Example sentences of "[vb base] [noun pl] up " in BNC.
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| 1 | By having Alexander lessons an individual would be able to learn how to sit , stand or pick objects up so that they do not put so much strain on the back muscles , thus bringing instant relief to their back . |
| 2 | At a constant 56mph , Volvo claims fuel consumption of 54mpg and exhaust emissions up to 25 times better than California 's 1993 laws , the world 's toughest . |
| 3 | I want listeners up and down the country to hear the best of our local radio and regional journalism . |
| 4 | We want listeners up and down the country to have the opportunity to hear the best of our local radio and regional journalism . |
| 5 | Gymslip mums up |
| 6 | ‘ I send pupils up here for research , and beforehand bounce ideas with our librarian , ’ commented a head of expressive arts . |
| 7 | I am if they put houses up there yes . |
| 8 | Smoke wisps up and then it explodes in flames . |
| 9 | If the recovery fails to materialise , the deficit in 1993-94 could be even greater than the £50 billion forecast , and the Chancellor will either have to slash welfare spending in November or put taxes up even further , risking a vicious circle of rising taxes , depleted spending power and slower growth , or borrow more which inevitably will mean putting interest rates back up . |
| 10 | Age Concern run an advisory service whereby they match pets up to elderly people . |
| 11 | well they were always against me , well Bill was during the war , what I 'd done to them , finished all the decorating , put shelves up , go on the slate to put his aerial up , he would n't go up , I had to climb out my bedroom window onto the gutter and its a wonder I did n't kill myself then , put his aerial up and |
| 12 | Yeah , she 's done it , and er Doug put wardrobes up and drawers like , cos they 're all in flat packs |
| 13 | British Rail recently put fares up on the affected routes saying customers had to pay for the vast improvements they 'd made . |
| 14 | Absolutely , and you will find when we look on the video the number of people who held up a piece of paper if you hold things up and I 'm holding this now because I 'm about to write but if if you stand here and hold a piece of paper then it 's very difficult to make symmetrical palm gestures , open palm gestures . |
| 15 | The Def Leppard singer , at No 10 with Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad , admits : ‘ I could never get into a plane and smash things up like some stars do . |
| 16 | I always feel it takes some of the magic away if you put things up too early . |
| 17 | just for now put things up , look , what you ca n't get on your shelf put on the drawers because you know |
| 18 | I tell you something if they put lights up down here I reckon it 'd make it even more scary though you know , I do n't know why . |
| 19 | The 518-strong elite band of jetsetting politicians cost taxpayers up to £200,000 a year each . |
| 20 | B&I put passengers up in hotels until the ferry sailed , 24 hours late . |
| 21 | The largest size can be inflated with air to form a cushion , a couple of the others have storage pockets of other items and they hold liquids up to 70°C if needed for use as body warmers . |
| 22 | Sometimes the way we act shows up our beliefs as little better than the hazy notions of an unbeliever . |
| 23 | I remember visiting a year or two ago a project in Mexico , where an American organization had moved in and made a careful study , decided that the ideal thing for the local people to do would be to raise chickens , so they put fences up , supplied them with goodness knows how many hundred thousand chickens ; within a year they 'd killed the chickens , pulled the fences down and used them to cook the chickens and they were back exactly where they were . |
| 24 | Check that the shade of gold really complements your skin , and hold earrings up to your face to check you are happy with the shape . |
| 25 | Yeah it 's about time it were shaken up now that Labour Party er this government er , erm they 're agreeing to this , this has to be done and that has to be done you put notices up on buses all over Britain no smoking in the buses , now in the big restaurants they 're going to have to between now and July put notices up , no smoking in restaurants |
| 26 | Yeah it 's about time it were shaken up now that Labour Party er this government er , erm they 're agreeing to this , this has to be done and that has to be done you put notices up on buses all over Britain no smoking in the buses , now in the big restaurants they 're going to have to between now and July put notices up , no smoking in restaurants |
| 27 | Nominated care district judges can : ( a ) transfer cases up to the High Court following transfer from the family proceedings court ; ( b ) consider " appeals " against a justices ' clerk 's refusal to transfer a case ; ( c ) make emergency protection orders in proceedings issued in the county court or transferred up from the family proceedings court ; ( d ) give directions and make uncontested public law orders ; ( e ) make some public law orders in contested cases , eg education supervision orders . |
| 28 | Erm I think what we have to do in particular as , as , as full time officers is , is probably try and er and erm chase things up although they they 're within the realms of the respo the respective LEC 's but to try and make sure that they do get some clearer , if not confirmed , insight into re in relation to the contribution aspect . |
| 29 | Open enrolment provisions , which remove the limits some LEAs had previously put on schools in their area , demand that all maintained schools accept pupils up to the limit of their physical capacity . |
| 30 | Perhaps I just see things , make things up ? |