Example sentences of "try [to-vb] up [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was alleged that Moin tried to scuff up the pitch — but England officials said yesterday that they would not study the video . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Staring at his back , she tried to conjure up the image of him lover-like , tender , and failed . |
| 4 | Just as he had had the nerve to try to pick up the casting director at his first audition , so he had the taste and — in sociological terms — the cheek to seek out the stylish and lovely Nina Bawden , later the novelist . |
| 5 | Barney , he had these two sons — tried to set up a song and dance act . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Norman Dale , 50 , was struck down as he tried to pick up a cup of tea . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | In the UK , and in the USA , the first step has been to try to set up an assessment procedure ( Simpson , 1981 ) ; then to consider how training might best be implemented . |
| 11 | It bit me and scratched me , and tried to escape up a curtain , which perhaps explains why I prefer Koi any day . |
| 12 | A policeman has been jailed for thirty months after he attacked a motorist and tried to cover up the offence . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Four Ministers apparently tried to cover up the truth by hiding under a cloak of secrecy . |
| 15 | Russian foreign minister Andrei Kozyrev and defence minister Pavel Grachev were today due to meet US Secretary of State Lawrence Eagleburger in Geneva to try to wrap up the agreement . |
| 16 | We tried to fix up a time to talk about the Willis Phazer board . |
| 17 | Even the compere , noted for his own style in suits , tried to bump up the bidding . |
| 18 | I tried to tidy up a bit when I first came to work here , but I soon found out I was wasting my time . |
| 19 | The car went racing on while the friends tried to tidy up the mess . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | It would have been like Donleavy to try to clear up the Asmar mess himself . |
| 23 | Then I was taken back home to my mother 's and tried to build up the relationship again . |
| 24 | The hospital had a flower shop inside its main entrance and I subbed Fenella a tenner to get a decent bunch of flowers ( I knew I should have told them about their pot plant ) while I tried to chat up the nurse on reception . |
| 25 | Suffice it to say that a company may use public relations activities , and what is called " corporate advertising " to try to build up an image in the minds of target individuals and groups who are likely to be influential in purchase decision-making . |
| 26 | The crash mayhem occurred after an incident at about 11am yesterday in which a man in his 20s allegedly tried to hold up a post office in Thelwall , Warrington . |
| 27 | The crash mayhem occurred following an incident at about 11am yesterday in which a man in his 20s allegedly tried to hold up a post office in Thelwall , Warrington . |
| 28 | It was a task she devoted herself to while Ted with a most ungentlemanly violence of language put the car into reverse and tried to back up the lane . |
| 29 | No matter how hard the WRU tried to dress up the occasion with male voice choirs and star tenors , there was little genuine entertainment on offer . |
| 30 | The reaction was to try to speed up the reallocation of those remaining at Barham House ( a process which was unintentionally assisted by the activation of the internment laws ) , to provide the best possible reason for closing the place down . |