Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [verb] up the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this programme I 'm going to sketch in a bit of the background , by way of introduction , and in later weeks , various colleagues of mine , concerned with all aspects of the computing world , will be helping me build up the over-all picture . |
| 2 | It very nearly made me give up the entire project . |
| 3 | The scheme will be targeted at 25–35 year-old chemical engineers or chemists to encourage them to take up the available lecturing academic posts and to carry out teaching and research on environmental issues . |
| 4 | When one cooled she picked up the other and spat to test it . |
| 5 | To the very last he consulted his own common sense rather than the orders of his doctors whom he detested because they advised him to give up the roast meats that he loved . |
| 6 | Let us sum up the main points . |
| 7 | If you over oil the skin it will be too slippery to enable you to build up the necessary friction . |
| 8 | and you 're not commissioned communicating professionally or particularly politely if you do n't ring up that day or the next day anybody understands if you have a puncture a road accident a client crashes but there 's nothing to actually stop you ringing up the next day and saying so sorry you could n't make it |
| 9 | Carrie watched him go up the steep main street . |
| 10 | From the corner of her eye , she watched him pick up the first coil of rope . |
| 11 | Mungo watched him pile up the treble twenties , thinking of the small boy adopted by the woodcutter . |
| 12 | And no , no , I would n't want her to end up the same way as I did . ’ |
| 13 | The company claimed last night that Mr Onanuga and Mr Newton now agreed they made up the whole story of Mr Lamont 's visit . |
| 14 | The programs were originally written for BBC machines because their ‘ user-defined graphics ’ facility enabled me to bring up the special phonetic symbols on screen . |
| 15 | In fact in our tenement " penthouse " I once unearthed several roller-skates which I cannibalised until finally there was only one , at which point I gave up the unequal struggle on a solo skate . |
| 16 | As she went she picked up the expensive bottle of wine . |
| 17 | These are very useful , as they enable you to balance up the individual microphone inputs with a degree of precision which is not easy to achieve simply by listening on headphones . |
| 18 | They enable us to break up the larger and more nebulous goals , into smaller , more manageable pieces . |
| 19 | Did n't we have a similar streak about four/five years ago , i.e. the last year Bremner was in charge — this saw us shoot up the second division before an ignominous defeat against Shrewsbury Town ( who ? ) saw us plummet to mid table yet again . |
| 20 | When he wins he turns up the next week as if nothing 's happened — and as if he has n't got a penny to his name , that 's the difference between Seve and others — what sets him apart a bit , I suppose . |
| 21 | The bad news is that your pass is for today and Friday , and Lil wo n't allow you to make up the lost time in the field . |
| 22 | Phil disappeared for twenty-four hours and had me ringing up the local police station . |
| 23 | The spirit of the Lord God is upon me Because the Lord has anointed me To bring good tidings to the afflicted ; He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted , To proclaim liberty to the captives And the opening of prison to those who are bound ; To proclaim the year of the Lord 's favour … |
| 24 | Leaving you to patch up the little cuts and grazes that germs love so much . |
| 25 | Leaving you to patch up the little cuts and grazes that germs love so much . |
| 26 | His injuries forced him to give up the coveted mount on Cool Ground . |
| 27 | But another thing is you see where Sandra lives , you saying that where she lives is apparently erm P C , now I do n't know him , but she does he lives up the same road and when people park did n't she tell you this when we were coming down ? |
| 28 | And your own personal ‘ diata ’ will help you to build up the long term eating habits that are necessary for good health . |
| 29 | Have you used up the first side then ? |
| 30 | And we 'd go across and I would help him to couple up the various coaches and that . |