Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] up the [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I ran up the island 's Caribbean coast , catching sight of white sandy beaches in the gaps between buildings . |
| 2 | The traits which make up the individual 's personality have two main sources . |
| 3 | A lawyer might be encouraged to work for , say , professional arrangements which opened up the profession 's services to the general public ; or a chemist might seek to reduce the impact of the chemical industry on the environment ; or a doctor might act to bring about a new balance between preventive and restorative medicine , as practised by the profession . |
| 4 | The coach which picked up the Cedars ' children stopped about five minutes ' walk away from their home . |
| 5 | A police dog , which picked up the murderer 's scent , followed the trail to the huge graveyard . |
| 6 | It may however , be questioned , whether this role should be performed by a mixture of hereditary and life peers who make up the Lords ' membership or , indeed , whether there is an important role here at all . |
| 7 | ‘ However , I think the large institutional investors , who make up the lion 's share of the market , will be interested in NIE if they see there will be a good return . ’ |
| 8 | God , thought Madame , when she added up the night 's takings , one week I should write down who 's having who as well as who 's drinking what . |
| 9 | Which system we would have to decide , who draws up the list er would the list be a U K one , a regional one or would it be one in the separate countries that go to make up the U K. A huge amount of discussion there , not a chance missed at all , er he wanted a separate seat for for Cornwall . |
| 10 | Genuine honours for political services ought to go to Robert Atkins , the Tory MP with whom Major hatched his leadership strategy during a barge holiday in 1986 ; Alan Duncan , who let his Westminster house be used for the Major leadership campaign ; Sarah Hogg , head of the Downing Street policy unit , who thought up the Citizen 's Charter ; Bernard Perkins , leader of the Conservative group on Lambeth Council in 1968 , who gave Major the vice chairmanship of the housing committee , Jean Lucas , formerly Tory agent in south London , and one of Major 's early political mentors — and last , but not least , Barbara Laguerre , who deprived Major of a job as a bus conductor , by getting it herself . |
| 11 | Ms Amanda Taylor , 29 , who took up the Lib Dem banner , also has to contend with an Official Liberal Party candidate , Mr Erbie Murat . |
| 12 | Ellen held her happy smile till the courtesy taxi had disappeared , then she tore up the proctologist 's business card . |
| 13 | She tore up the Pope 's picture in front of 30 million TV viewers . |
| 14 | There was the handsome , twenty-year-old Warrant Officer Jean Navarre , who chalked up the Cigognes ' first victories at Verdun with a right-and-a-left over Fort Douaumont the day after its fall . |
| 15 | We went , we went up the mountains er a fabulous hotel |
| 16 | The lacewing 's ears are at the base of each forewing , and cause the wings to fold whenever they pick up the bats ' echolocating sounds . |
| 17 | They pick up the infant 's heartbeat , respiration rate , body temperature , and so on . |
| 18 | I can put up with missing pizzicato detailing at bar 383 of the first movement — one of Beethoven 's happiest small orchestral fancies , beautifully brought out by Böhm and the VPO on DG — but the second violins ' inaudibility as they pick up the shepherd 's song of thanksgiving leaves a gruesome hole in the texture . |
| 19 | He joined the company in 1960 when asked him to set up the Company 's first electrical department . |
| 20 | Although the Empress submitted momentarily , divisions within the nobility enabled her to tear up the councillors ' terms . |
| 21 | This will enable him to check up the elector 's signature , number and polling district letter or letters on the nomination paper . |
| 22 | I think it opens up the child 's awareness to what 's available and what 's coming erm moves them on into the next century really . |
| 23 | Of course it it screws up the implementation er if you want to implement in hardware and these are n't binary weights it starts to make the the circuitry a bit more complicated . |
| 24 | Her name , ’ he picked up the Brigadier 's report from beside the telephone , ‘ is Katrine , Katrine … |