Example sentences of "[num ord] [noun sg] [verb] up [pos pn] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | About eight in ten pensioners have some sort of second income to top up their state pension . |
| 2 | The second man brought up his gun and fired from the cover of his wounded companion . |
| 3 | Lothar , in a last bid to shore up his power in western Francia , made a foray to the Seine . |
| 4 | What 's this , last , last minute filling up your tuck bag for the |
| 5 | Meanwhile , Everton 's Howard Kendall last night followed up his attack on the attitude of the Goodison Park players by ruthlessly swinging the axe . |
| 6 | Neither horse will have the benefit of their usual riding partners as Cumani 's stable-jockey , Ray Cochrane , last night gave up his weekend rides as he was in pain from the shoulder injury sustained in the Doncaster pile-up three weeks ago . |
| 7 | NEC Corp last week firmed up its agreement with Control Data Systems Inc under which it will acquire a 4.99% stake in the company , paying about $5.3m . |
| 8 | The airlines themselves will next week step up their recruitment drive for pilots in North America and western Europe , where they have also chartered aircraft , by extending their search for flight crews to South Africa and central Europe . |
| 9 | After which he would announce , ‘ Just going next door to ring up my Popsie ! ’ , and into the Signals Office he would disappear to ring up his fiancée , a Wren Officer stationed at Portsmouth . |