Example sentences of "[noun] [noun sg] [to-vb] up the [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | ( Serve with plenty of Greek or pitta bread to mop up the sauces and a green salad . ) |
| 2 | Peter Zwack , a Hungarian-born millionaire liqueur manufacturer who had renounced United States citizenship to take up the post of Hungary 's ambassador to the USA in September 1990 , was dismissed from the post on April 10 amidst public recriminations with the Hungarian government . |
| 3 | First in line is the guitar input , with a manual channel select button , offering a boost facility to pep up the input level by 10dB for guitars with weak pickups . |
| 4 | A little water ( 3 gallons ) was syphoned off every day , and a larger amount every two weeks , using a gravel vacuum to stir up the gravel and remove the rubbish gathered therein . |
| 5 | Roberts and his cohorts have persuaded venture capital specialist Candover to stump up the lion 's share of £9m for shares in this potentially growth business , and the Bank of Scotland to provide £8m of loans and working capital facilties . |
| 6 | You will not be at a level a good deal lower than the surrounding ground , so you will have to lay a hardcore base to build up the foundations to suit the path material and method of laying . |
| 7 | After all , ’ he continued , deftly manipulating half a loaf of garlic bread to sop up the tomato juice on his last platter , ‘ you never saw anybody fat come out of Auschwitz . ’ |
| 8 | If necessary use the decision-making exercise to weigh up the pros and cons of closely competing options as described previously . |
| 9 | Others fear that it will contain metals especially copper from the pipes and boiler , and choose to boil drinking water to bring up the temperature . |
| 10 | Our perception of spermatozoa was changed forever by Woody Allen 's impersonation of one in Everything You Wanted to Know About Sex , and University of Pennsylvania are giving substance to his fantasies , putting the poor little tadpoles through an arduous obstacle course to step up the process of survival of the fittest : according to Prodigy Services Co , the mad scientists have created a new class of silicon chip that can be used for analyzing sperm samples and providing a venue for fertilisation ; the technology uses microscopic obstacle courses inside a silicon wafer to weed out unhealthy sperm , and has been used successfully to fertilise a mouse egg ; the chips are etched with a virtual theme park of twisting channels , forests of columns , and other features designed to ensure only the strongest of sperm reach their goal , with some passages so small that only a single cell can pass ; the researchers have not yet applied for approval to test human fertilisation using the chip , but say that could happen within the next 12 months — Brave New World , or the embodiment of virtual sex . |
| 11 | It could only be left to each Group Organiser to weigh up the pros and cons of the situation . |
| 12 | And currently we 've got a hundred and thirty four thousand cos we 've got four days production to build up the surplus . |
| 13 | In any case , it was open to the Education Committee to take up the question of Village school again , deliberating whether a new closure order could be justified on educational grounds . |
| 14 | Their top instructors are holding a one day campaign to sharpen up the County 's road sense . |
| 15 | Cardiff saw its hideously burnt and decomposed head turn to look up the stairwell at them , just as Jimmy and Rohmer heaved the filing cabinet over . |
| 16 | The City fears a Bank Rate rise to prop up the pound if the French vote no to the Maastricht treaty on Sunday . |
| 17 | Requesting the sales girl to make up the bill , he 'd proceeded to lower his dark head , his arms closing about her like steel bands as he 'd possessed Laura 's lips in a long , slow and devastating kiss . |
| 18 | Leading his daughter , he reiterated his promise to come in after morning surgery to pick up the squirrel and return the cage later , and when the door closed Sophie turned to Joanna . |
| 19 | We also need Government investment to back up the youth services , teachers and parents so that the next generation of youngsters does not include a minority whose self-discipline , self-esteem and respect for their own future are so lacking that they get kicks from racing stolen cars or lobbing bottles at the police . |
| 20 | This meeting resulted in a government pledge to speed up the meeting of the revueltos ' demands . |
| 21 | SMOKERS using a new daytime nicotine patch to give up the habit are four times more likely to succeed than those who rely on willpower , according to a Gallup survey . |
| 22 | Visitors should not be put off by the modern appearance of this roof , nor by the notice on the gate to the abbey field which indicates a slight trek back along the lane to Abbey Farm to pick up the key to view St Leonard 's Church , Kirkstead . |
| 23 | When the Kenyan government called in a former Scotland Yard detective to clear up the murder of the foreign minister in 1990 , he fingered the former energy minister and confidant of the president . |
| 24 | As this trip was taking much longer than planned , due to many orbits and several beautiful parts of the coastline flown as slowly as possible , we expedited lunch , and were soon airborne heading north to pick up the coast again . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Cyril Reenan , 70 , who used a radio scanner to pick up the call , told a newspaper : ‘ Knowing what I do now , I think I would have tried to warn Diana her conversations were being overheard . |
| 27 | Rather you should aim for 20% ( on the inches-per-gallon reckoning ) ; increase that gradually , over six months , to 50 per cent , and then allow natural growth rate to make up the difference . |
| 28 | They bond perfectly , without the need for 100mm slips next to the corner block to make up the half-bond . |
| 29 | Eye-witnesses claimed that troops of the elite Special Presidential Division used rifles , hot-water cannons , metal-tipped canes and tear gas to break up the crowd , many of whom were reportedly carrying rosaries and prayer books . |
| 30 | The expression spring tides is not derived from the season , but from the same etymon ( root source ) O.E. springan to leap up the shore , into life . |