Example sentences of "['s] [noun pl] [verb] up the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or one of Satan 's scouts calling up the legions of the damned from the abyss of Hell ? |
| 2 | The Tokugawa 's enemies took up the rallying cry of ‘ revere the emperor and expel the barbarian ’ ( sonnó0 jó0i ) , and kept it long after their leaders realized the impossibility of bringing external contacts to an end . |
| 3 | Liverpool 's fans pumped up the volume before the kick-off in an attempt to unnerve Spartak . |
| 4 | Outside , they heard Sybil 's shoes clattering up the stone steps . |
| 5 | It was left to the capital 's campuses to take up the baton . |
| 6 | If SCO lets its MIPS development ride , one reason is certainly Intel 's efforts to pump up the performance — now reported at over 100 MIPS — and accelerate delivery schedules for the P5 . |
| 7 | This body in turn can not compel the tip 's owners to clean up the area until regulations provided for in the 1990 Environmental Protection Act have come into force , which may not be until at least 1993 . |
| 8 | The Museum 's displays take up the story of Britain 's canals in 1793 — the height of canal mania — the year when more proposals for the building of canals were put before Parliament than ever before . |
| 9 | The home side 's run of four straight wins in which they scored 10 goals counted for nothing as Brian Flynn 's men put up the shutters to keep a clean sheet for the fourth time this season . |
| 10 | I 've sent orders for the gates to be watched while Simon 's men round up the rest . ’ |
| 11 | The sun 's rays dry up the moisture which amphibians , such as frogs , toads and newts , need . |
| 12 | Long extracts from the inspectors ' reports conjure up the smells of the 17th century in sickening detail : the open graves , the streets piled high with faeces , the butcher 's shop ‘ full of all kinds of filth , excrement , guts and other muck ’ , and so on . |