Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [verb] up the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After which , his empty sledge on his back , he would walk and clamber slowly back up the steepness to enter once more into the dripping slate shaft and repeat the exhausting process . |
| 2 | Christina kneeled down to pick up the handle of a cup . |
| 3 | He sought only to take up the challenge they had thrown down in their fight against Fascism and Britain . |
| 4 | Yet the address was correct ; maybe there was a relative — a sister-in-law or another daughter perhaps — living there … but in that case the phone should still be working and there would be no need to arrange for someone else to come in to pick up the post . |
| 5 | They very kindly drop in shade cards and patterns for her and Mrs Critten has only to pick up the telephone and they are there to help . |
| 6 | Fedelma has only started up the business since beginning the course and has found it a ‘ great practical help ’ . |
| 7 | Just as I was about ashore , I bent down to pick up the ball , getting a wet sleeve in the process . |
| 8 | He bent down to pick up the photograph which was what had fallen . |
| 9 | I turned the boat into the first drift and bent down to pick up the rods . |
| 10 | ‘ Thanks , Mister Tom , ’ and he bent down to pick up the book with the marmalade cat in it . |
| 11 | Human Touch ( Columbia ) is the worst : an hour of express-way roar with only the odd shift down to break up the nose-to-bumper raunch . |
| 12 | He had n't , after all , promised not to look up the name and home number of the divisional security officer , and one small stain would n't really count and might not even show . |
| 13 | Q : Have you ever considered just hanging up the business ? |
| 14 | As Peugeot has not pushed up the prices of these new models compared to the old , the PC 553 ERP represents pretty good value for money . |
| 15 | Certainly Ferguson has not given up the ghost of trying to land the Championship . |
| 16 | Eight years ago , the council gave Burton Property Trust permission to build a multi-storey car park as part of the Cornmill but it has not taken up the option . |
| 17 | The export market has not taken up the slack , so redundancies are coming thick and fast . |
| 18 | When Weissbräu has finally mopped up the market for popular , easily-drinkable wheat beers , it will be glad to have such tasty , characterful brews as a specialist line . |
| 19 | safety candle , but it was very pretty , it 's from Marks & Spencers and she said er your candle has , has just give up the rights of last night . |
| 20 | Samantha Ward Tadman , 10 , of Rhyl , has just taken up the cello , and after only a few months , the prize-winning pianist has passed her first cello exam Picture : PHIL MICHEU |
| 21 | It is typical of British tennis that Annabel Croft , who had not played a serious match for five years , should celebrate a light-hearted comeback by beating one of our brightest prospects who has just taken up the game professionally . |
| 22 | Pa has just pulled up the sleeves of his jacket and taken the Monster from Ma . |
| 23 | Meanwhile , a second pressure pad has already taken up the tension for the next length of rods . |
| 24 | Sue says she 's beaten all the players above her in the world rankings and will have to work harder to make up the difference . |
| 25 | She tried repeatedly to bring up the subject of her rapidly-disintegrating marriage . |
| 26 | Sun 's biggest US distributor Access Graphics has taken on Hummingbird 's HCL-exceed PC X servers which offers a Sun interface with X Windows applications and can run on top of PC-NFS : IBM Canada has also picked up the product to run off networked hosts like the RS/6000 . |
| 27 | DEC has also set up the Object Database Assessment Team to provide consultancy to customers deciding between an object database or a traditional approach for an application . |
| 28 | He has also taken up the case for a market-orientated reform , which has been started , but with far less vigour . |
| 29 | The union has also taken up the case of 50 workers who were fired for joining the union . |
| 30 | The sociologist Bernice Martin has perceptively summed up the situation in terms of recent English culture when she says that : |