Example sentences of "[verb] up the [adj] [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Socialist leader took charge of the mandate after the conservative New Democracy Party , which fell three seats short of an overall majority in the general elections last weekend , failed to drum up the extra support it needed to create a minority administration . |
| 2 | Breeze snatched up the first thing she could find — her own mackintosh , which she had been wearing earlier in the day — and with one swift movement covered that smouldering sleeve with the thick material . |
| 3 | Picking up the Tiny Tears she grasped it to herself , cuddling the cold plastic head to her face . |
| 4 | MELROSE , this season 's Scottish champions , added the Border League trophy to their collection last night by picking up the two points they needed under the floodlights at Mansfield Park . |
| 5 | It was like when his Giro cheques from the unemployment people had n't turned up the last time he 'd been out of work ; it was all done to wear him down . |
| 6 | At the DOS prompt ( > ) pressing F3 will automatically bring up the last line you typed . |
| 7 | Then there 's er the door the door at forty feet and there 's er a gunmetal ladder going up the forty feet you 've got to climb up to get into the door . |
| 8 | Perfect to play on the hand-crafted Daly billard table , which will mop up the spare £47,000 you could n't be bothered to take back to the bank . |
| 9 | If you look up the relevant books you will find that eqn ( 3.56 ) may be expressed in terms of elliptic integrals . |
| 10 | Reced er the precedent for the situation that we are in now , yes indeed there is one and it was when er the Labour government was last in power in nineteen seventy eight , when we had er er er to er set up the European constituencies we had a limited time to do it in and all the countries in Europe had to agree to bring forward the same kind of agreement and put it into effect at the same time . |
| 11 | The company had to give up the surplus stock it had accumulated at the expense of the public creditors and rescind its claims to be paid in full for the amount it had sold , but the real victims were the public creditors , who had to reconcile themselves to drastic losses in income and capital . |
| 12 | She very much doubted Madeleine would be prepared to give up the good time she was having to settle down in the country on Harry 's salary . |
| 13 | She and Jim talked together secretly about leaving the house and going off to somewhere ‘ more committed ’ , but Phoebe could not bring herself to give up the only home she knew of , could not bring herself to choose absolutely Jim 's commitments over the women 's commitments . |
| 14 | After a pause to coil up the heavy ropes we set off for Gimmer . |
| 15 | At times , pressure on space meant we could not do justice to the work she did for us , but nevertheless she continued to keep up the high standards she set herself . |
| 16 | Alone with Shannon , Marianne did n't bother to keep up the saccharin-sweet condescension she bestowed on her when Dane and Josh were around , and the undisguised venom in her green eyes sent a ripple of unease along Shae 's spine . |
| 17 | A Morrissey fan said : ‘ By sending the original tickets you 're giving up the only proof you ever had of having bought them , which means they can just ignore you . |
| 18 | For nobody can understand what the Government is doing to clear up the economic mess it has created . |
| 19 | I can Promise you that the police will do everything they can to find Mr. Stavanger , and to clear up the other matters we have been discussing . " |
| 20 | She figures they 're having a hard time positioning the thing and do n't want to mess up the good thing they have going with Windows . |
| 21 | She went downstairs and brought up the only sweets she had in the house ; a box of liqueur chocolates . |
| 22 | She took up the beautiful veil you bought me , put it on her own head , then turned to admire herself in the mirror . |
| 23 | to back up the main point you 're making which is |
| 24 | The ceremony ends with a shotgun blasted into the boughs to wake up the sleeping tree.Does it work … apparently yes.It 's now thought that making such a rumpus around the trees scares off harmful insects … so wassailing really does make the orchards healthier . |
| 25 | And end up the same circumstances we was now , er with out the stuff that we 'd we were paying for for the next six months of the year . |
| 26 | It looks dewy fresh , but it does have overtones of a quieter age , and it 's the perfect foil for the earthy tones of the fabric which picks up the exotic theme we used downstairs . |
| 27 | When it comes to joining groups , they weigh up the personal benefits they might receive from the existence of a successful group protecting the interest they share with others . |
| 28 | You can pick up the laddered stitches you go but in some cable patterns this amy not be necessary , the loops will begin to draw in and will not show . |
| 29 | I 'd come up the hard way you see . |
| 30 | Checking a positive climb and flicking up the quick-retracting gear I concentrated on the slow process of building speed , getting the flaps in at 130 and maintaining a gentle increase in height with steady acceleration to 170 knots , when the nose can be raised for 3,000 fpm to show on the VSI as she really starts to go . |