Example sentences of "[noun] [vb -s] up the [noun] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maria ties up the contents in parcels , and ( I believe ) exposes them on the hillside like unwanted infants . |
| 2 | And if the generator gives up the ghost in the night you 've got a torch on the table , and a candle . |
| 3 | Tim Russon weighs up the odds in Friday Feature |
| 4 | Parsons gives up the matter in disgust when Tottle fails to win the hand of the eminently eligible Miss Lillerton . |
| 5 | As a result , it looks as though any rethink of this weekend goes up the spout in favour of the ghastliness of paper for the beastly bureaucrats . |
| 6 | The article in the Evening Standard takes up the issue in the same vein . |