Example sentences of "[vb past] up the piece " in BNC.
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| 1 | From nowhere a swarm of fish appeared who promptly gobbled up the pieces . |
| 2 | The sunlight shone through the glass of the conservatory and showed up the piece of gold in his front tooth , the little , gingery hairs in the folds of his red cheeks , the grey ones in his drooping moustache . |
| 3 | Athelstan returned to the table , rolled up the piece of parchment and put away his quills and inkhorn . |
| 4 | You picked up the pieces and went on . |
| 5 | Legislation had been passed , at the height of the bubble , to stop the creation of new joint-stock companies , which ruled out one of the ways in which the British had organized their expansion overseas , Walpole , the Prime Minister who picked up the pieces after the collapse , was first of all concerned to make sure that the King and his government did not run into any more trouble , which meant a programme of no new taxes , no wars , no new assertion of authority , and much less expansion than either before or after . |
| 6 | I picked up the pieces myself . |
| 7 | Unfortunately , the woman in question picked up the piece of paper with her name and address on along with all the Sanctuary 's records , and has not been seen since . |
| 8 | He picked up the piece of ornamental driftwood from the mantelpiece and tried to stand it upside down , while he considered this , and his wife 's sobs slowly diminished . |
| 9 | Athelstan picked up the piece of parchment and the candle , scrutinising what he had written . |
| 10 | Slowly and deliberately , he rose from his chair and picked up the piece of rope from the floor . |
| 11 | Robyn picked up the piece of paper and tried hard not to believe he had made an effort . |
| 12 | Geoffrey picked up the piece of parchment . |
| 13 | Quickly they swept up the pieces and hid them away , wondering how they would replace the plate without being found out . |
| 14 | It was said that on the first occasion that a female student ‘ scrubbed ’ with him he was reaching the end of a long case and held up the piece of cat-gut slung under the ureter ( to identify it and keep it safe during the dissection ) , saying ‘ Cut ! ’ |