Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] up [prep] the [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We will fail to understand the significance of terrestrial zodiacs If we merely pick up on the generally insignificant evidence for their physical reality . |
| 2 | It should be robust enough to stand up to the most rigorous testing from the appraisal panel . |
| 3 | that I 've just picked up off the here . |
| 4 | As I 've tried to suggest , many books do not face up to the very evident problems confronting psychology , but it does seem that the discipline is alive and kicking . |
| 5 | Why not stand up for the uniquely British spirit embodied by Richard Lester ( who 's American — DQ ) , Rita Tushingham , Shelagh Delaney , Tom Courtenay , etc . |
| 6 | Doctors agree that there are no risks in regular exercise , as long as you start gently and gradually build up to the more strenuous activities . ’ |
| 7 | It always came up at the very worst of times . |
| 8 | In the blue corner , we have the ‘ JD Telecaster ’ , the Japanese-made version of the very same instrument , and one you can probably pick up for the very interesting price of £400 or less . |
| 9 | Only a few rural areas , isolated by bad roads and non-existent railways , remained relatively untouched , but even these , by virtue of their isolation , were often gobbled up by the equally voracious demand for holiday homes and weekend cottages . |
| 10 | It does not even come up to the extremely modest levels of convenience that the shepherds expected when they took to the hills for the summer with their animals ; also on show in Lourdes 's museum is a portable wooden cabin , with handles at either end , like a horizontal sedan chair . |
| 11 | He too builds up at the very least a case to answer . ) |
| 12 | KEROSENE , fierce guitar quintet recently snapped up by the Dead Dead Good label , take time out from recording their debut EP with Neds/MC4 producer Jessica Corcoran to play Colchester Hippodrome on September 14 . |
| 13 | KEROSENE , West Didsbury outfit recently snapped up by the Dead Dead Good label , play |