Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] up the [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After giving up the farm he ‘ amused himself with carpentering and the making of various fanciful machines . |
| 2 | Do you want me to apologise for picking up the gauntlet you threw down ? ’ |
| 3 | In some bureaux , the workers themselves have the task of writing up the JPR which must be signed as accurate by the worker and the bureau manager . |
| 4 | The task of filling up the blanks I 'd rather leave to you . |
| 5 | Mr. Browne referred to the trend in the developed world to make the polluter pay , but Mr. Malone stressed that the west could not deny developing countries who could n't afford the cost of cleaning up the growth which they had enjoyed . |
| 6 | And instead of going up the jetty they went down and they were going to go right back to Rousay again . |
| 7 | Just sort of progressed up the ladder I suppose |
| 8 | His status may go some way towards clearing up the misunderstanding which must have arisen , for in Gloucestershire manors belonging to another royal ward were also left unassessed . |
| 9 | His success in summoning up the devil he knew blinded him to any awareness of his own part in bringing about the final outcome . |
| 10 | In setting up the work you need to pre-plan : |
| 11 | However he had made a harmless-looking technical assumption in setting up the problem which proved to be unduly restrictive . |
| 12 | Er right Mary Whitehouse to come we 'll be talking about sex and the Buddha of Suburbia and er whatever else sort of takes her fancy and we are going to liven up the traffic I think at er round about one twenty five and find out what 's happening there . |
| 13 | On the whole , Acts , despite their legal precision , are fairly loose guides when it comes actually to setting up the services they authorize , and the decisions made by the administrators of services at central or local level are of great importance in shaping the provision . |
| 14 | I did draw the line at giving up the spices I cooked with even though for years I continued to receive remarks about my stinking of garlic , yuk , with monotonous regularity . |
| 15 | A Collection Suite comprises a necklet , ring , bracelet , brooch and earrings to add a touch of glamour and by mixing up the styles you can create an individual look for that final touch . |
| 16 | If , however , an appeal committee comes to the conclusion that efficiency would be prejudiced by complying with the preference , then the appeal committee will have to proceed to the second stage and decide how to exercise its discretion , by weighing up the advantages which would be achieved by complying with the preference as against the prejudice this would cause . |