Example sentences of "[verb] up the [num ord] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Abercrombie and fellow practitioners who prepared plans for the reconstruction of British cities after the war , and planning officers up and down the country who drew up the first batch of development plans after 1948 , worked to a common assumption : once the new urban land use pattern had been established , city form and structure would settle down into a steady state . |
| 2 | But after 74 miles , they were all together as they charged up the last climb to the finishing line . |
| 3 | It is a familiar , yet penetrating , criticism of free market economies that the imperatives companies face to satisfy the adolescent greed of the financial markets and the escalating expectations of shareholders — or else prepare for predators — has diminished the scope of strategic planning to buffing up the next set of interims . |
| 4 | She was wiping a crust of bread round the inside of her dish to catch up the last drops of broth . |
| 5 | This method is also ideal if you have to reknit a neckband or have sewn up the second shoulder in error . |
| 6 | Nevertheless , having had far too much to drink , Clare woke up the next morning in James 's bed , saw that it was nearly nine o'clock , fled to work in her crumpled clothes but arrived late again . |
| 7 | Mind you , I mean there 's no point they 'll be looking up the first word of each of these |
| 8 | If they succeed , they will give up the last vestiges of the party state and refute the criticisms that they are only interested in the power and money accumulated by the Communists over the past 40 years , without accepting any blame for their actions . |
| 9 | She heard him catch at air , and cough up the last slime of the river . |
| 10 | ANALYSTS and advisers were yesterday lining up the next series of state asset sales and trying to see how the Government could increase the projected £19 billion over the next three years to reduce borrowing and fund tax cuts . |
| 11 | The Waterline , then , returns to its origins , as the case study which is Billy 's life painfully dredges up the first scenes of his disorder . |
| 12 | He turned up the first day of the term , picked up his grant , bought a guitar with it and then disappeared ‘ till the start of the next term and that term 's grant cheque . |
| 13 | When I told Malc , he turned up the next night with a gift-wrapped teddy for the baby . |
| 14 | The pupils thought he 'd been brought in specially for their benefit and turned up the next week with more surrealistic pieces . |
| 15 | The provision of council housing therefore links up the second basis of local — newcomer conflict , which relates to broadly environmental issues . |
| 16 | Open up the last bit of paper and all will be revealed . |
| 17 | A person buys a new washing machine , and is unfortunate enough to discover that ( a ) the cabinet is badly scratched , and thus not of merchantable quality ; ( b ) the machine ripped up the first batch of clothes and half-flooded the kitchen ( ie it was not fit for the purpose ) ; and ( c ) the model delivered by the suppliers was not the model agreed upon in the shop ( ie the goods were not as described by the retailer ) . |
| 18 | They reached the next landing and swung themselves around it , clambering up the next set of stairs . |
| 19 | With the bolt in the hole , bring up the second part of the joint , and mark round the circumference of the bolt . |
| 20 | When he wins he turns up the next week as if nothing 's happened — and as if he has n't got a penny to his name , that 's the difference between Seve and others — what sets him apart a bit , I suppose . |
| 21 | a facility for drawing up the next plan in the light of the |
| 22 | From the corner of her eye , she watched him pick up the first coil of rope . |
| 23 | Pick up the second edge of the band keeping the stitches in the hooks again , then knit them through . |
| 24 | Léonie swished her fork around her plate to gather up the last vestiges of sauce mornay . |
| 25 | They are , according to recent research , bringing up the next generation of offenders , truants , divorcees and generally inadequate people . |
| 26 | The Lima to Huancayo train in Peru reversing up the next section of the highest railway in the world . |
| 27 | The second consideration is that batching implies holding up the first enquiries to be received . |
| 28 | Sam Reed scored twice and then set up the third goal for Tom Cox . |
| 29 | Steve breathed , impressed , as they trundled up the last stretch of drive after the gates had clanked shut behind them . |
| 30 | The shadow was turning on that landing , moving up the next set of stairs after them . |