Example sentences of "[adv prt] [conj] [verb] up [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | See that would have to be all darkened down that See that light bit of the wood , that 's got to be all darkened down and brought up The colours is all sort of you see , matching and that . |
| 2 | The station had gone , too , and they 'd shut the line down and taken up the rails . |
| 3 | She was looking resolutely away , so that Tug could feel what an effort it took her not to bend down and pick up the pieces . |
| 4 | And then er Tom retired and he used to run the bus long after we start the mails and then he retired and er the bus service to come down along and pick up the passengers and that was how it start . |
| 5 | Should you not suspend the sitting until there is someone on the Tory Benches who is capable of walking over and picking up the notes to the Minister ? |
| 6 | Now go on and coop up the fowls and do n't bother me any more with your obstinacy . ’ |
| 7 | He could always get old Benny Robinson , his helper , to sweep the place up and tie up the piles of cardboard , but Benny had already swept up twice that day and he was now busy sorting out bundles of twine which had fallen out of a damaged carton and become unwound . |
| 8 | If you get rid of royalty , he remarked , ‘ what you 've actually done is to pull the root out that draws up the energies in your ordinary personality from whatever is beneath your personality ’ . |
| 9 | Aggie still would not contemplate getting a mouser and when Harold raised the roof about the lethal traps she threw them out and blocked up the holes in the flooring and the wooden skirting-boards with old newspapers soaked in lavender water . |
| 10 | ‘ Good , ’ said Ben , moving back and taking up the oars again . |