Example sentences of "we [verb] up a " in BNC.
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| 1 | We made up a bed on the floor and we took turns to sleep in the bed itself . |
| 2 | in the interview right , we made up a song about it |
| 3 | If we make up a helical coil ( Fig. 4.2(b) ) the wires are going round always in the same direction so the voltages simply add and we may rewrite eqn ( 4.13 ) in the form |
| 4 | We make up a story to cover the facts we do n't know or ca n't accept ; we keep a few true facts and spin a new story round them . |
| 5 | Alison Vaissiere ( the Fair 's organiser ) : Four years ago we drew up a five-year plan ; the first theme in 1989 coincided with the tercentenary of William and Mary and was titled ‘ A tribute to the age of William and Mary ’ ; the following year was ‘ Italy and the Grand Tour ’ ; last year , ‘ The Art and influence of Japan ’ coincided with the Japan Festival ; and of course this year celebrates American patronage . |
| 6 | In 1977 , we drew up a petition in the name of AMPES which was distributed to factory owners . |
| 7 | ‘ We drew up a list of things we wanted to do and people we wanted to see , ’ says Bridget . |
| 8 | For last year 's service we drew up a plan and then wrote a personal letter from the laity group to all the Churches , emphasising how much we believed in the power of praying together for Unity . |
| 9 | Manager : We sat with the clinicians and said , look we 've got to identify the capital to do this properly and we drew up a clinic scheme and then we had to compromise on what they wanted and John at one stage said , " I 'm sorry , that is what you 're getting . |
| 10 | Trout sent ripples over the silver surface ; we cracked up a Steinlager , then joined them . |
| 11 | It 's about time we loosened up a bit anyway . |
| 12 | In the first stage we build up a broad structured picture which identifies the main parties , the interactions between them and the main areas where their interests may conflict . |
| 13 | Through this progression , we build up a vista in the round , the lone figure of the narrator at its centre ; then , in ( 4 ) and ( 5 ) , the eye focuses on a particular point : the distant river and vanishing tug , whose disappearance from the scene reinforces the narrator 's isolation . |
| 14 | Now we 've got a formula , so we build up a little table . |
| 15 | In the course of our psychic experiences with the objects of our feelings in our environment we build up an inner world which is peopled by ourselves and the residual images of these objects . |
| 16 | All we in fact observe is that h is regularly followed by B. This consistent association leads us to connect the two in our own minds , to expect A always to be followed by B , and this we then express by saying that A is the cause of B and B the effect of A. This is all perfectly in order , and indeed it is through such links and associations that we build up an ordered and coherent conception of the world around us and make sense of our experience of it . |
| 17 | For instance , ash we build up an initial market share with a tyre that does not wear out we move away from the long-term profitability because replacements fall sharply . |
| 18 | We built up a projection of Theresa , and Theresa 's cancer became very real . |
| 19 | Gradually we built up a common world , partly based on the great of the past , like Jane Austen , partly on Ivy . |
| 20 | From the teachers ' comments and our own observations , we built up a picture of some of the processes involved in creating these conditions . |
| 21 | As a personal trademark we put up a straw model of a short-eared owl made locally especially for us . |
| 22 | We put up a lot with him ! |
| 23 | ‘ We bust up a while back , ’ she says . |
| 24 | We drove up a steep gravel path , and soon beheld the well , Tobernalt . |
| 25 | ‘ We soaked up a great deal of pressure , but then hit them on the break , ’ he said . |
| 26 | I says how come you deputation , you gave us a time of which to be here , now we said , we turned up a quarter hour beforehand and I says we get a phone call er a an intermission from Councillor that you could n't make it because that your car broke down . |
| 27 | If we turned up an hour late for a function in England we would be hammered by everybody . ’ |
| 28 | However , we climbed up a little way , just to get off the road . |
| 29 | We climbed up a twisting staircase past two floors of tables and then took our place in the bay window on the top floor . |
| 30 | From our mooring at the pier , panting in the heat , we walked up a long steep , straight track , which led to the main village where accommodation in private houses was to be allocated ; there were no hotels or pensiones . |