Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [to-vb] up the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Isabel , backing further into the shadows , dared to breathe again when the soldier went to pick up the ale-cups . |
| 2 | Out of the West : Fast Icelander set to speed up the Bush image |
| 3 | The tremendous build-up of soot on the tunnel roof tended to clog up the apertures of the brick ventilators so a ‘ blow back ’ effect was often experienced by footplate crews . |
| 4 | IT WAS always this week that the people who ran the residential home began to put up the streamers and tinsel of Christmas . |
| 5 | The criterion-basis of the new examination seemed to open up the possibility of an assessment system that would be public , open , and uniform , yet applicable to virtually all pupils in school , whatever their ability . |
| 6 | They would also mingle with unwary humans for spite , selling jewellery and magic cloth at the village fete — when the purchaser leant to pick up the item , the fee would twist his arm and fling him to the ground . |
| 7 | In 1898 the Church Meeting resolved to draw up the membership list on the basis that ‘ those who wished to be regular communicants be voted upon at the Church Meeting ’ . |
| 8 | In due course , however , the Collector had to give up the idea of shovelling under these conditions . |
| 9 | Upsets among the women were not uncommon , often needing all the oil of our masculine sagacity to be poured on the troubled waters , but a clash at this level threatened to step up the tempo . |
| 10 | When my injured back threatened to give up the ghost completely after 17 steady miles , I could n't have bought more encouragement and warmth from the people of Harlem and the Bronx who spotted the slogan on my T-shirt and never stopped yelling ‘ All the way , Linda , looking good Liverpool maternity hospitals , you can do it , go … ‘ |
| 11 | ON the first bitterly cold day this year — the Key Street offices had a ‘ temporary interruption ’ of the water supply on , while Anglian Water proceeded to dig up the water mains . |
| 12 | DEAN SAUNDERS provided the spark which launched Aston Villa 's title challenge into orbit yesterday as his incredible goal-scoring streak continued to light up the skies above Villa Park . |
| 13 | And for soon after that me father had to give up the mine be because of his health and he went to work at the depot er were the bus depot and he worked in the battery house where they made all the batteries up , charged the batteries for the buses , looked after the electrical side there was electrician , he were n't , me father were n't electrician but he was working with electrician but his main job was charging the batteries , putting them on in groups in the , in the er battery house and charging house , to keep all the batteries charged up for all the buses petrol buses tr and trolley buses . |
| 14 | French ace set to burn up the turf |
| 15 | And even while that was happening , the chaotic nature of the theatre contrived to show up the differences between those who seek to entertain and the people charged with protecting our welfare . |
| 16 | But , of course , the £50 deposit , at a time when the annual wage was less than £500 , was a powerful deterrent to all but the wealthiest families and remained so until the Baldwin Fund agreed to put up the money for children without guarantors or for foster parents who could not afford to pay . |
| 17 | Consigning me to hell seemed to make up the bulk of it , as I recall . |
| 18 | As the film progressed , he gradually began to hitch her skirt up , so that his hand was resting not upon skirt but upon stocking , and then his hand began to creep up the stocking . |
| 19 | Write down the amount needed to make up the imprest . |
| 20 | But the Retail Butcher of the Year promised to pick up the pieces and re-open as soon as possible . |
| 21 | The principal of the public high school happened to pick up the telephone himself . |
| 22 | This fact reminds me of a tale I was told in the States recently whereby President Clinton and his wife Hilary and Major Kay drove into a garage , quite why this was necessary the tale does not relate , as the petrol or gas attendant began to fill up the limousine , Hilary Clinton leaped out of the car and became involved in an animated conversation with the petrol attendant . |
| 23 | The Bishop began to tidy up the parchment rolls in front of him so Corbett , tired of the farce , rose and refilled his goblet . |
| 24 | The heat tended to dry up the gum on stamps and getting them to stick on was the very devil . |