Example sentences of "[verb] up [prep] [adv] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I simply heard from numerous of my friends that they were rung up by quite junior Whips who stressed that Alec was standing , having decided to renounce his peerage . |
| 2 | It was good to meet up with so many others plus mates from the list . |
| 3 | Behind the empty and desolate bar , stood the solitary figure of Tim , the barman , calmly tearing up at least half-a-dozen pages of unpaid drinks in the name of Denis O'Neil . |
| 4 | He was struck by how similar the behaviour of different species can be , as in ( for example ) the courtship of different species of ducks which grow up in very different environments . |
| 5 | Filter cartridges , for instance , need regular changing as they get clogged up after about six months . |
| 6 | Mere tittle-tattle dredged up for purely prurient interest is another matter . |
| 7 | According to Middle East International of May 17 , the EC had come up with more generous terms in response to GCC criticism that " the EC was being too restrictive in offering trade concessions to Gulf exports of petrochemicals " . |
| 8 | It is admitted that the gradings assigned to the respective countries have been done on a subjective basis and that different observers might well have come up with somewhat different rankings . |
| 9 | Her book features 100 authentic recipes that can be conjured up in just 35 minutes from start to finish , including antipasti and starters — try ricotta-stuffed dates for an unusual appetiser — and pasta , risotto and other typically Italian main courses . |
| 10 | Despite the vast edifice that they built up on extremely shaky premises the phrenologists were socially-committed men , with an interest in holistic medicine and a shrewdness that served them well when they ran their fingers over somebody 's skull in pursuit of character . |
| 11 | ‘ I phoned up from there last night , ’ said Gazzer , talking mainly to stop himself thinking . |
| 12 | ‘ Marie , I phoned up from there last night . ’ |
| 13 | If the origin of life were a probable event by ordinary human standards , then a substantial number of planets within radio range should have developed a radio technology long enough ago ( bearing in mind that radio waves travel at 186,000 miles per second ) for us to have picked up at least one transmission during the decades that we have been equipped to do so . |
| 14 | With a microphone on a long lead plugged in , the on-board mike is automatically disconnected and the sound can then be picked up at much closer range . |
| 15 | Jason was jealous of her ability to come up with consistently good ideas and saw her as a threat to his career . |
| 16 | The only means he has of doing that is by accepting new clause S. He will have to come up with very convincing arguments to persuade any Hon. Member that he can not accept it , but it is framed in the most uncontentious way anyone could imagine . |
| 17 | But in fact it enabled staff to come up with more appropriate answers to those problems , said Edwards . |
| 18 | It simply set out some crude ideas on how public spending could be reduced and suggested that ministers should have six months to come up with more refined views . |
| 19 | The SparKit LSI is announcing is the self-same kit it was supposed to come up with almost two years ago — one that would have produced a Sparcstation 2 clone for $18,000 . |
| 20 | Last time if you were n't sure which to make we were allowed to come up with about ten papers |
| 21 | This adds up to more good marks than most cars get . |
| 22 | The consequent build up of osmotically active particles within the gut lumen inhibits water reabsorption by the gut wall . |
| 23 | Ventilation : mesh ventilation windows under the flysheet storm flap help prevent a build up of too much condensation . |
| 24 | Warm up for about 22 minutes . |
| 25 | increase goes to arts projects — the museums and galleries improvement schemes and other proposals that his Department funds — and is not caught up in too much bureaucracy . |
| 26 | ‘ For those children who get caught up in totally anti-social behaviour there is no point in just looking at the friendships . |
| 27 | The injustice of it all , the knowledge that Spiderglass possessed her and there was nowhere she could hide from them with their tracer in her head , the certainty that Karel could blackmail her with her string of crimes pushing her ever deeper into the mire — it all added up to just one thing . |
| 28 | Just as all the genetic information that can be conceived of is coded for by just four molecules , and all the proteins that exist are built up from just twenty amino acids , so efficient biochemical systems once established tend to be preserved . |
| 29 | The power of the conscience can be built up from very early childhood by nothing more harmful than the temporary withholding of manifestations of love . |
| 30 | It is built up in very thin washes . |