Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] up the [noun] 's " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the question session afterwards , one disgruntled UFO watcher summed up the audience 's feelings : ‘ If you want to talk about psychology , why do n't you bugger off to a psychology conference . |
| 2 | In May 1981 Sheffield City Council set up the country 's first Employment Committee , serviced directly by a new council department . |
| 3 | The hand closed over the receiver picked up vibration , and the cord to the microphone went up the wearer 's sleeve unobtrusively . |
| 4 | Captain Logan fulfilled Wahlitits ' omen of death and then fell himself as Wahlitits ' wife took up the warrior 's rifle . |
| 5 | The 1991 White Paper on Higher Education flagged up the Government 's intention of linking quality assessment to decisions about funding Higher Education institutions . |
| 6 | A hydraulic lift ran up the mansion 's four storeys . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'll have three rounds with each of these two men , ’ Trentham said as a reluctant instructor laced up the captain 's gloves . |
| 8 | The camera moved up the woman 's body to her eyes , searching , searching . |
| 9 | When the factory started up the women 's group dissipated . |