a sober grey suit ( and bowler hat ? ) from whose open trouser flies pops out a tiny detumescent homunculus . |
| 18 | The imagery and language help conjure up the bleak picture of death in the two poems . |
| 19 | They are about to re-mug yet again by breaking up British Gas and I 'm sure they 'll break up every other utility they can . |
| 20 | So and it can break up a long session it can it can maintain interest . |
| 21 | Even at its most basic it can break up a plain stocking stitch garment or it can be used as an all-over pattern there are numerous ways of arranging the cables to form different patterns . |
| 22 | The failure of the Webbs ' campaign to ‘ break up the Poor Law ’ was a disaster for their most sustained attempt to achieve reform by ‘ permeation ’ of the Liberal party . |
| 23 | Politicians are n't going to stick their necks out to help break up the various logjams unless we 're shouting and yelling at them from the bank — for the most part to encourage them , but also to warn them of dire consequences to come if they get out of the hot water before the job is done . |
| 24 | New occasions of conflict were now appearing and would eventually break up the long peace , and as this became clearer so did the essentially competitive nature of the European system . |
| 25 | Earlier on this week all that cloud was coming in from the north-west , now you can see it coming across from the west and as the weekend goes along , it will come in more from the south-west , so it will warm up a little bit . |
| 26 | That 'll warm up the old bones . ’ |
| 27 | Policies that promote welfare are explained in terms of social control ; they are measures to combat disorder and crime just like police and penal policies , measures to legitimize and prop up the capitalist system . |
| 28 | In fact , they could prop up the Conservative Government for a fifth term , if the need arises ! |
| 29 | Mel will send up the ex-Mirror publisher in his TV show with Griff Rhys Jones , who plays a reporter . |
| 30 | He , he just might grow up a little bit |