Example sentences of "[vb infin] up [pos pn] [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On 1 January 1559 , the ‘ Beggars ' Summons ’ was nailed to the doors of the Scottish friaries , demanding in the name of the ‘ Blind , Crooked , Bedridden , Widows , Orphans and all other poor , so visited by the hand of God as may not work ’ , that the friars should give up their patrimony by Whitsun . |
| 2 | At that point — and discovering such identity of meaning may take some time — children should give up their form in favour of the conventional one for that meaning ( Clark , 1987 , 1988 ) . |
| 3 | Merleau-Ponty 's response was to argue that history itself had shown Marxist philosophy to have been flawed ; such philosophy must therefore give up its claim to truth . |
| 4 | In April Neville Chamberlain had told Davidson he must give up his post as party Chairman . |
| 5 | In order to claim that you have been constructively dismissed , you must give up your job in response to the breaking of your contract . |
| 6 | Mum would dish up my plate of food , and I 'd go and sit down with it and he 'd get up . |
| 7 | Elaine and Michael Artus , their savings wiped out , will keep up their fight for compensation . |
| 8 | I feel that it 's about creating the warmth and security at home , in school , wherever they are , from outside to help build up their sense of warmth and security from within , and to enable them to learn how to deal with some of these issues so that they can cope with the difficulties of life when they grow up . |
| 9 | This in turn will build up their confidence in English which they will carry with them throughout their English learning careers . |
| 10 | If you can improve the power of your calf muscles you will find that you can build up your mileage without difficulty . |
| 11 | Wycombe will make up their game in hand at Moss Lane this afternoon and go three points in front if they beat struggling Altrincham . |
| 12 | ‘ 111 Sides ’ is an artistic statement whose clarity of aim , musical achievement and depth of vision would make a dog puke up its ring in horror at how pompous , unfunny , dull , long-winded and self-indulgent Bobo The Pop Star can be after a couple of hits . |
| 13 | The army believes the new traning centre will help them step up their fight against terrorism . |
| 14 | Who needs a loan when you can top up your income by despatch-riding in London at Christmas ? |
| 15 | The young Gian did not take up his position in society , however , preferring to travel and to spend his money on his collection . |
| 16 | All it will do is clutter up your collection with rubbish ’ . |