Example sentences of "[noun] when [pron] [verb] up the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I said , ‘ What happens to the rubbish lying in the dock when you roll up the curtain ? ’ |
| 2 | In the sixty fourth minute , Pedro Herbert restored the home side 's lead when he picked up the ball on the break and side footed it past keeper Cummings , to make it two one to Harefield . |
| 3 | The British Lions were amused to read of the plight of referee Steve McNally when they picked up the local paper in Paihia before the first match of their New Zealand tour . |
| 4 | The next developments involved spectroscopy. the study of the sharp coloured lines resolved by a prism when it splits up the light emitted by a heated specimen . |
| 5 | I 've been with my father when he measured up the stack . |
| 6 | You 're on my territory when you pick up the phone . |
| 7 | Ven was her first thought when she picked up the receiver . |
| 8 | Sam Gamgee hits on the same thought when he takes up the ‘ Blondin' role of faithful minstrel in Minas Morgul , and sings ‘ words of his own ’ fitted to another old Shire tune : |
| 9 | We were taxed by ethical issues when we set up the elective ventilation protocol : ethics may be defined as what is right , and in turn that can be regarded as behaviour that causes no distress , offence , or indignity in the context of current societal values . |
| 10 | Secure in business and society — he was a Merchant Adventurer , Muscovy merchant , and MP at the time of his marriage — Smith abandoned a conventional career in commerce when he took up the collectorship of the subsidy on imports at the port of London in 1558 . |
| 11 | He was amused to observe that she forced herself to be a blank when she picked up the bowl of pus and blood . |
| 12 | Gilligan repeats this problem when she parcels up the unconscious and sexuality in a bundle with carer-infant relations , and deals with it by labelling it ‘ Chodorow ’ . |
| 13 | Mr Tebbit is sometimes portrayed as a pantomime villain when he roughs up the clerics who venture to assume the prerogative in the political sphere . |
| 14 | LAWRIE SMITH booked a ticket to Barcelona when he wrapped up the British Olympic selection series for the Soling keelboat place in the French Olympic Classes regatta at Hyeres . |
| 15 | It was apparent to me that a great deal more useful information could be derived from the FDR if the single parameter of pitch attitude could be added to the requirements , and I pressed this view very hard with the authorities when they drew up the UK regulations on the subject in 1964 . |
| 16 | ‘ My father was n't exactly short of money when he set up the trust . ’ |
| 17 | In 1985 French agents killed a photographer when they blew up the Greenpeace flagship Rainbow Warrior in Auckland harbour . |
| 18 | I put in me bag when I go up the school and I had the little microphone hanging out . |
| 19 | You will be able to tell whether you have had a tenant when you open up the box next spring , and you may be able to hear the occupant enjoying the garden if you listen out after dark . |
| 20 | He closes face when he picks up the bat . |
| 21 | Meanwhile , fashion pundits were speculating last night that although Anne is likely to splash out on a new outfit , she will be wearing an old hat when she walks up the aisle . |
| 22 | Votive offerings include elaborately decorated model robes representing the sacred vestments worn by priestesses when they conjured up the goddesses they served . |