Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] up the [noun] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Morton 's controversial final chapter is only a few thousand words long and attempts to sum up the marriage now but TODAY has discovered new revelations showing how close Diana came to walking out — and still might . |
| 2 | Mr Marland wants action to clean up the mess once and for all . |
| 3 | He became so desperate at one stage that it crossed his mind to give up the game altogether . |
| 4 | Rex called up the menu once again . |
| 5 | When it had gone she turned to watch the white waves roll up the beach then roll back . |
| 6 | Chekov 's melodramatic last words sum up the film quite neatly : ‘ Well I guess this is goodbye ! ’ |
| 7 | I completed my 100 metre strides after they 'd gone , my heels flicking up the divots on to the back of my head . |
| 8 | Realising that the Australians were not so foolish as to engage in pitched battles , whatever their masters decreed , the Japanese sent a picked force of guerrilla fighters to take up the chase where the major columns left off . |
| 9 | ‘ And what 's to stop this dame tanking up the deal later ? |
| 10 | Brown pulled a goal back for Haverhill after 65 minutes , but –––Norwich sewed up the points when Gill scored their third . |
| 11 | The blustery winds of March dried up the land so that when April arrived , with stronger sun and balmy air , the whole countryside sprang into new growth almost overnight . |
| 12 | ‘ What are you doing ? ’ she asked , her heart picking up the pace again . |
| 13 | There is a little poem by Ogden Nash from which a couple of ( long ) lines sum up the danger excellently . |
| 14 | Using their favoured analogy in which the complexities of a nation-state were reduced to the simplicities of a corner shop balance sheet , the newly appointed boss of the Institute took up the cudgels again in February 1990 . |
| 15 | The Morning Post joined in when the First Sea Lord , Sir Francis Bridgeman , resigned in 1912 and Bonar Law took up the issue too , suggesting that Bridgeman had been " brutally ill-used " by Churchill . |
| 16 | fourteen or I had a sixteen overhead cam Cortina engine sitting up the blokes just swapped it for a two litre cos he wanted some more go . |
| 17 | IBM bought up the technology outright before going public on its agreement with Apple to ensure that no enterprising outfit could subsequently go off and get a licence from Interactive that would allow it to develop compatible versions of PowerOpen , AIX or even Pink . |
| 18 | Finally the engine gave up the ghost completely and nothing could persuade it to start again . |
| 19 | But all religions have had their mystical failures who have used their experiences to prop up the ego rather than transcend it and whose behaviour has been very odd indeed . |
| 20 | The initiative to set up the relationship often comes from the client though , at times , this is difficult because he has to approach someone in a very different social position . |
| 21 | From the Brigadier 's office the Captain telephoned Maxwell at the Excelsior , sending Bacci through to the communicating duty room to pick up the phone there . |
| 22 | WAYNE McCullough turned up the heat again last night for his third victory in just over a month . |
| 23 | I 've never forgotten the lessons of that night : the abseils from doubtful anchors , my refusal to stop when the torch packed up , our failure to coil up the rope properly , and the lack of faith in our ability to survive a bivouac . |
| 24 | Alain went for the gap , Steve moved over and Alain locked up the brakes flat-out in top . |
| 25 | There is no need to call up the tort where the legal wrong procured is itself a tort against the plaintiff , for the procurer is then himself liable as a joint tortfeasor ; nor , it seems , is there a tort of inducing a breach of trust , because a person who procures such an act becomes himself , by the doctrines of equity , liable as a trustee . |
| 26 | Gen Noriega was able to broadcast to the people and organise resistance over the main national radio network , until a special US assault team blew up the transmitters late on Wednesday . |
| 27 | Oldham took up the attack again and Barlow , who had a fine match at left-back , totally containing Rocastle , floated in a deep cross beyond Winterburn . |
| 28 | Their apparatus was primitive and they could not control the reaction , so it was another two years before a different team took up the work again . |
| 29 | Laidlaw picked up the bottle then pulled out the chair and sat down . |
| 30 | If mum takes up the game again , then why not her children in future years ? |