Example sentences of "[adv prt] [conj] [verb] up [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A third reason for isostatic anomalies is that there are dynamic forces present in the sub-lithospheric mantle which are capable of actively dragging down or pushing up the lithosphere . |
| 2 | I know now he was just trying to make a sale and did n't have my size in stock , but since he was wearing a fleecy top and tracksuit trousers I believed him , and bought these huge leather edifices that a young married couple could quite comfortably live in and bring up a family . |
| 3 | Why do a , er , an old lady come in and fill up an ice cream tub , do you mean an old ice cream tub ? |
| 4 | Weeks fifteen to twenty one is subject specific and all the details that have to come in and make up a record of achievement . |
| 5 | Strachan embarassed Dicks more than once by nipping in and streaking up the wing . |
| 6 | But this would be moving in and making up the message in the style of the ‘ missing ’ letters in Poor People , the first story of all . |
| 7 | Bailiffs moved in and boarded up the house in Ely , Cardiff , as Pat and her children , Maria , 16 , and three-year-old Matthew watched . |
| 8 | ‘ My grandfather moved to Billingford and he settled in and opened up the blacksmith shop … |
| 9 | ‘ Sharp followed him in and picked up a 12-inch knife and threatened to kill him and other staff . |
| 10 | I mean any of us really could sit down and draw up a list of er of things where , if we , you know , a list of rules if e war for a very small subscription ornot many groups other and if everybody stuck by them , everything would be wonderful |
| 11 | ‘ What have we here ? ’ their father asked , leaning down and picking up the paper bag . |
| 12 | It is n't because I keep on going down and filling up the metro with ten pounds worth of petrol and I 'm not making a a trip back and forth to work every day . |
| 13 | They leaped down and charged up the shore , yelling triumphantly . |
| 14 | She did not pause for an answer , but bent down and snatched up a roll of paper which she had placed on the floor beside her when she first sat down . |
| 15 | He bent down and picked up a carrier that he 'd lain on the floor . |
| 16 | Lowell bent down and picked up the fragment of urn , wiping it with the palm of his hand . |
| 17 | One of the apes that lived among the rooftops of the city scampered down and picked up the peel , then raced back up to his vantage point beside the eaves . |
| 18 | He sat down and picked up the sheaf of papers neatly set out on the top of his desk . |
| 19 | She turned the music down and picked up the receiver . |
| 20 | She got up , made herself another coffee , sat down and picked up the note again . |
| 21 | At the same time , he needed to have someone to ‘ come along and set up a boundary . |
| 22 | Ripe time Assuming Mr Lawson has achieved a respectable fall in inflation , the time then really would be ‘ ripe ’ for full membership of the European Monetary System , since this would tend to drive interest rates down while holding up the pound . |
| 23 | It was thrown there on neutral territory between the two ranks and the person who was successful in breaking through and taking up the crown and running right down … round , circling their opponents , and right round and coming back without being caught , that person was successful . |
| 24 | Colonel Feather had then expressed a worry that children could easily reach over and scoop up a fingerful of frosting , perhaps spoiling someone 's chances , so he and Mr Doran — the latter complaining mightily about his lumbago — had moved the cakes to the back of the table . |
| 25 | As a result , the Committee met on the 3rd tee in December and finally decided to raise it a foot all over and to put up a viewing platform on the right hand side . |
| 26 | Aware of their vanity and dread of baldness , he would reach over and lift up a lock of hair , saying , ‘ A little more brain showing today ? ’ |
| 27 | He walked over and picked up the pewter goblet , sniffing at it carefully . |
| 28 | Sam came over and picked up the bat . |
| 29 | Well , really , how to make a cup of tea is like the same thing as making a cup of coffee first you have to take the kettle to the tap , turn the tap on and fill up the kettle , then take the kettle back to the ma , erm , where you got it from and plug it into the wa wall . |
| 30 | Once the Tunnel opens — or maybe just before it does and before the French realize what 's going on and think up a way to stop it — he 'll sell them for maybe a thousand times what he 's paying for them now . ’ |