Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] up the [noun] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Marland wants action to clean up the mess once and for all . |
| 2 | He became so desperate at one stage that it crossed his mind to give up the game altogether . |
| 3 | ‘ And what 's to stop this dame tanking up the deal later ? |
| 4 | ‘ What are you doing ? ’ she asked , her heart picking up the pace again . |
| 5 | Using their favoured analogy in which the complexities of a nation-state were reduced to the simplicities of a corner shop balance sheet , the newly appointed boss of the Institute took up the cudgels again in February 1990 . |
| 6 | The Morning Post joined in when the First Sea Lord , Sir Francis Bridgeman , resigned in 1912 and Bonar Law took up the issue too , suggesting that Bridgeman had been " brutally ill-used " by Churchill . |
| 7 | fourteen or I had a sixteen overhead cam Cortina engine sitting up the blokes just swapped it for a two litre cos he wanted some more go . |
| 8 | Finally the engine gave up the ghost completely and nothing could persuade it to start again . |
| 9 | The initiative to set up the relationship often comes from the client though , at times , this is difficult because he has to approach someone in a very different social position . |
| 10 | From the Brigadier 's office the Captain telephoned Maxwell at the Excelsior , sending Bacci through to the communicating duty room to pick up the phone there . |
| 11 | I 've never forgotten the lessons of that night : the abseils from doubtful anchors , my refusal to stop when the torch packed up , our failure to coil up the rope properly , and the lack of faith in our ability to survive a bivouac . |
| 12 | Gen Noriega was able to broadcast to the people and organise resistance over the main national radio network , until a special US assault team blew up the transmitters late on Wednesday . |
| 13 | Their apparatus was primitive and they could not control the reaction , so it was another two years before a different team took up the work again . |
| 14 | If mum takes up the game again , then why not her children in future years ? |
| 15 | The head keeper scooped up the coins as deftly as any tax collector . |
| 16 | To lift the patient off the bed onto a chair or commode , one carer takes up the position already described , while the other stands behind the patient on the bed and guides the patient 's seat up and round onto the chair . |
| 17 | And the smoke goes up the chimney just the same |
| 18 | And the smoke goes up the chimney just the same . |
| 19 | And the smoke goes up the chimney just the same |
| 20 | The British cabinet took up the subject again in Washington in September 1951 . |
| 21 | As the orchestra took up the refrain once more , she came to take her mother 's hand at centre stage , and sang as if it was the most natural thing in the world . |
| 22 | Erikson sums up the situation well : |
| 23 | Former Chief Justice Bhagwati summed up the situation succinctly : ’ The multinational has won and the people of India have lost . ’ |
| 24 | The man lifts up the woman so that she can wrap her legs round him . |
| 25 | insy winsy spider climbing up the spout again |
| 26 | The soft white animal-like hand picked up the baton again . |
| 27 | After the door closed , a pudgy hand picked up the videotape gingerly as if it were a dead bird and , pausing for a moment so that the viewer could read ‘ GOVERNMENT DRUGS SCANDAL ’ , dropped it into a wastepaper bin . |
| 28 | The assumption was that the police had been given enough information to pick up the terrorists quickly . |
| 29 | The players with the required letters then form a line to make up the word as fast as they can , and the team which does it the quickest gets a point . |
| 30 | A separate sole plate heats up the steam even more , producing a much more powerful jet . |