Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [v-ing] up the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why do people on holiday suddenly start taking up the kind of violent exercise they would n't even contemplate normally ? ’ sighed Jim . |
| 2 | I , I mean , I at the moment I 'm not doing anything about Neil 's training because we 've got coming and it 's it 's too soon to start stirring up the bud again . |
| 3 | Furthermore , a greater emphasis on relations with Moscow does not imply giving up the country 's own democratic future . |
| 4 | Sinead , 25 , who has donated her £500,000 Hollywood home to charity , said she did not regret tearing up the picture . |
| 5 | Harvesting of clean white worm simply involves picking up the pebbles and dipping them in a small container of cold water . |
| 6 | We did n't finish tidying up the dining hall until quarter past one . |
| 7 | What is behind the bishops ' and archdeacons ' reluctance even to consider breaking up the boundaries seems to be a desire to maintain a mixture of middle , high and low churches and not upset the balance . |
| 8 | ‘ I go to the Jobcentre and they do n't even bother opening up the files . |
| 9 | Fabia could n't help picking up the air of excitement about her , and realised that she was n't the only one when barely had they sat down with a cup of tea than her father , an observant man , was asking , ‘ Are you going to tell us about it — or is it a secret ? ’ |
| 10 | Joanna handed her the two syringes , then began fixing up the drip . |