Example sentences of "up a [noun sg] at [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Roux and Co cook up a treat at Food Show . |
| 2 | One way would be to hold up a pencil at arm 's length and measure their relative sizes as an artist might . |
| 3 | And then it eased up a bit at dinner time and then it started again about two o'clock . |
| 4 | The veteran Eire international is careful not to be drawn into a new slanging match with Ferguson — but one of those reasons must be to show the United manager that he is not a crippled has-been , better equipped propping up a bar than shoring up a defence at football 's highest level . |
| 5 | Hold up a finger at arm's-length , close one eye , and line your finger up with a picture or some other convenient object some way away . |
| 6 | Could it be supposed that it would be more impossible for God to raise up a body at Resurrection , if needs be , out of elementary particles , which had been liberated by burning , than it would be to raise up a body from dust ? ’ |
| 7 | But erm it 's quite hard if you 've been up a lot at night and then you have to go and do the whole of the next day of work , but fortunately our rotas are n't too bad so we 're never on two nights in a row compared with the hospital which was quite a lot harder work . |