Example sentences of "up [art] short " in BNC.
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| 1 | We reached the much photographed Nape 's Needle and skimmed up the short , yet difficult , chimney of boot-worn rock . |
| 2 | Moran looked stern and self-conscious as he drove up the short avenue . |
| 3 | As winter took its hold , banking up the short days , the long cold nights between autumn and spring , thoughts and imaginations often drifted to hunting . |
| 4 | When Patsy had walked up the short avenue and looked at the square house with its creeper and its shabby garden it seemed to her like a house on the front of a calendar . |
| 5 | He dashed up the short front path at a run and shot through the door Meredith held open for him . |
| 6 | On our first day we sweated up the short scree slope to the foot of Middlefell Buttress , where our threesome roped up sound hemp . |
| 7 | He flipped up the short skirt , so that it rested across her back . |
| 8 | All of them were big men who had drawn lots for the honour of the occasion , and carefully they lifted Artai and carried him up the short flight of steps to the summit of the plinth . |
| 9 | Having no idea of the detonation mechanism , he mentally called up the shortest route to the deck , while grasping the device and pulling it off the wall . |
| 10 | The Commission had in fact drawn up a short list of six associations , from which the government was expected to select two groups . |
| 11 | A few minutes later you are walking up a short wooden ladder , round the corner and you find a 200ft waterfall — bridges cross the torrent twice before you reach the top and continue along the path . |
| 12 | Over the past two months Mr Steinhardt has juggled positions in banks , drugs and oil-service companies to build up a short portfolio of $640m . |
| 13 | The meeting broke up a short time after , a bewildered Hoskyns leaving more convinced than ever that change would have to be wholesale . |
| 14 | As the Merseysiders struggled to get into the match , Beagrie picked up a short corner on the left and let fly with a tremendous swirling drive that ricocheted into the net off the post . |
| 15 | I sat in the café as the rain showed no sign of letting up and drew up a short list of people I had met with whom I could air my perplexity . |
| 16 | For a senior job it should not be regarded as a burden to see 12 people and then draw up a short list of three or four . |
| 17 | But already the Countryside Commission and the Nature Conservancy Council have drawn up a short list of natural sites suitable for World Heritage status . |
| 18 | Above , an awkward shuffle up a short steep wall deposited us on a flat-topped summit of the lesser Drug , with only the choughs for company . |
| 19 | It probably was n't practical to rig up a short tape belay and , in any case , the climbers felt they were down , with the climbing virtually finished . |
| 20 | A wine bar called Fox 's had opened up a short walk away in Church Street , causing such amazement that the Observer printed an article about it . |
| 21 | Easy moves up a short arête lead off , and with the cliff being plumb vertical for 120ft at this point , the exposure is soon felt in both mind and arms . |
| 22 | A huge dark rock , at least two hundred feet high , reared up a short distance away . |
| 23 | Through the swing doors , along this passage , turn right and then up a short , wide flight of stairs . |
| 24 | Moments later he had led her up a short stairway , through the heavily bolted door at the top , and out of the building , and Isabel had recognised the alley leading to the wash-houses and pressing-rooms , which lay between the towering keep and the curtain wall . |
| 25 | When a floorboard is difficult to lift or when you only want to take up a short piece , a floorboard saw is helpful . |
| 26 | ‘ Well if it comes to that I do n't exactly trust the dear boy myself ’ she had remarked to her mother who was winding up a short visit en route to stay with some Canadian cousins . |
| 27 | In the third year of the History of Art honours course students have the option of taking up a short work placement in a museum , art gallery or auction house . |
| 28 | Once nominations are received , the executive committee , responsible for the day-to-day running of the party , will draw up a short list of candidates for interview . |
| 29 | The Law Society has published their procedure : where the president of the Law Society is to make an appointment , his staff draw up a short list and the president places the names in the order of his preference : see Appendix B. |