Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun sg] [to-vb] up the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | PAMELA : As it is your will and you have determined , it is my duty to yield up the point . |
| 2 | With its horn blaring and its lights flashing , the bus had left its route to take up the chase . |
| 3 | The drawback , inevitably , is that everything is dependent upon the existence of a CAB in the area , its willingness to set up the scheme , and the co-operation of the local profession . |
| 4 | Ruth moaned as she staggered out of her bedroom to pick up the phone . |
| 5 | At first , the Assembly could not even decide upon its own agenda : it was only after the first session in 1949 that the Committee of Ministers agreed not to exercise its right to draw up the Assembly 's agenda . |
| 6 | But only a week ago she clashed with Mr Smith after he snubbed her request to wind up the Commons debate on the pit closures . |
| 7 | Jordan temporarily closes its border to hold up the influx of refugees . |
| 8 | In a move that runs counter its commitment to clean up the environment in former East Germany , the German government has agreed to exempt a huge rubbish tip near Schonberg near the Baltic coast from its regulations for a five year period . |
| 9 | The age at which parents want their baby to give up the breast or bottle varies markedly . |
| 10 | ‘ I think ’ , he says , ‘ that the Germans had convinced themselves that there was something noble in their quest to clean up the world . |
| 11 | Still to come : the Royal Pioneers from Bicester are on their way to back up the Desert Rats in the Gulf . |
| 12 | She moved her torso without breaking the union , and stretched her arm to pick up the phone . |
| 13 | Thus , when Remedios the Beauty disappears , the narrative records the fact that outsiders were of the opinion that she had run off with a man and that the story of her ascent into heaven was an invention of her family to cover up the scandal . |
| 14 | She had half expected him to contact her after she had turned away the team of cleaners he 'd sent to her house to clear up the mess , but she had heard nothing . |
| 15 | He made a similar reply to another member who insisted that radio should give better publicity to what MPs said in the House : it was not , he said , the job of his Ministry to build up the reputation of individual MPs . |
| 16 | He became so desperate at one stage that it crossed his mind to give up the game altogether . |
| 17 | Wells lost his tolerance of contradiction in his anxiety to tidy up the world . |
| 18 | But Mr Kohl 's lack of forthrightness in acting against racist attacks and his reluctance to take up the cause of their victims suggests a chancellor , if not a country , who has yet to come fully to terms with the past . |
| 19 | Jessica , after a time , had said she loved him too , and grew quite fascinated by his refusal to bring up the subject of fidelity . |
| 20 | In 1850 he resigned his curatorship to take up the post of mineral surveyor for New South Wales , an appointment that provoked the hostility of W. B. Clarke [ q.v . ] . |
| 21 | Amidst calls to bring back the birch and to inaugurate ‘ Saturday night floggings ’ for soccer hooligans , Mr William Whitelaw reaffirmed his pledge to toughen up the law by introducing a new regime of short-sharp-shock Detention Centres modelled on the Army ‘ glass house ’ system of physical drill and unrelenting discipline . |
| 22 | ‘ Nibs McGovern met that train every day with his trolley to pick up the papers and the Boland loaves that the shops got for special customers . |
| 23 | Brian Fletcher on Red Rum thought he was , and urged his mount to keep up the pursuit . |
| 24 | On his way to mop up the bathroom he stood before a mirror admiring his Egyptian slimness of hip . |
| 25 | As usual , Maria Grazia answered and then yelled to his mother to pick up the extension phone by her chair , in the deep underwater gloom of the living room . |
| 26 | Sturt was just off to Adelaide with his family to take up the post of Surveyor-General of South Australia , and it was a matter of great good fortune that the two met at all . |
| 27 | But Stewart dived a long way to his left to scoop up the ball one handed just inches from the turf . |
| 28 | However , Stewart dived a long way to his left to scoop up the ball one handed inches from the turf . |
| 29 | You can also use your Card to call up the balance , print-out or order a statement , or look at the last few transactions on your account at one or more of the new AutoBanking machines we are installing up and down the country to help you . |
| 30 | I 've never forgotten the lessons of that night : the abseils from doubtful anchors , my refusal to stop when the torch packed up , our failure to coil up the rope properly , and the lack of faith in our ability to survive a bivouac . |