Example sentences of "and [vb base] up [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The brent [ German brand = burned ] goose looks as if it has stuck its head and neck up a chimney and emerged sooty black — although with a little of its ‘ clerical collar ’ still clean . |
| 2 | But he then had to get across the gully and connect up the wires to brin' this lot down on top of us . ’ |
| 3 | These three are in the same field , and make up a triangle . |
| 4 | Do n't take along a shade fringe with dozens of colours — pull out a few ‘ whiskers ’ in basic shades and make up a fringe of your own . |
| 5 | Subtract these calories from your total for the day and make up the rest from other meals . |
| 6 | We are glad that is able to be with us twice this season , and that has agreed to continue her regular music lessons for the early birds as well as taking a number of sessions. , and make up the rest of the team and we all look forward to working with you . |
| 7 | The heightened interest in underwater archaeology caused by the find of the Brindisi bronzes has prompted the new Ministro per i Beni Culturali , Alberto Ronchey , to propose changes in the law : first , to extend the limit of Italian territorial waters beyond the six miles off the coast currently in force and beyond the seabed on the continental shelf ( no distance has yet been specified ) ; second , to consider allocating underwater ‘ concessions ’ to non-government teams who would take a course in the theory and practice of underwater excavation and make up the shortfall in trained divers . |
| 8 | A city ‘ where nothing is wasted , costly and luxurious city though it be , but where wonderful human ants creep out of holes , and pick up every scrap ’ , OMF i 12 . |
| 9 | She would leave by the back door and pick up a taxi several blocks away . |
| 10 | Parrott , the UK snooker champ , scored a tremendous 6-5 victory over the world champion and world No 1 to claim the first title of the season and pick up a £25,000 cheque . |
| 11 | To pick them up , moisten the paint-brush slightly , draw out the bristles to make a fine point , and pick up a larva with the tip of the brush and put it gently on to the new plant . |
| 12 | Those guys did n't stop the car , jump out and pick up a parcel . |
| 13 | All he had to do was stroll down to Underwoods and pick up a bit of dynercaprol and potassium chloride . |
| 14 | CHOOSE YOUR TOP VIDEOS AND PICK UP A CLUTCH OF GOODIES |
| 15 | We drive to Swords and pick up a key from Crilly 's sister , Lorraine , who occupies a small semi-detached house with her husband and her two children . |
| 16 | She watched him sprawl in a cane chair on the terrace , light a cigar , and pick up a book , uncaring of the many and varied insects homing in on the light above him . |
| 17 | When next buying your petfood , look out for the special tins of Kit-e-Kat and Pal and pick up a Whiskas or Chum 1990 calendar . |
| 18 | Winners of this year 's competition will take over the education page for a day and pick up a £200 cash prize . |
| 19 | As England discovered in 1986 when they performed so lamentably at the international sevens tournaments in Sydney , it is just not possible to turn round a few weeks before an event and pick up a team and set off with any expectation of success . |
| 20 | Check with your employer for exactly how much you will be entitled to receive , and pick up a copy of ‘ A Guide to Maternity Benefits ’ from the DSS . |
| 21 | Right , let's get into DOS directory and pick up a Mouse Com or a mouse driver from there erm and execute , it will copy it into the root . |
| 22 | Moving like a boy in treacle , I rotate on the axis of my right knee and pick up the yard and a half of large bore nozzle between hands slick with sweat . |
| 23 | The American embassy in London reported on 23 November 1956 that " anti-American feeling is at a very high pitch and yet is accompanied by the somewhat contradictory but nevertheless complacent assumption that the U.S. is bound to come to its senses and pick up the check " . |
| 24 | Potential buyers , who have a pre-sale preview of all stock on offer , then watch the screen on sale day and pick up the phone to make a bid . |
| 25 | Sometimes it seemed that those who loved them were almost willing the band to spend their lives touring pubs , returning to Farnborough merely to return the empties and pick up the bills . |
| 26 | Next time , stay calm and pick up the pace when you can . |
| 27 | To pick them up , moisten the paintbrush slightly , draw out the bristles to make a fine point and pick up the aphids with the tip of the brush . |
| 28 | I climb out and pick up the wood arrow , |
| 29 | Because of his other highly classified projects , his office already contained all the paraphernalia of necessary secrecy : the code-block and buttons on the door , the gaggle of different-coloured telephones , the five-thousand-pound safes , even the tempered glass in the windows , as his lawyer noted at his trial , ‘ so that enemies of the country ca n't beam through the windows and pick up the sound ’ . |
| 30 | Gently hold the disc in place on the surface of a grid by means of a strong eyelash mounted to the end of a thin wooden ( orange ) stick , and pick up the disc by bringing the grid up under the disc and out of the water . |