Example sentences of "up [art] [noun] and [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Well first of all I 'd go down Street and up Street West and up to the top of Street and there was some puddling furnaces , the new side iron works and I 'd watch those men they 'd produce wrought iron and during the process the metal boils up and I 'd have to get a big rubbling bar and rubble they 'd call rubble into a ball , there 's a little wagon put underneath the put under the wagon and off he goes to the steam hammer , now I used to be fascinated with this and Saturday after Saturday I used to go up there and watch one of the heats and as soon as they 'd finished doing they used to go into the Forge and Hammer for a drink , I mean it was such hard work so they 'd do a heat go up the Forge and Iron and come back and then do another heat when I 'd
2 Simply pick up the phone and dial
3 He likes that one nan , what if you , pick up the phone and dial and start talking to somebody he sits there and he 's in fits of laughter , he loves it .
4 Pick up the phone and smile .
5 I want somebody whose sitting there listening to the radio sort of er just relaxed and I I just want you to pick up the phone and ring .
6 By two weeks they have arrived in the lungs where they migrate up the bronchi and trachea , are swallowed , and return to the small intestine .
7 This blocks up the jets and air passages in the carb leading to the engine stopping .
8 Hall argued , however , that even this least satisfactory outcome would be worth while if it meant some of the long-term unemployed in the inner cities obtained jobs , and were thus able to climb up the skills and income levels .
9 Quickly , glancing back to the tent , he gathered up the limbs and torso , wrapped them in the discarded skins , tied them crudely and gathered them into his arms .
10 I guess that if I had n't taken up the trenchcoat and fedora to walk the alleyways of history as the greatest detective of them all , I might well have become a poet .
11 Without indulging in passages of inactive description , he extended to his readers a panoramic view of the world , making good use of the duties performed by the navy in the aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars to keep up the colour and excitement of adventure .
12 Both machines should have cue/review to speed up the location and setting of edit-points , this being the most time-consuming part of the process .
13 Investigations in New Zealand have pointed up the complexity and variability of white orientations towards the entitlements of Maoris within the policy ( Wetherell and Potter , 1988 ) .
14 Heather even said it was the most interesting service she 'd been too , and I think Mum and Dad lapped up the excitement and atmosphere of celebration in the packed church — a far cry from Dalseattie !
15 For example , using a good etymological dictionary , try looking up the origins and spelling changes in words like : ache delight ghost guest health ( and whole , hale ) island thought Changes in place names are particularly interesting , because they demonstrate clearly the way in which spelling does not determine pronunciation , but so often limps along behind .
16 In my personal opinion I prefer the original ending because it keeps up the style and tone of the rest of the novel and also keeps the characters the same .
17 Although you can scale up the size and shape of the leaves and flowers , the huge numbers that have to be used to fill the picture mean that the overall effect is lost , and you can not appreciate the beauty of each flower as there are so many of them .
18 You must know your aircraft well enough to be able immediately to set up the Attitude and Power for the required descent rate .
19 She then told me what she said she had already told the police and that there was no harm in telling me , to wit that Froggy had given her nearly two thousand quid to do up the kitchen and bathroom . ’
20 Another wrote of ‘ a new resurgence of idolatrous religion ’ in which ‘ the church is valued , if it is valued at all , to the extent that it helps to shore up the values and culture of Thatcherism . ’
21 What follows thereafter is building up the knowledge and experience of all those things that will enable us to identify , plan and implement improvements to our business .
22 Much of this critique of current policy has been taken into account in the White Paper outlining new policy on restrictive trades practices ( Department of Trade and Industry , 1989 ) and the consultation document on options to tighten up the legislation and policy implementation in the area of abuse of market power ( Department of Trade and Industry , 1992 ) .
23 Each time a new worksheet is opened , you usually spend time setting up the row and column headings .
24 His only answer was to pick up the knife and hand it to me .
25 The thieves hooked up the green and cream Piper Clubman to their vehicle and drove it away .
26 If she were to climb up the hillock and semaphore with her flags the signals would be clearly outlined against the sky .
27 ‘ And I 'm going to have to make up the cameras and equipment , too , because we do n't have any . ’
28 In effect , the cell body integrates up the plus and minus stimuli it is receiving , and this determines its own output .
29 We walk up the ramp and stand huddled and silent , bobbing up and down with the swell .
30 No cos it pulls up the name and address .
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