Example sentences of "[noun sg] [be] [verb] up the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It appears that the German Infantry facing the Marines has surrendered , and now No. 4 Commando Brigade are following up the retreating Germans . |
| 2 | Every time the monitor is powered up the de-gaussing circuit fires up and destroys and/or corrupts all your lovely data that 's being stored right next to the great big degaussing coil surrounding the screen . |
| 3 | However , a new 375g pack at £1.19 was introduced on February 8th and until the old stock was used up the two packs were on sale side by side . |
| 4 | His intention was to pick up the 18,000 troops assembled in the area behind Quiberon known as the Morbihan and transport them to Scotland , as the first stage of the great invasion plan . |
| 5 | I was then brought up to this room , in which , at that point of the day , the sun was lighting up the floral patterns of the wallpaper quite agreeably . |
| 6 | The light from the kitchen window was showing up the faintest of impressions on the paper , and Doyle picked up the pad and examined it more closely . |
| 7 | THOSE who insisted that the Queen pay income tax were barking up the wrong tree . |
| 8 | The drawing , along with various sketches of joints and fixings was sent to the church architects whose only alteration was to square up the curved top member to line up with the bottom panels . |
| 9 | We looked through the files to see how the big men at the top are sizing up the hard decisions in a man 's life |
| 10 | As suggested elsewhere , one of the problems with selection is giving up the attractive paths that are not being chosen . |
| 11 | So what would The Inspirals T-shirt slogan be to sum up the current attitude ? |
| 12 | People who feel sorry for my old bridesmaid and travelling companion are barking up the wrong tree . |
| 13 | The Prime Minister was attending the first meeting at the Royal Society of Arts in London of the Walpole Committee , an amalgam of private industry whose objective is to talk up the best that Britain has to offer . |
| 14 | When we 've got an economic mess , the first duty of a government is to clear up the economic mess . |
| 15 | The first number of each plotted position is read across the horizontal line , ( called an axis ) , the second number is read up the vertical axis . |
| 16 | The aim of the present project is to follow up the earlier research through concentration upon the cultural dimension . |
| 17 | And the introduction about about care is passed up the three tiers , like a triangular system 's |
| 18 | Perhaps the only answer is to send up the whole pantomime . |
| 19 | It rang for a long time , and he thought he was going to be out of luck , but eventually the receiver was picked up the other end . |
| 20 | Its primary function is to sharpen up the best of good practice . ’ |
| 21 | They may disclose only their name , rank , date of birth and serial number ‘ or equivalent ’ ; if bullied , their best technique is to send up the unseen questioner . |
| 22 | The wounded German Officer was carried up the grassy bank and placed against a tree . |
| 23 | He had a sneaking suspicion Philpott had members of staff whose sole function was to dig up the personal indiscretions of those people who could be beneficial to UNACO , then use them as a form of blackmail to get what he wanted . |
| 24 | Charles Saatchi once said : ‘ The reason most companies make an acquisition is to cover up the dreadful mistakes of the last acquisition . ’ |
| 25 | Bunny was chatting up the other girl , Chase was still going oompah-oompah and Martin was desperately starting his ninth solo on Tiger Rag . |
| 26 | The task was to break up the old bureaucratic machine and construct a new one , but one which would ‘ enable us gradually to reduce all officialdom to naught ’ ( p. 42 ) . |