Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] up the [noun] 's " in BNC.
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| 1 | A plant 's leaves are ideally placed to detect day length , for they are designed to pick up the sun 's light for photosynthesis . |
| 2 | They are unique among the deer family in that both the males and females have antlers which are eaten when shed to build up the reindeer 's calcium stocks . |
| 3 | Once Becky felt sure the ink was dry she closed the books and put them back in her satchel while Charlie prepared to lock up the baker 's shop . |
| 4 | X/Open is attempting to spice up the UK 's independent software vendor community with a ‘ software supplier of the year ’ award : the winner will be announced during ICL 's Software Open exhibition at Birmingham 's Metropole Hotel this week — finalists are Firefox Communications , IXI Ltd , Micro Focus , Software AG , Unify Corp and UniSoft Ltd . |
| 5 | Miranda was just going to climb up the Magician 's leg , when she heard a deep voice say , ‘ What are you doing in Puddle Lane ? |
| 6 | Another 47% is used to heat up the Earth 's surface and 22% is consumed in the evaporation cycle which makes rain . |
| 7 | He has , for instance , been more open than his predecessors about the tens of billions of dollars that will have to be spent to clean up the department 's shambolic nuclear-weapons plants . |
| 8 | He must certainly see about spectacles ; it would be worse than anything if he were compelled to give up the reader 's position with Mr Lamprey . |
| 9 | After completing the restructuring of British Steel , Finniston was asked to draw up the group 's first corporate plan . |
| 10 | Breton and Wintrobe object to the assumption that the factors which go to make up the bureaucrat 's utility function — salary , ‘ perks ’ , and so on — are necessarily a positive monotonic function of the total budget . |
| 11 | Palace , still without an away win , attempt to shore up the division 's worst defence by giving a debut to Thorn . |
| 12 | He said that he liked to square up the week 's work . ’ |
| 13 | An Occidental spokesman claims that the government has repeatedly tried to cover up the Army 's role for fear of diluting its case against the company and having to admit some federal responsibility for the situation . |
| 14 | As Stephen Parrish points out in discussing the very earliest ‘ complete ’ draft ( Ms JJ ) , the embryonic Prelude is best understood as an extension of the structure of Tintern Abbey : ‘ The last poem Wordsworth wrote before leaving England was Tintern Abbey , completed in mid July , and the affinities between Tintern Abbey and the autobiographical verse he began to write in Germany three months later help to point up The Prelude 's earliest design ’ ( Introduction to the Cornell edition ) . |
| 15 | Ambitious organisers are also hoping to line up the world 's top country guitarist , Albert Lee . |
| 16 | Working to keep up the family 's spirits |
| 17 | Mr Rawlinson said NACRO was busy in Harwich and had recently undertaken work to clear up the town 's Bobbitt 's Hole nature reserve and The Hangings beauty spot . |