Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] up [pos pn] [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | His tongue and lips and breathing rose up her body to her breasts , her neck , her shoulders , her ears , her stifling hair . |
| 2 | Breastfeeding speeds up its return to normal size after birth . |
| 3 | If you have made too few contributions to qualify for the basic pension , you may be able to use some of your ex-husband 's contribution record to build up your pension to the full amount . |
| 4 | These give off ethylene gas which reacts with the starch to speed up its conversion to sugar . |
| 5 | Guy Sterne 's eyes held a glitter of amusement , but a darker emotion she saw in the pale green-grey brought colour sweeping up her neck to her face . |
| 6 | Straining , successfully , to eradicate any trace of intelligence , Glaser pulls out every stop to rack up his movie to cloying extremes . |
| 7 | On the crowded train a man gave up his seat to Ianthe and she accepted it gracefully . |
| 8 | ‘ Do you know this face ? ’ said Isambard , turning Harry about in his hands to display him to them all , and taking him by the chin to jerk up his face to the light when he turned it haughtily aside . |
| 9 | Folly held up her face to be kissed . |
| 10 | In this post-welfare state , travellers are reminded of their duty to give up their seat to old ladies by a designated seat , post offices can not trust the customers to queue so they erect mazes through which one must wind before being served . |
| 11 | Supplementary pension tops up your income to the level the government thinks you need . |
| 12 | His back was hideously burned and smouldering , the long black coat split up its length to the collar . |