Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] [verb] up the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What is a humby An erection on public transport , an irritating noise whilst driving a car or humming up the vagina ? |
| 2 | After sewing the neck shape I either overlock the shoulders or pick up the stitches on a darning needle using the same colour yarn . |
| 3 | Blessed with a good audience there 's always a danger of the comics running overtime , and it 's up to me to stretch or speed up the show should the need arise . |
| 4 | Some may even be clinging to the arching aerial roots of the mangroves or clambering up the trunks . |
| 5 | Hailed as a kind of dominant world religion , science is a powerful tool some men have used to elevate themselves above other men , women , children , and the plants and animals that make up the world we live in . |
| 6 | There was no shrub and palm cover bound by creepers as there had been in the rain forest so that the track was little protected from the squalls that struck up the mountainside , screeching like banshees , as they bowed the slender treetrunks almost to the ground . |
| 7 | In performance mode , each program is treated as a complete effect unit and can be controlled by editing the parameters that make up the program . |
| 8 | The Teacher 's Books explain clearly how to teach each lesson , and how to get the best out of each of the books that make up the course . |
| 9 | Supermarket and delicatessen shelves are often stocked with many interesting tins and bottles of sauces that conjure up the promise of the Orient with their exotic names . |
| 10 | There 's a castle , and a cable car that soars up the mountains to an area that has been dubbed ‘ the botanical gardens of Italy ’ . |
| 11 | The secret of success in this task is finding the key words that make up the skeleton . |
| 12 | Wars came early to Shanghai , overtaking each other like the tides that raced up the Yangtze and returned to the gaudy city all the coffins cast adrift from the funeral piers of the Chinese Bond . |
| 13 | It has been postulated that it was either the dinosaurs that opened up the way for the angiosperms , or instead it was the changing nature of the flora itself that was in some way the prime mover of evolutionary trends ; that , in spite of all the advances in jaw structure discussed above , they somehow speeded up trends towards extinction . |
| 14 | The lamps were out and the curtains open , letting in an aquarium light that showed up the room for what it really was : a cold , colourless tomb . |
| 15 | One obvious division is by the independent nations that make up the subcontinent ; the major three are shown in Figure 2.12 . |
| 16 | Perdita , bra-less , in a T-shirt and a skirt that buttoned up the front for easy access , writhed and burned beside him . |
| 17 | She crossed the bedroom and picked up the cigar and put it back on the table . |
| 18 | A long and heart-felt kiss was interrupted by the phone and I hurried back into the bedroom and picked up the extension in time to hear Ed Grainger . |
| 19 | Initial priorities would be projects strengthening the infrastructure , privatization , reforming the financial sector , developing a productive and competitive private sector , restructuring industry , encouraging direct foreign investment and cleaning up the environment . |
| 20 | All around him , squatting on the ground , were his followers ; and beyond them , around the outskirts and blocking up the mouths of the little streets which gave on to the square , was a wider , more disinterested audience . |
| 21 | Griselda opened her eyes and licked up the tear . |
| 22 | After winning the Berkhamsted he went back to his home club and picked up the Watson Trophy with a 69 . |
| 23 | He 'd been shaken , certainly , when Cedric Downes had invited him to go along to the North Oxford Golf Club and knock up the caretaker if necessary . |
| 24 | I pushed the wrench down the side of Armstrong 's driving seat and wound up the engine . |
| 25 | At last the cabby climbed up to his seat and whipped up the horse . |
| 26 | You read the reviews , make up your mind and stump up the cash . |
| 27 | Whitlock shoved him back onto a tarpaulin in the corner of the warehouse and scooped up the Browning . |
| 28 | Alphonse Blaguet , a mediator appointed by President André Kolingba , was charged with setting up a preparatory committee , consulting with political parties and drawing up the agenda . |
| 29 | I straightened my shoulders , choked back a small tear for the loss of a good buddy and turned up the collar of my trenchcoat . |
| 30 | When approached by a possible killer they hide their real heads and raise up the tips of their tails . |