Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] up the [noun] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is also the place for those who want to soak up the sun on their hotel terraces or at the Lido , a huge pool so close to the sea that waves frequently wash into it . |
| 2 | The hospital had a flower shop inside its main entrance and I subbed Fenella a tenner to get a decent bunch of flowers ( I knew I should have told them about their pot plant ) while I tried to chat up the nurse on reception . |
| 3 | I remember when I was out on the road , I had a particular connection with , we had a motor bike policy , and it was an appalling risk , and it came up for renewal , and er , nobody had take it round the market , and I mean , that that was an idol threat , because nobody in their right mind would want this particular motor and we said , well not if they want to jack up the premium on it , they wanted to jack it up by about thirty or forty per cent , and and the broker was not very happy about this . |
| 4 | A Computing Support Officer has been appointed , and is expected to take up the post on 1st July . |
| 5 | He did n't know why he kept them really , except that they helped to make up the number on the shelves . |
| 6 | Turkey 's state-owned Posts , Telegraphs & Telephone Administration is inviting rebids for the contract to set up a Groupe Speciale Mobile digital cellular system : bids had already been received to set up the system on a revenue-sharing basis , but the tender was withdrawn after the PTT decided to set up the system on a concession basis instead . |
| 7 | Around five thousand converged on the Commons to lobby their MPs and the Labour leader sought to step up the pressure on wavering conservatives at a pensioners ' rally . |
| 8 | He said the council intends to tighten up the by-law on dog fouling making it an offence for owners not to clear up after their dogs . |
| 9 | She sighed , and turned to pick up the clock on the bedside table . |
| 10 | Mierle Laderman Ukele proposed an exhibition about maintenance called Care in 1969 : ‘ After the revolution who 's going to pick up the garbage on Monday morning ? ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Because , ’ said Riley through gritted teeth , ‘ I was told to keep up the pressure on him . ’ |
| 12 | The soil 's being used to build up the defences on the banks of the River Severn in Gloucestershire . |
| 13 | While conceding that this is an area of ‘ great difficulty ’ , Bob Cooper intends to keep up the pressure on the security forces to improve their fair employment record . |
| 14 | ‘ We 're going to hang up the washing on the Siegfried Line … ’ |
| 15 | Turkey 's state-owned Posts , Telegraphs & Telephone Administration is inviting rebids for the contract to set up a Groupe Speciale Mobile digital cellular system : bids had already been received to set up the system on a revenue-sharing basis , but the tender was withdrawn after the PTT decided to set up the system on a concession basis instead . |
| 16 | The governing council of the National Front , the umbrella organization of political and social organizations under the communist regime , decided to wind up the body on Feb. 7 . |
| 17 | B would fail to comply with this if , when asked for brake fluid , he knowingly passes A the oil , or when asked to tighten up the bolts on the steering column he merely pretends to do so Similarly , A would fail to observe the maxim of Quantity , the injunction to make one 's contribution in the right proportion , if " when B needs three bolts , he purposely passes him only one , or alternatively passes him 300 . |
| 18 | Once you have a bootable machine run FDISK to set up the partition(s) on your drive . |
| 19 | Meanwhile Mars has pledged to keep up the pressure on Walls , with no let-up in its campaign to woolovers of ice cream . |
| 20 | Bring in the dumb-bells and we need the decibels , start to pump up the jam on the dance floor and we are into pumping up the volumes . |
| 21 | Customers may not want to take up the credit on offer . |
| 22 | The rebels have vowed to keep up the pressure on Mr Cristiani until his government agrees to negotiation that would lead to full guarantees for human rights and civil liberties , as well as the dismissal of several high-ranking army officers . |
| 23 | There 's no real reason why you , say , should n't start to build up the data on that . |
| 24 | The husband of Julie Godwin , who was murdered while on holiday with a friend in South Africa says he 's determined to keep up the pressure on the police to find her killer . |
| 25 | The Cheltenham MP was trying to take up the cudgels on behalf of Gloucestershire County Council , who face being charge capped for wanting to spend ten million pounds above the Government 's limit . |
| 26 | So we have to pick up the pieces on this one . ’ |
| 27 | I can remember stuff they thought too petty for Trivial Pursuit and then somedays I have to look up the instructions on my bootlaces . |
| 28 | The heat tended to dry up the gum on stamps and getting them to stick on was the very devil . |
| 29 | Well , no , not really Ma'am , there were still charts to plot , and observations to send to Group , and instruments to read — and the unspoken implication , ever present , was that we were Grade 2 technicians , and if she wanted to make up the numbers on parade surely she could find a few more pen-pushers in nine-to-five jobs ? |