Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] up the [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That same agent blew up the room I had been in because I was getting too close . |
| 2 | The first section of this chapter sums up the differences which have emerged between legacies and trusts in the course of this book , and goes on to consider whether or how far or in what sense classical law can be said to have reached a fusion of legacy and trust . |
| 3 | There are , of course , all sorts of chandeliers available for traditional rooms in brass , iron , wood , wrought iron and crystal , but again the effect can be enhanced by recessed downlights set in the ceiling to light up the chandelier itself . |
| 4 | We have also set up a couple of microphones in the real of the hall to break up the echoes which would otherwise bounce off that wall . ’ |
| 5 | GRIPPING SCENE : Proud pop picks up the tot he once refused to carry |
| 6 | The only thing , other thing is we 've been you know debating about the er stuff to make up the wax which we 'll have to go to Morrells by all , and get it sent here |
| 7 | So , for the Leningrad group Zoo , ‘ Subterranean Homesick Blues ’ became ‘ Suburb Blues ’ and the lyrics ‘ Johnny 's in the basement mixing up the medicine I 'm on the pavement thinking 'bout the government ’ became ‘ I 'm sitting in the toilet and reading Rolling Stone/Venichka is in the kitchen pouring samogon ’ ( home-made vodka ) . |
| 8 | The pupil builds up the words he wants in a stand , and can test out his ideas without having to commit them to paper yet . |
| 9 | She describes in precise detail the deserted country road in Mayobridge , County Down , where a mine blew up the Land-Rover he was travelling in . |
| 10 | When he later took the trouble to add up the bill he discovered that the actual cost was Fr 1,481 , around £140 : an overcharge of £40 . |
| 11 | The corporation set up the networks itself , negotiating for lines with the local suppliers : BT and Mercury in the UK , HKTel in Hong Kong and , in the US , about 10 vendors offering overseas circuits . |
| 12 | It 's impossible to generalise and it 's up to each farmer to weigh up the options which suit him best . |
| 13 | As he did so , the older man picked up the glasses which had been filled previously , and deliberately poured them over her head . |
| 14 | The prince scraped up the money they had set aside to repair the roof again and Anna went off to India with some English acquaintances and stayed with the viceroy and came back with a ruby . |
| 15 | A project to clean up the Ganges which had started in 1985 had so far cost US$115 million and was due to be completed by the end of 1991 . |
| 16 | The Castle can be approached either via a narrow path leading up the mountainside which approaches the gates directly , or by a safer and wider path which leads up to the mountain peak and a pair of half-derelict mountain gates . |
| 17 | The piste groomers work around the clock to grind up the snow which , because it possesses a denser molecular structure than the real thing , compacts easily into ice . |
| 18 | Saturday morning , and once again a fair and breezy day , so fair that I decided to give myself a holiday from writing , and go straight after breakfast to pick up the supplies I would need for the weekend . |
| 19 | The sight of all which struck them with consternation or a kind of horror that they incontinently gave over search and with the utmost hurry and dread , throwing earth and turf to fill up the pit they made , they departed , having neither of them the courage to enter or even inspect into the further circumstances of the place ’ . |
| 20 | On his way to mop up the bathroom he stood before a mirror admiring his Egyptian slimness of hip . |
| 21 | the evidence/rationale to back up the benefits you are claiming |
| 22 | All I 'm asking is that you take time to weigh up the deal I 'm offering and — Do you have a licence ? ’ |
| 23 | But Stewart dived a long way to his left to scoop up the ball one handed just inches from the turf . |
| 24 | However , Stewart dived a long way to his left to scoop up the ball one handed inches from the turf . |