Example sentences of "[verb] up [adv] [adv] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lenagan built a three-mile lead , but he , too , was forced to retire after notching up just over 60 miles in 8 hours 35 mins . |
| 2 | reform the tangled web of income-related benefits which had grown up piecemeal over forty years . |
| 3 | His prize ; a day in the pits at the British Grand Prix and the chance to pick up even more driving tips . |
| 4 | ‘ We try to make each day that bit different but you can stick up only so many cards or buy so many duvet covers . |
| 5 | He recommends that you add up approximately how many tokens you think your child will earn in a typical day if he/she does the little chores you require and behaves in the manner you are trying to encourage . |
| 6 | As my vouchers are used up in about four months each year this means that for eight months I 'm out of pocket using our stores for the weekly shop . |
| 7 | He did n't need me building up yet more false hopes which did nothing except try his patience . |
| 8 | on my left said earlier , and wo wo women have a tendency to say yes to everything that they can do , just because they can do it , and they know they can but they tend to heap up far too many obligations , and that causes many carers |
| 9 | It 's certainly true that government guidance is far more guarded erm in its support for new settlements erm the guidance has has of course been touched on but I would adem emphasize the dates of this guidance , er P P G three , housing , March nineteen ninety two , P P G twelve , development plans and regional planning guidance , February nineteen ninety two , and draft P P G thirteen , May nineteen ninety three , just looking briefly at P P G three , erm P P G , and I think it 's fair to say that P P G three takes up far less welcoming stance than did the previous erm P P G erm it recognizes that new settlements are controversial , and that the scope is likely to be limited . |
| 10 | It has the storage advantages of a vanity basin , but does not take up nearly as much space . |
| 11 | For the most part , I 'm hopeful it will be brought up again later this month . ’ |
| 12 | They al always used to , all used to finish up down here any rate . |
| 13 | You never know , I might end up there again some time . |
| 14 | And it was fifty-fifty , he said , that that would be said to be too big , which it was of course , in that room , taking up far too much space . |
| 15 | And er your parents or your mother or your father would get up very early that morning to light the copper , so that the water would be hot to start boiling , it would probably take , it could take a couple of hours to sort of re really heat a copper full of hot water . |
| 16 | that it had taken up far too much time . |
| 17 | Or is he about to end up as just another RIP — resigned in pain ? |
| 18 | ‘ Have my car sent up in about fifteen minutes . ’ |
| 19 | Aides said that a 73-year-old Indian guru , lying on slabs of ice and pronounced dead by doctors more than a month ago , is in a state of deep meditation and will wake up in about six months . |
| 20 | During July , the entire area paid lasting tribute to an aircraft that helped open up not just this town , but hundreds like it all over Canada . |
| 21 | Ha ha , it 's your au — fr … parents ' friend , Janice , Gav beamed , radiating unrepentant guilt ; came round here the other day looking for you we got talking went for a curry had a few drinks ended up back here one thing led to another know how it is always liked older women they 're more experienced know what I mean arf arf anyway spent an extremely enjoyable New Year at her place apart from the usual visit to my folk 's of course oh by the way she 's coming round here tonight I 'm cooking lasagne can you swap rooms seeing Norris wo n't be back until tomorrow it 's just I did n't expect you back until then either , that okay ? |
| 22 | I lubricated my eidetic memory , priming it to summon up still more lurid fantasies , carnal changelings compensating for the real thing . |
| 23 | Fortunately he does n't turn up very often these days . |