Example sentences of "[vb infin] up [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If it could bring its cost-effectiveness nearer the average , it could recruit up to the establishment that the Home Secretary has recommended . ’ |
| 2 | From the outside , a passer-by will gaze up at the window , and all he will see is that lavender light . |
| 3 | Some caterpillars possess the markings of small venomous snakes and , when approached too closely , will rear up on the branch and wave their fake snake-heads at the attacker . |
| 4 | So , for example , your High Elf army could include up to a quarter of its points value as Wood Elves chosen from the Wood Elf list , or Dwarfs chosen from the Dwarfs list . |
| 5 | So , for example , your Orc and Goblin army could include up to a quarter of its points value as Dark Elves chosen from the Dark Elf list , or Chaos chosen from the Chaos list . |
| 6 | So , for example , your Empire army could include up to a quarter of its points value as Wood Elves chosen from the Wood Elf list , or Dwarfs chosen from the Dwarf list . |
| 7 | The relay will usually free up after a couple of doses of light oil in this manner . |
| 8 | These user experiences will tie up with a process we describe in Chapter 9 concerned with the changing relationship between medicine and the heroin user seeking treatment . |
| 9 | We 'll tie up on the island and stretch our legs a bit . |
| 10 | Perhaps one day there will be an advert using Biblical images , the foot-sore traveller will be seen having his feet anointed ( for which there is excellent Scriptural precedent ) and softly the music will steal up in the background — and it will be Handel 's ‘ How beautiful are the feet ’ . |
| 11 | Because the body is deep it means the bream can not simply sidle up to a bait , suck it into its mouth and move on , all in one motion . |
| 12 | I could sidle up to the hi-fi and turn it off , snap on the light-switch and announce quite calmly to all the sycophants here that Luke Denner is nothing more than a callous murderer . |
| 13 | If you do n't get the chance to really freshen up with a shower then Femfresh has the answer . |
| 14 | She tied a big red-and-white-striped drying-up cloth around each of their waists and made them kneel up to the table on chairs . |
| 15 | Vern wandered slowly in front taking not a blind bit of notice of me , not even when I shouted at the long-beaked birds and made them flap up into the air crying like out-of-tune seagulls . |
| 16 | Then we sit there talking and reading , thinking we 'll catch up with the recording in a couple of days — only we never do . |
| 17 | Soon , they would catch up with the sun and obscure it . |
| 18 | It could , therefore , be the case that , in future , the TV audience will gradually catch up with the TV commercial producers ' instincts . |
| 19 | so while our climbers rest and enjoy the sea air we can now catch up with the rest of the sporting action … |
| 20 | ‘ You can catch up on the reading in-flight . |
| 21 | You 've got a long and full life ahead of you , chum , so you must now stop worrying and go back to sleep and catch up on the strength you 'll need for living it up when you 're better . ’ |
| 22 | It 's J 's birthday on April 2nd & they are having a party ( at last ! ) so I 'll catch up on the news then — they are v. seldom at Gayfield St these days , so I never see them . |
| 23 | Even though you have checked things over thoroughly , there is always the distinct possibility that something electrical will pack up over the Christmas period . |
| 24 | We would line up across the parade ground , shoulder to shoulder , and in a slow forward walk , eyes fixed on the ground , would pick up any cigarette ends or pieces of paper on the gravel . |
| 25 | Teddy can also line up with a party balloon and there 's a heart motif to complete a picture to knit and give with love . |
| 26 | The first trick is to get left of the chockstone and stop in the Jacuzzi Pool , next , to pivot and line up for the exit slot which is only 2½ ft–3ft wide in a foaming pool whose diameter is only 18 ins more than a boat 's length . |
| 27 | But something made him glance up at the lounge window as he approached . |
| 28 | A noisily closing door made them glance up at the ship 's sunlit bridge . |
| 29 | Baboons will gang up on a leopard in a similar way , although this is a risky venture . |
| 30 | Let them do what they like as long as you 're not well they do , they kill you , kill you stone dead er them French vaches Cos , see you go in down here you see , where you 've got ta jump up to get out got ta jump up off the floor , you got ta jump up about four feet to get out see , they were n't just like |