Example sentences of "[verb] up [prep] the [n mass] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Time to find whether opting out adds up As the 2% incentive to contract out of SERPS nears an end , LIZ WALKINGTON takes stock |
| 2 | It is understood that these solicitors ( Norton Rose ) have asked claimants to look to their own insurers first and that any claims in addition will be met up to the £2,700 Convention limit . |
| 3 | These points were then totalled and posted up in the staff room , and at the end of the year those at the bottom of the list were dismissed . |
| 4 | The usual opposition has been put up by the sales contingent in the form of Jim Cavalier , the sales director . |
| 5 | Despite what was then described as the worst financial recession for fifty years , the Mallaig train sold out in just nine days , there being no shortage of takers for seats which by now were creeping up towards the £40 mark , and beyond the pockets of the traditional excursion-train traveller . |
| 6 | When Lord Hanson made his cash bid for Ranks Hovis McDougall a month ago the shares shot up above the 220p offer . |
| 7 | Barnsley 's John Mayock , who had been fancied possibly to go one better in Toronto than his silver in last year 's European Indoor Championships , ran out of steam as the pace hotted up in the 3,000m final , and could only finish sixth , in 7:54.41 , some four seconds behind Italian winner , Gennaro Di Napoli . |