Example sentences of "[verb] up [adv] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It had picked up quite a bit of loose weed which kept jamming in the top ring , but this was periodically removed by Mr Gardner who , by now , knew I had a good fish on and had been warned that any foul-ups at the net would seriously hinder his future fathering capabilities . |
| 2 | In fact , I had already picked up quite a lot about ‘ Lucky ’ Lucan and what had happened . |
| 3 | I was I used to come up here every week anyway , cos I had friends here but erm I never er I did n't take pictures for months and months and months . |
| 4 | As the rite is planned , the London bank clerk adds up correctly the figures in the left-hand column . |
| 5 | ROCK star Elton John 's prized £400,000 Jaguar sports car has been smashed up just a month after it was delivered . |
| 6 | Thatcher 's administration eventually wound up both the PAR system and CPRS . |
| 7 | ‘ Well , the 'andle spun round an' sent 'im flyin' up ter the ceilin' . |
| 8 | The night sky was still clouded picking up just a hint of the glow from the street lights that silhouetted the church , trees and houses on the opposite crest . |
| 9 | You woke up about an hour , you know the nights are shorter . |
| 10 | Together they have built up quite a following of devotees for their special brand of banter , interspersed with gems of gardening knowhow and Harry 's infamous groan-inducing puns . |
| 11 | However , far from being tied to his desk , Harry has built up quite a reputation as a roving reporter . |
| 12 | Now , there was this Greek fellow called Archimedes , who had built up quite a reputation for himself . |
| 13 | Less important , these maps show up clearly the direction of the wind at the time of the eruption , since the isopachs are all elongated downwind . |
| 14 | Here well-dressed factory representatives show up once a week and sell their goods at 30 per cent discount to wholesalers who then sell them to people like Marta — but not before a hard haggle for the best deal . |
| 15 | Members of the senior management within the health service have The Northern Echo that they believe the merger question will crop up once the purchasing consortiums have begun operating . |
| 16 | The more , the more , the more you put in the formula , that more memory it takes , but even a very simple formula , uses up quite a lot of memory . |
| 17 | It uses up quite an area does n't it for er mm |
| 18 | The Americans have invaded , and are rounding up both the rebels and governmental forces . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ When he first told me , I tried to understand him and agreed he could dress up once a week at home . |
| 20 | The accounting implications of generic strategies , however , go far beyond this , but , before addressing them , it is appropriate here to pick up again the ROI debate left uncompleted in chapter 3 . |
| 21 | Surely Baldwin , whatever his desire earlier in the imbroglio , can not at this stage have wished to go back to the Cabinet on the following morning and announce that a wayward King , who had already compromised his position with most opinion both at home and in the Dominions , had suddenly changed his mind , at least temporarily , and , having attracted the maximum publicity to his preference for Mrs Simpson over the Throne , was now prepared to ditch her and try to pick up again the pieces of kingship . |
| 22 | I seem to have stirred up quite a hornets ' nest . |
| 23 | Er , and I did have er , somebody who came up about a year ago , and , and said do you talk to all your clients like this , and I said no , no it 's only at Tarmac . |
| 24 | I made myself pretty busy : got pissed , went and screamed at Jamie , saw a million movies , realised with horror that that ate up only a week . |
| 25 | ( They may have puffed up quite a bit . ) |
| 26 | And waking up about a quarter past ten , go downstairs and make tea and toast takes the paper up , I take Freeman 's catalogue put the , the wireless on and he 's looking through the paper and I 'm looking through Freeman 's catalogue saying |
| 27 | Initially , the children were waking up almost every night of the week , and about three or four times a night . |
| 28 | Mariana did n't look up so the smile Trent gave her was a waste of time and he could n't think of anything else to say , or nothing that would make any difference . |
| 29 | Answer guide : In the former case an invoice for the goods or services supplied has been received whereas in the latter no invoice has been received at the time the accounts are drawn up therefore an estimate of the amount owing for the goods or services provided is made . |
| 30 | Once he 'd found out that I was applying to go to art school he opened up quite a bit and we began to talk . |