Example sentences of "[verb] and [verb] up the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Selling horses is my living , so it 's my job to try and match up the right horse with the right owner . |
| 2 | Well , because we have a very flexible course , a modular course which is made up of units , it 's , it 's possible to almost fit anybody into our course , so in fact she 's met one of our specialists and the analysis had been done of what she 's done before , what she wants to do in the future to try and match up the whole thing ; only she knows exactly what she 's doing . |
| 3 | She stooped and scooped up the little dog on to her lap . |
| 4 | He stooped and picked up the cruel dagger which had nearly split his throat . |
| 5 | He stooped and picked up the torn halves himself . |
| 6 | A majority of the 1916 conference called for action to end the war , immediately provoking Hyndman and his supporters , including Jack Jones ( soon to become Labour MP for Silvertown ) and Thorne to depart and set up the National Socialist Party ( NSP ) . |
| 7 | Plot and join up the following sets of points and name the shapes you have drawn . |
| 8 | Plot and join up the following sets of points . |
| 9 | You wo n't mind and picked up the obvious , and you 're going to get out back to It 's only Sarah and |
| 10 | Emily turned and walked up the wide staircase , looking painfully at the bare walls where paintings of her ancestors had hung for generations . |
| 11 | They watched the flames begin to lick through it , then turned and hurried up the spiral stairway towards the battlements . |
| 12 | Carson started to climb the stairs , passing some stacks of yellow newsprint and a bicycle which was chained to the rotting wood of the balustrade , before turning and starting up the next flight . |
| 13 | It is from Hear The Children Calling and sums up the real reason for both Carrie and the other children 's doings , however murderous they may have seemed … |
| 14 | I 'll try and keep up the good work . ’ |
| 15 | The tuna fish swim beneath schools of dolphins , fishermen do not discriminate and scoop up the whole lot in their nets . |
| 16 | We had been talking on the National Consumer Council a bit about the lack of accountability in broadcasting , and I had also , as part of my Advisory Council work , directed and written up the first major study about adults , educational experience and needs — two and a half thousand interviews all over England and Wales . |
| 17 | If it is a loss of earnings the court has only to ascertain and add up the net earnings lost , and if it is loss caused by out-of-pocket expenditure the court has only to ascertain and add up the total expenditure . |
| 18 | If it is a loss of earnings the court has only to ascertain and add up the net earnings lost , and if it is loss caused by out-of-pocket expenditure the court has only to ascertain and add up the total expenditure . |
| 19 | Timid winds of change had been trying to blow in Spanish universities since 1951 , when a relatively progressive Minister of Education , Joaquin Ruiz-Giménez , had initiated an attempt to revitalize and open up the torpid and reactionary Spanish education system . |
| 20 | He stood and picked up the small bowl he had brought , walking through to her bathroom to empty it . |
| 21 | He related some good anecdotes about him and told us that although the admiral had been killed in August , he had already chosen and wrapped up the Royal Family 's Christmas presents and — even more remarkable — had already chosen and wrapped up Prince Edward 's twenty-first birthday present , then six years away . |
| 22 | Policies that promote welfare are explained in terms of social control ; they are measures to combat disorder and crime just like police and penal policies , measures to legitimize and prop up the capitalist system . |