Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] up the [noun] with " in BNC.
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| 1 | Carrie tried to mop up the mess with the edge of the table cloth and put a mat under the worst of it to stop the damp marking the table , but her hands seemed all thumbs and she could n't stop crying . |
| 2 | ‘ I want to ride up the front with you . ’ |
| 3 | No matter how hard the WRU tried to dress up the occasion with male voice choirs and star tenors , there was little genuine entertainment on offer . |
| 4 | These are mixes which are designed for the horse owner who still wants to feed traditionally ie oats etc , but wants to make up the deficiencies with a specific mix . |
| 5 | Earlier that very week , in fact , as he 'd filled up the Jaguar with Gulf-inflated gasoline , he 'd found himself surveying the display of the semi-pornographic magazines arranged along the highest shelf above the dailies ; and re-acquainted himself with such reasonably familiar titles as Men Only , Escort , Knave , Video XXXX , and so many others , each of them enticing the susceptible motorist with its cover of some provocatively posed woman , vast-breasted and voluptuous . |
| 6 | It was also reported that the Governor of Sokoto had decided to take up the issue with the federal authorities in Lagos . |
| 7 | Nonetheless , it was decided to make up the numbers with category B and C refugees . |
| 8 | I would stand on the doorstep waiting to pick up the children with my ex-wife sneering at me . |
| 9 | For many , the very phrase risk management may have been a switch off even before the experts started whipping up the campaign with the emphasis on the disaster scenario — terrorist bombings , sinking oil tankers , fraud , kidnap and computer fires . |
| 10 | In his last Test at Sydney in 1984–5 , having wrapped up the series with three victories in the first three games and not having lost for 27 Tests since 1981–2 , his team suddenly collapsed to an innings defeat , the architects of which were Bob Holland and Murray Bennett — spinners both . |
| 11 | The van was capacious and he decided to fill up the space with a couple of sacks of fuel . |
| 12 | Hardly any of them replied and Chris , Nick and I decided to follow up the letters with phone calls . |
| 13 | The clinics will have to make up the difference with funds from the Länder , thereby ensuring that the money is used for its intended purpose . |
| 14 | Then he started to foul up the air with stinging yellow smoke . |
| 15 | Nutty went to round up the others with the good news and returned to find their new trainer surrounded by an admiring crowd . |
| 16 | It may well be worth trying to gum up the joint with a mastic sealant or self-adhesive bitumastic flashing rather than going to all the trouble of dismantling the system : use the sealant on the joints even if you do dismantle and reassemble them . |
| 17 | To make them easier to serve , we 've firmed up the mixture with a few fine cake crumbs so that they do n't melt the moment they hit room temperature . |
| 18 | That 's why I 'm trying to fill up the gap with a few concerts , but of course I 'm not good enough for the big dates , it will be mostly provincial engagements . |
| 19 | When all details of the front page set-up were agreed , and Bill Adair had tightened up the form with his screw-lock , the plate was wheeled on its steel trolley to the back where the asbestos mat was impressed . |
| 20 | He had taken up the post with the NITB after spending eight years in Glasgow . |
| 21 | Our competition could be the answer to your problems , as you can lay out the wardrobe interior just as you need it , after you 've put up the wardrobe with the help of the instructions provided . |
| 22 | Now Johnny will continue to prop up the bar with a rum and black and the Echo crossword . |
| 23 | And a shock came when , on 12 March , the large picture was sent on its way to Bohemia ; the transport firm in Decin had loaded up the lorry with gas containers from Belgium . |
| 24 | This should provide enough new information to keep astronomers busy for many years to come , those in the UK being particularly well placed to follow up the survey with work on UKIRT on Hawaii . |
| 25 | Far from feeling second best , the Mexicans have taken up the challenge with vigour : ‘ We aim to be a cultural invasion of Frankfurt and the rest of Germany ’ , said the Mexican commissioner , Eugenia Meyer . |
| 26 | Finland also attempted to shore up the markka with the appointment of a new woman central bank governor , Sirkka Haemaelaeinen , described by one banker as a ‘ market orientated tough egg ’ . |