Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] up [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Stay in this position for some time , then slowly sit up through a curved spine — a great way to relax ! |
| 2 | But then , despite the gloss given by the court flatterers , the unspoken tensions in the palace eventually build up into a civil war which topples the old order . |
| 3 | It dropped again at first but eventually picked up for a lively last lap . |
| 4 | The boys were eventually picked up by a small boat and were taken by ambulance to Nobles Hospital in Douglas where they were treated for the effects of cold . |
| 5 | The boys were eventually picked up by a small boat and were taken by ambulance to Nobles Hospital in Douglas where they were treated for cold . |
| 6 | With the genre scenes , part of the secret lies again in the way natural-sounding dialogue is skilfully caught up into a formal musical structure . |
| 7 | Only goes up to a certain height . |
| 8 | If the country 's nuclear experts really are as bright as they would like us to think , they should be bright enough to come up with a convincing case for spending so much money , or to find cheaper ways of demonstrating the technology . |
| 9 | Recently , we had enough saved up for a nice flat after having lived in one room for a year . |
| 10 | Mm you basically saving up for a complete system ? |
| 11 | It was all wrapped up in a knotted kerchief . |
| 12 | Well they had a particularly bad time many of them lost absolutely everything and now they 're protesting cos the Lloyds people are only coming up with a nine hundred million pound rescue package that might give them some of them back half of what they invested . |
| 13 | Now I was about to meet him again , it was as if I had suddenly woken up from a syrupy dream . |
| 14 | Tonight , wherever she looked she saw herself reflected and transformed , her face shining as though she had quite suddenly woken up after a long sleep , filled with lovely dreams . |
| 15 | Better to turn up with a single flower . |
| 16 | The sour smell from the communal rubbish bins in the alley below drifted up through a broken window and Carrie grimaced as she knocked on the door . |
| 17 | Too often , noise has meant a level plane of abraded texture , which can merely add up to a different kind of blandness , a sense-dulling consistency . |
| 18 | Even the Commission , with all its enthusiasm for EMU , could only come up with a potential saving of between 0.1% and 0.5% of the Community 's GDP , and even this did not take into account new costs of changing the ecu into other , non-EC currencies . |
| 19 | Generosity , however , was not an emotion that could be found in many Palestinian hearts in Lebanon , and the hatred that burned in 1948 was eagerly taken up by a new generation . |
| 20 | The rock is a unique form of conglomerate , so warming up on a few practice routes was needed to get a feel for it . |
| 21 | HARRISONS & Crosfield must really dislike being classified as an overseas trader if it is willing to go through the complex process of changing its listing only to end up as a miscellaneous industrial . |
| 22 | Aschmann in his house , all dressed up for a festive occasion , the most glamorous lady in the theatre , was going to make it a party like no other . |
| 23 | Mum kept out of sight until he had left , then down the stairs she came , all dressed up in a long black taffeta dress , which rustled when she moved . |
| 24 | If you find such terms as ‘ Uniform Edition ’ , ‘ Valima Edition ’ , ‘ Border Edition ’ ( and even ‘ Author 's Edition ’ ) you will almost certainly be correct in deciding that the volume can not be a ‘ first ’ but forms part of a , later collected edition , all dressed up in a special format — a ‘ uniform ’ , in fact . |
| 25 | Try to go to bed only when you 're tired but do not stay up past a certain critical time , say one hour after you would normally go to bed . |
| 26 | As he was talking , he was sliding out of bed , still trying to face his wife , but finally leaping up with a glad cry and rushing for the door , clad only in his pyjama top , his penis smacking against his thighs as he ran , as she noted . |
| 27 | Then turn to the opposite direction by stepping with the left foot about a shoulder 's width to the left , thus ending up in a left forward stance in the opposite direction . |
| 28 | Not to marry , but just to meet up on a regular basis and do nice things together such as walks , long discussions about books and music , that sort of thing . |
| 29 | A final technical point on audio versus video recording : it takes no longer to set up for a simple video recording than it does to position a microphone for an audio recording . |
| 30 | For the fox , use sand or a very light shade of tan ( not too dark or it will not show up on a dark background ) . |