Example sentences of "[vb -s] [pron] up [prep] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She holds it up in different lights and tries to con its meaning . |
| 2 | Listen to him/her say a text or story slowly , then listen as he/she speeds it up in successive repetitions . |
| 3 | Rather than analysing society in terms of one kind of component , Althusser claims that Marx breaks it up into related units called , in Althusserean parlance , ‘ practices ’ . |
| 4 | Laverne is launched into the still treacle of pond water which reluctantly draws itself up like sluggish curtains to receive this intrusion . |
| 5 | There 's even a fireplace which can be installed on a wall with no flue : a container of special fuel is lit under ‘ coals ’ , and gives you up to three hours of warmth and flames with no mess , no de-ashing , and no chimney is needed . |
| 6 | Bretz 's last paper on the subject sums it up in vivid terms : |
| 7 | You get in , and an old Pawnee tows you up to 3,000 feet , and then you drop the tow-rope and you 're on your own , with Mike , the chief instructor , sitting in the back saying , ‘ Stop , overcontrolling it , ’ and ‘ Use some rudder , damn it , ’ and ‘ Thought you said you were a pilot ? ’ and ‘ There you are , see ? |
| 8 | The third is the supposedly ’ British model ’ , which leaves it up to individual companies to negotiate their own arrangements . |