Example sentences of "then [vb base] up [art] " in BNC.

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1 Prepare the ground as already described , then make up a mix of 1 cement to 5 sand , with a minimum of water .
2 Then make up a minimum of 650 calories ( more , if you are allowing yourself between 1,000 and 1,500 a day ) from Fibre-Filler ( see page 65 ) and the meals on the F-Plan menus .
3 Then bring up every 20th needle on the ribber to working position .
4 round that square then back up the other way betwe up through the factories
5 He watched her drape a folded sheet and towel over one arm , then pick up a covered tea-tray and step from the bright kitchen to the gloomy corridor .
6 And we used to do thirty-six holes a day ; caddie for one player in the morning and then pick up a fresh bag for the afternoon .
7 They land in a field among crop circles ( they bought crop circle footage off National Geographic , and when they watched it the only car you could see in it was — synchronicity ! — a red station wagon … ) and then pick up a hitch-hiking alien .
8 If you then pick up a bonus , because the team could n't answer it maybe , er , you will get a bonus for your team .
9 Then pick up the pace to within 20 to 30 seconds per mile of your 10K race pace and hold that for seven minutes .
10 Then pick up the next two stitches and put them on needles 1 and 2 ( one already on needle 1 ) .
11 From Baden , those in a hurry might take the motorway east to the outskirts of Zurich , then pick up the northbound motorway , carrying on through Jestetten .
12 The age-old method of casting bells was to make a clay mould of the inside shape of the bell , then build up a layer of beeswax round it to the shape and thickness of the finished bell .
13 Basically , you take a good slug of tequila ( ice cold if poss ) and add a splash of lime juice , then top up a five-ounce glass with champagne — or Sainsbury 's Asti Spumante , whichever comes first to hand .
14 Fall down , then fly up the pipe , use flying power to get the weight above you , go right , fall down , fall down again , go left to the main wall , jump up and throw the weight onto the button , go up the pipe , right , up on the lift and collect the weight , go left , fall down and throw the weight on the button , go down , right , up on the lift , left and up the pipe , go right ( dodge the guillotine ) and leg it to the door .
15 I watched Pa mark the first blade with yellow chalk , pull down his welder 's mask , then winch up the grinding wheel till it just pinged against the right-hand end of the blades , throwing a couple of sparks .
16 When all construction has been completed in accordance with the diagrams , check all interwiring etc. carefully , set the rotary switch to ‘ 2 Minutes ’ and then power up the unit .
17 Then cover up the ears .
18 This leaves a nice little ladder which I zig zag down on both sides with my sewing machine , then cut up the centre of the ladder .
19 I lost Granpa quite a bit of our weekly profit that way , until he taught me to say , ‘ Twopence change , Mrs Smith , ’ then hold up the coins for all to see before handing them over .
20 The partners had already started to restrict drawings on the account , and Ms Harris and Charles Bullworthy then put up a £150,000 guarantee , supported by a second charge on their house , in order to increase the practice facility .
21 A car dealer turned back the mileometer on a car and then put up a notice that the mileage " may not be correct " .
22 The spores do germinate , go through a few perfunctory cell divisions , then give up the ghost .
23 Then add up the total and see how people compared .
24 ‘ The job required us to cast the parts to near finished size , precision-machine them and then clear up the waste , ’ said section manager Dr Brian Hudson .
25 " Cover the bottom of the dish with Naples biscuits , and macaroons broken in halves , wet with brandy and white wine poured over them , cover them with patches of raspberry jam , fill the dish with a good custard , then whip up a syllabub , drain the froth on a sieve , put it on the custard and strew comfits over all . "
26 Then look up the root word in the lexicon .
27 of it and then get up the A twelve
28 For a senior job it should not be regarded as a burden to see 12 people and then draw up a short list of three or four .
29 Then draw up a chart marked ‘ Daily Jobs ’ , and write down in detail each thing , beginning , ‘ Put on the kettle , light fire and clear out ashes , ’ and so on .
30 Then draw up a plan as to how you can maximise their value .
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