Example sentences of "up [prep] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I thought I 'd picked it up off a clean pile , but I was mistaken .
2 The major agreements are drawn up between a small number of tightly-controlled organisations and the outcome of their central negotiations sets guidelines and limits to the industry-wide negotiations which then subsequently take place .
3 Most prison reformers , including Howard , have emphasized that any rehabilitative effect which prison may have will derive primarily from the quality of the relationship built up between a respected member of staff and an individual prisoner .
4 They climbed , passing up through a zebra-crossing kaleidoscope of dark and light .
5 Stay in this position for some time , then slowly sit up through a curved spine — a great way to relax !
6 In one single movement , raise both the torso and the legs — up through a curved spine to a sitting position , grasping the ankles .
7 The sour smell from the communal rubbish bins in the alley below drifted up through a broken window and Carrie grimaced as she knocked on the door .
8 Spread out below them were Dingle Harbour and Ventry Bay , and to the west , beyond the sheer cliff of Slea Head , the Blasket Islands poked their treacherous black rocks up through a calm Atlantic .
9 Cover : pulling up through a steady 4g loop in Harry Prew-Smith 's Fouga Magister .
10 Thus , in his chapter ‘ The Elimination of Metaphysics ’ , Ayer cites a number of philosophical problems which he believes can be rapidly cleared up through a proper understanding of language .
11 The net swept them up through an oblong portal faced with irregular , soapy-looking tiles , into a concourse bathed in harsh amber light .
12 OLD salt Sydney Barnes , 83 , turned up for a naval reunion and found he was the only one there .
13 We are led inexorably towards Kingsley and Redford squaring up for a mental duel between software equals , one barmily convinced that He Who Has The Database Rules The World and the other on the side of human compassion which ca n't be reduced to byte-size chunks .
14 One reason there is so little change in most traditional bureaucratic organizations , I argue , is that they have conditioned out of people the willingness to stand up for a new idea .
15 Olympic decathlete Daley Thompson has left the world of track and field and is gearing up for a new career in motor racing .
16 Yeah , I thought you were saving up for a new game for your Sega system ?
17 Stars of Hi de Hi and It Ai n't Half Hot Mum team up for a new series set below stairs , You Rang M'Lord .
18 Plans are being drawn up for a new production line that will provide additional capacity of 60,000 tubes per day at the factory currently making 317,000 tubes per day .
19 Recently , we had enough saved up for a nice flat after having lived in one room for a year .
20 Food and Drink : Roll up for a saucy lamb
21 Food and Drink : Roll up for a saucy lamb
22 The charity already has plans drawn up for a ten-bed hospice at Middlesbrough to care for terminally ill people and contractors are currently submitting tenders for the work .
23 One saves up for a lifelong dream , another
24 All appointees have to provide a urine sample — even Pamela Harriman , the new ambassador to Paris , had to stand in line , clutching her paper cup — and turn up for a face-to-face interview , which usually lasts between one-and-a-half and two hours .
25 I have a 30 gallon corner tank , and would like to set it up for a Black Peacock , Pterois volitans .
26 It was now obvious that the horse was a stayer and yet Harry Short 's stable jockey had recently ridden him as if his best distance was six furlongs , holding him up for a late run .
27 Whatever John 's mother may have thought about his likely lack of application when he wanted to study music , once he decided to learn ballet he took it seriously and must have worked hard to make up for a late start .
28 To make up for a late start , the government this year announced it would make available £125 million of grants to push industry into the robot age .
29 The Britons are trying to keep ahead of Norwegian lawyer Erling Kagge , who hopes to make up for a late start in bad weather .
30 ELTON JOHN and Axl Rose teamed up for a spectacular duet at the MTV awards in Los Angeles .
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