Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] up the [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This builds up the muscles which locate the knee joint , helping to stop it moving above and grinding up bits of cartilage . |
| 2 | It would be so easy to give up the battle she 'd been waging against him , simply to lay down her arms and give herself up to the ecstasy of possession . |
| 3 | Fortunately , most retailers will split packs for you if buying whole packs would be uneconomical , so it 's best either to count up the numbers you need from a scale plan of the area to be tiled , or else to use the ‘ number per square metre ’ figures given above . |
| 4 | Drains simply ca n't cope and with fields already too saturated to soak up the water there 's simply no-where else for it to go . |
| 5 | Unionist reactions were twofold , first to play up the war itself as a unifier of classes , and second to exploit divisions in the Labour movement in the hope of carrying them over into peacetime . |
| 6 | ‘ I know it 's going to just kill Pilar to give up the house she loves . |
| 7 | When I first loaded up the pack I really thought it would be a bit top heavy — it 's a longer and slimmer pack than most British models — but I was delighted to discover that my fears were unfounded . |
| 8 | It has no calories of its own , but it does slow down the metabolic rate , making it harder to burn up the calories you do consume . |
| 9 | The initiative had been launched by citizen groups anxious to break up the relationship which had developed between pressure groups and entrenched state politicians , and to make the California legislature more responsive to the ordinary voters . |
| 10 | The two men , Executioner and challenger , stood motionless for a few seconds , each weighing up the opponent he would now face in a fight to the death . |
| 11 | feeling as it were ready to come up the way you were swallowing it you could feel it . |