Example sentences of "we [vb past] up [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 But even then we divided up the list and had at least an aisle between us .
2 in the interview right , we made up a song about it
3 We made up a bed on the floor and we took turns to sleep in the bed itself .
4 We got up every morning and went to our routine , boring and badly-paid jobs , some of us hoping , some of us dreading the advent of Mr Right : he who would relieve us from , God forbid , the tedium of having to rely on each other for company , comfort , support and stimulation .
5 We got up the top there .
6 Manager : We sat with the clinicians and said , look we 've got to identify the capital to do this properly and we drew up a clinic scheme and then we had to compromise on what they wanted and John at one stage said , " I 'm sorry , that is what you 're getting .
7 For last year 's service we drew up a plan and then wrote a personal letter from the laity group to all the Churches , emphasising how much we believed in the power of praying together for Unity .
8 In 1977 , we drew up a petition in the name of AMPES which was distributed to factory owners .
9 We drew up a list of things we wanted to do and people we wanted to see , ’ says Bridget .
10 Which means — since I did n't know about all that when we drew up the contract — there will be a surcharge . ’
11 Trout sent ripples over the silver surface ; we cracked up a Steinlager , then joined them .
12 It 's about time we loosened up a bit anyway .
13 We built up a projection of Theresa , and Theresa 's cancer became very real .
14 From the teachers ' comments and our own observations , we built up a picture of some of the processes involved in creating these conditions .
15 Then she had to go back to the shop to get our fish and chips , so we bundled up the rest of the wood and , as it was dark , ventured out to see if Dad could find some customers for his new business .
16 and if we divvied up the exam fee on a fifty per cent basis it would mean that B A I E were getting twenty quid for doing nothing but probably more twenty quids than they would get normally because students who would be attracted in through Napier would be paying their forty quid as well
17 ‘ As we came up the trackway of your house , Sir John , we found a Hand of Glory with a lighted candle in its fingers . ’
18 As we drove up the lime tree avenue , a traditional feature of Irish country houses , the rain was reducing visibility to a few inches .
19 How can the Labour party say that in the year when we opened up the whole of industry to competition , in the year when we tightened the price control and made it clear that the customer is high on our list of priorities ?
20 We opened up the parish hall to the wounded and dead which were brought in from all parts of the village .
21 Next we opened up the loading door .
22 I says how come you deputation , you gave us a time of which to be here , now we said , we turned up a quarter hour beforehand and I says we get a phone call er a an intermission from Councillor that you could n't make it because that your car broke down .
23 If we turned up an hour late for a function in England we would be hammered by everybody . ’
24 The conversation then started to get interesting and we turned up the volume in London .
25 As we climbed up the canyon we made a great clatter with sticks and stones and old tin cans , announcing our presence to the denizens .
26 Furthermore , we followed up the course of the accompanying cholecystitis for 12 months and describe its complete cure .
27 When peace came again in 1918 we followed up the production of reversible wool rugs with the making of chenille Axminster carpets .
28 A sentry let us in after looking at the Feldwebel s papers with a torch and we walked up a garden path towards a sort of suburban villa .
29 We soon reached an Inn at a place called Hardraw , and descending from our vehicles , after warming ourselves by the cottage fire we walked up the brook side to take a view of a third waterfall …
30 The next morning we walked up the glacier and did a lengthy rock scramble , the Trifthorn ( 3,728 metres ) , partly to acclimatise , and partly because Martin had tried it a few years earlier and failed to reach the top .
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