Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [pers pn] [verb] up the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Georgina wants me to tidy up the manuscript before she lets Gasset and Lode have it . |
| 2 | The kids helped me pile up the slabs and we ‘ borrowed ’ a barrow from the house-renovators next door to transport the broken humps of concrete , via some wobbly ramps , to a spoil heap up the garden . |
| 3 | Toby saw him take up the pile of wet flannel from beside the bath and chuck it at his face . |
| 4 | ‘ Lucy saw you comin' up the yard with him . ’ |
| 5 | The driver of the jeep said they picked up the Arab for questioning because he could not explain what he was doing in the area . |
| 6 | On the other hand , an employer who dismisses a redundant employee for going on strike during his notice period will still have to make him a redundancy payment unless he serves a ‘ notice of extension ’ in accordance with the Consolidation Act requiring him to make up the time lost through the strike . |
| 7 | Although the election of Avitus is the last Auvergnat election covered by Gregory , two saints ' Lives allow us to take up the story again a century later . |
| 8 | , but then , when you come to the lunatic fringe then supervisor 's will cut an awful lot of corners to prevent them busting up the office or punching somebody in the nose , a real , I do n't mean people who are just stroppy , I mean the real lunatic . |
| 9 | Carrie watched him go up the steep main street . |
| 10 | Trevor was not the sort of fellow who said , ‘ For art 's sake have I broken up the bar . ’ |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Despite being scheduled for late September , it 's still delayed as the label rushes to press enough copies to send it soaring up the charts on the heels of MUDHONEY 's pre-posthumous release . |
| 13 | Despite being scheduled for late September , it 's still delayed as the label rushes to press enough copies to send it soaring up the charts on the heels of MUDHONEY 's pre-posthumous release . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | But neighbours say it brightens up the area and they want it to stay . |
| 16 | Later , when modern machinery enabled them to speed up the process , the realisation came that twenty-five acres was probably more than enough to cope with , what with the borders , lawns and terraces into the bargain . |
| 17 | When Kemalpasazade presented himself to Hacihasanzade and requested that he be appointed to the Taslik ( Ali Bey ) medrese in Edirne which was then vacant , Hacihasanzade urged him to give up the thought of receiving a medrese and to accept an appointment to a kadilik instead . |
| 18 | Mungo watched him pile up the treble twenties , thinking of the small boy adopted by the woodcutter . |
| 19 | A former bus driver , illness forced him to give up the DIAL office at Kingsley which he ran successfully for two years . |
| 20 | Please could you give me some information to help me set up the tank for coldwater fish , such as filtration , lighting , decor and stocking ? , . |
| 21 | Now — how the hell do you get up the Serendipity Variation ? |
| 22 | Persistent ill health induced him to give up the surveyorship at Christ 's Hospital in January 1816 and that of the Bethlehem Hospital the following year . |
| 23 | There was a receipt showing that after lack of money forced him to give up the flat , in 1989 , he bought a luxury caravan . |
| 24 | The London driver said he picked up the brothers at Grosvenor House Hotel after the Players ' Union awards dinner last Sunday . |
| 25 | His quest for adventure led him to give up the business and sail around the world with a friend in 1980 — but disaster struck . |
| 26 | Loud Clachaig Inn climber revellers woke me clambering up the stairs . |
| 27 | Although the Empress submitted momentarily , divisions within the nobility enabled her to tear up the councillors ' terms . |
| 28 | His injuries forced him to give up the coveted mount on Cool Ground . |
| 29 | Chris Hani , chief of staff of MK , was not allocated a portfolio , pending a request by the SACP to release him to take up the post of deputy SACP general secretary full-time . |
| 30 | However , as time progressed they took up the argument of legislation requirement and professional competence as a form of self-defence and as a means of maintaining their professional standing not only in their own eyes , but in the eyes of other planners , and in the eyes of their fellow colleagues in Kirkwall . |