Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] [prep] [verb] up the " in BNC.
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| 1 | TEC directors have already persuaded the Home Office to hand them responsibility for smartening up the employment prospects of black and brown Britons . |
| 2 | Whilst lacking serious revolutionary intentions or any clear revolutionary strategy , Largo Caballero and the Socialist left thus played their part in heating up the political atmosphere and making strong Republican government impossible . |
| 3 | As Becker says , every story can play its part in making up the mosaic that will , in the end , be our picture of the social life of the time and place being studied . |
| 4 | For all her talk of shaking up the town 's bureaucracy , Mrs Molina will have to learn some of her opponent 's conciliatory skills to win a better deal for her constituents . |
| 5 | In particular there is concern within the British civil aviation industry about the level of costs being incurred by the CAA , and recovered from industry , in its work towards setting up the European Joint Aviation Authority and associated regulatory functions , particularly in this formative period when the British Authority continues to function as an autonomous body whose charges must also be borne by operators . |
| 6 | So now you club whose Fulham name Of legend , myth and fable , Should show it merits all its fame By shooting up the table . |
| 7 | ‘ The UK felt it very important to be a member of LOFT while the ( Sizewell ) inquiry was going on , so they could demonstrate their seriousness in picking up the questions on safety ’ . |
| 8 | Despite its success in signing up the software community for Destiny , everything is n't roses at Univel Inc at the moment . |
| 9 | Some of the multi-legged vegetarians found their fodder by clambering up the trunks . |
| 10 | I suspect that some of the drug barons who shell out money in support of what must be a pretty costly operation regard the academically-minded staff of the OHE as a bunch of eggheads , not to say ‘ wets ’ , who ought to be earning their keep by polishing up the industry 's somewhat tarnished image , and by encouraging sales , instead of spending their time and the companies ' profits on airy-fairy projects which are n't going to rustle up a pennyworth of business . |
| 11 | and you sort of fill up the battery , and then you can draw it off , but the battery itself is n't making electricity it 's just storing cells , like the little cells in that , the cells you get in your normal little batteries , and when they 've finished making it you chuck 'em away . |
| 12 | I did get and proved the place I 've been going that actually more accidents due to blocking and you sort of back up the stairs with you |
| 13 | erm fucking indoor murder ball , the seat , cushion and stuff like that , its fucking well out of order piss up games oh that 's right I think we played in , I think we played , you know that British bull dog thing ? , we managed to clear all the fucking the nappy chair this and the chairs out the way , we were playing this British bull dog sort of thing and the only thing , the only , the only difference was when you got caught , got , everybody was fucking giving you a few thumps in the arm , for good measure like , and we played about four of this and every time this cocky little son of a bitch did n't get caught , he was always the last person , so we fucking said , we said , me and this other guy 's that are in our troop and that er , we said right we 'll get him , so when , when everybody sort of go for it right just after the one person in the middle , said fucking just get this guy and fucking pin him down and do something to him right , we did n't , I think we said we 'd just get him , yeah that 's a good idea , so he 's gone right go and his mate he 's fucking took off two steps and there 's eight of us fucking dived on top of him , what the fucking , he 's struggling , get off you cunt so we pinned him down and at first we was just going to de-bag him in front of the women , we 've taken his boots off and his trousers and that and shave his bollocks , yeah the whole fucking yeah , it was like an audience , all that they sort of gathered up the chairs and the tables fuck have his bollocks shaved . |
| 14 | Hoving 's gushings are just as tiresome as his nastiness : his description of warming up the cantankerous Robert Lehman ( estranged from the museum over what the collector believed to be an anti-Semitic slight ) recalls similar scenes in Shirley Temple films , the main difference being that presumably Hoving did n't sit on Lehman 's lap . |
| 15 | Even Dad looked at us proudly as he paused in his job of putting up the bunting . |
| 16 | This is a process 114 The Computer-Based Design Process that enables the chief designer to communicate design concepts through to his team without taking up the role of a detail draughtsman , giving very effective utilization of design skills . |
| 17 | At a recent ceremony , Site Manager , Mr Roger James made the presentation in recognition of the fine work done by Barry Grewcock and his team in setting up the Safety Management System at Dounreay . |
| 18 | The implication was that with a bit more happening in the sack , hubby would n't have felt he was getting past it and tried to prove his virility by punting up the north face of the Thames . |
| 19 | His success in summoning up the devil he knew blinded him to any awareness of his own part in bringing about the final outcome . |
| 20 | In 1985 I stood on the quayside , shivering in the cold drizzle , to watch Arthur Hutton plant the hedge , closely watched by his grandson Martin , who hopes one day to follow his grandfather in keeping up the custom . |
| 21 | His life of Boswell ( The Hooded Hawk , 1946 ) vividly displayed his power of conjuring up the past . |
| 22 | Secure your car by chaining up the steering wheel |
| 23 | He had a contract to supply arms to Iran and wanted our help in setting up the deal . |
| 24 | First multiply out as if there was no decimal point to worry about , then fix the place value of each figure in your answer by counting up the number of decimal places . |
| 25 | Your salary on taking up the post will be . |
| 26 | Your salary on taking up the post will be . |