Example sentences of "up [art] [noun sg] in [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The old man looked up the staircase in front of them . |
| 2 | Driver of Vickers Laboratories explained the procedure : ‘ You shake up the sample in carbon tet to extract the oil , dry it , and run an IR spectrum in the crucial region because it has no C-C bonds . |
| 3 | Hocazade soon gave up the kadilik in order to devote himself more fully to but remained as muderris in Iznik until the death of Mehmed II ( 886/1481 ) . |
| 4 | As a result , it looks as though any rethink of this weekend goes up the spout in favour of the ghastliness of paper for the beastly bureaucrats . |
| 5 | The government , which controls around 85 per cent of the country , has turned to logging as a way of making up the shortfall in revenue resulting from the end of Soviet aid , and its loss of the Palinn gem mines in western Cambodia to Khmer Rouge forces . |
| 6 | So on , on that basis , I would hope you feel that we could support 'em , to make up the shortfall in rent , which will in actual fact be paid on by them in rent , to keep the place occupiable . |
| 7 | You ca n't have Romeo swarming up the balcony in doublet , hose and hearing aid . |
| 8 | The garment was worn with an overdress or bed gown , bunched up the waist in front and falling behind to the hem of the petticoat . |
| 9 | I looked back up the wall in wonder and doubt . |
| 10 | As Claire Hunt observed , Chris Thompson 's Beware the Barmaid 's Smile of 1985 neatly summed up the trend in pub interiors in the 1980 : |
| 11 | STAFF at a vandal-hit racecourse gave up their bank holiday yesterday to clear up the damage in time for the next meeting . |
| 12 | The remedial programme should aim to make up the deficit in primary and community health services in the capital , to bring them into line with national standards . |
| 13 | And I should say to the general assembly that the Board 's four homes for people with senile dementia are differently funded and any deficits there are made up by grants from health boards and social work departments which are prohibited from making up the deficit in eventide care . |
| 14 | Roirbak bundled Tammuz into the elevator and they rode halfway up the building in silence until Tammuz said : ‘ I ca n't believe this ! ’ |
| 15 | ‘ There was a time recently when a friend of mine said she was in love and could I look up the man in question 's chart and tell her the truth ? |
| 16 | Parsons gives up the matter in disgust when Tottle fails to win the hand of the eminently eligible Miss Lillerton . |
| 17 | The DSS said last week local authorities would be expected to negotiate with home owners on how to make up the gap in funding for residents who have to be away from the home for more than six days . |
| 18 | Our unequal arms might well take up the difference in line lengths when flying one way ; but the perverse nature of our natural reactions does n't allow the same correction when flying the other way . |
| 19 | He probably tried the door to the house , found that unlocked as well and picked up the hammer in case he was disturbed . ’ |
| 20 | KEVIN Keegan has lodged a substantial bid for an unnamed player but wo n't tie up the deal in time for Saturday 's home game with Brighton . |
| 21 | There are suspicions that Mr Kinnock , who will not intervene publicly in the contest , is trying to speed up the process in order to boost the chances of Mr Smith , who is believed to be his preferred successor . |
| 22 | In the end he tore up the agreement in front of me . |
| 23 | Simply line up the shelf in position , using a spirit level , before permanent fixing for a really professional result . |
| 24 | Simply line up the shelf in position , using a spirit level , before permanent fixing for a really professional result . |
| 25 | Erm I wo n't take up the point in relation to the particular site er Mr La Laycock was referring to but in general terms , car showrooms and people who work in car sho showrooms are taken into account in the calculation of employment needs , |
| 26 | A long and heart-felt kiss was interrupted by the phone and I hurried back into the bedroom and picked up the extension in time to hear Ed Grainger . |
| 27 | He eventually squeezed through a 12-inch gap in his shattered rear windscreen , and crawled up the bank in agony to raise the alarm . |
| 28 | " It was one of my bitterest hours to see our leader , only just home , having to throw up the sponge in front of the men he lived for " . |
| 29 | The words addressed to Titius are therefore construed as setting up a trust in favour of others ; and the others happen to be the coheirs who stand to benefit from the resulting reduction in the share intended to fall to Titius . |
| 30 | You 're all right if you can play a musical instrument one o' these one-string fiddles , Jew 's harp , ham-bone , play the comb , or one o' these sewing-machines ( gesticulates with his hands , pedals with his feet ) ; you can stick up a board in front of you saying ‘ Ex-Service Man ’ , ‘ Hero ’ , put on a row of medals — an' you can go into any of these back streets and nobody 'll stop you . |