Example sentences of "[verb] up the [n mass] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In his last Test at Sydney in 1984–5 , having wrapped up the series with three victories in the first three games and not having lost for 27 Tests since 1981–2 , his team suddenly collapsed to an innings defeat , the architects of which were Bob Holland and Murray Bennett — spinners both . |
| 2 | This implies splitting up the data for each time period ( each day , say ) , into that relating to the individual outstanding futures contracts . |
| 3 | There 's no real reason why you , say , should n't start to build up the data on that . |
| 4 | In our view , the advertising award of the decade should go to the brain who thought up the series of anti-smoking television adverts which did not even mention lung cancer , but drew attention to the fact that smoking gives you bad breath . |
| 5 | The dog refused to budge , so , instructing the two older girls to hold tight to the younger , I heaved up the 196lb of stubborn fur and staggered to the railing I went down to extricate my struggling son and carried him upwards followed by shrieking pleas of , ‘ Daddy , do n't leave us ’ and ‘ I want a carry ’ , from the frantic tadpole in charge of two red-faced little girls who were now starting to show signs of stain and filling tear-ducts . |
| 6 | And he called on the company to make up the £1,650 for lost bar , ice-cream and coffee sales . |