Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] up [conj] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most modern , written , constitutions seek not merely to set up and define the main organs of the state and to distribute public power amongst them , but also to state a range of constitutional guarantees for the subject , frequently limiting the power of organs of the state to this extent . |
| 2 | At one point , to suppress attacks , a large handkerchief was thrown over the stuffed cuckoo , but the enraged birds ( in this case , nightingales ) would not give up and assaulted the handkerchief instead . |
| 3 | Subsequently , the MBC has made available a number of new premises for rent to processors and has generally tidied up and improved the area using Industrial Improvement Area procedures . |
| 4 | It was very tiring work , and it kept me busy so that I did not look up and see the Hispaniola until she was just half a mile away from me ! |
| 5 | Well you can get I mean , according to the leaflet you can just phone up and get the council to collect . |
| 6 | one is that i it may be that the old moral economy worked because the peasants recognized that , in a sense , that was the way they w well they , they could not stand up and criticize the landlord th the , the most they could do was to try and get the landlord to behave in a reasonable way , and that within that there would then be the sub-culture , the counter-culture of , of beginnings of mutual aid and what is happening in is in part that the communists are making them think the old moral economy work , but in part they are picking up on those sub- culture bits because the , the , the whole of mutual aid idea is , is coming from existing peasant cooperations . |
| 7 | ‘ We can do it if the leadership of this nation will just stand up and do the right thing . ’ |
| 8 | This will not benefit the buyer if all the shares are taken up when the transferor is compelled to make a pre-emptive offer , but it does not follow that all of them will be taken up and , if not , the transferee has a better claim to those shares not taken up than has the transferor . |
| 9 | Unfortunately , ground level ozone ( tropospheric ) caused by pollution can not rise up and plug the hole , but instead is harmful and can cause breathing difficulties . |
| 10 | As dozens of workmen and structural engineers moved in yesterday to sweep up and make the area safe , it became clear that it will take weeks , possibly months , to return to normal . |
| 11 | He 'd just gone up and I just I usually get up and turn the fire off and then the television . |
| 12 | If I stood up on the walkway , I thought , I could probably stretch up and touch the ceiling , but would n't be able to reach the hole . |
| 13 | In these scenes an unknown actress , impersonating Harlow 's voice , speaks the lines with her back to the camera or with her face hidden by a wide-brimmed hat ; at the sight of this , Boy simply got up and left the living room , left the end of the film unwatched and just sat in the kitchen with a pot of tea . |
| 14 | By simply picking up and moving the categories ' names with the mouse I can reverse their positions and totally rebuild the worksheet … |
| 15 | He immediately took up and unfolded the piece of lined paper . |
| 16 | Edward appeared to think hard for a few moments and then got up and left the room abruptly . |
| 17 | He was then picked up and rode the entire parade sitting between Campese and Kearns . |
| 18 | The blackbird then flew up and took the cheese from his hand and kept on taking pieces of cheese . |
| 19 | Which is why I must cover my traces , I thought , then go up and check the state of the relics . |
| 20 | Anne realised now how jumbled up and contrived the interior was . |
| 21 | Then washed up and tidied the kitchen . |
| 22 | He remained doubled over for several seconds before slowly straightening up and wiping the sweat from his forehead . |
| 23 | All fatalities associated with this species have occurred when swimmers or divers have casually picked up and handled the octopus . |
| 24 | Lastly , the Government was obviously concerned about the way the press and radio could , by their manner of reporting , either build up or damage the reputations of political figures . |