Example sentences of "[noun sg] [to-vb] 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 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | There is no need to call up the tort where the legal wrong procured is itself a tort against the plaintiff , for the procurer is then himself liable as a joint tortfeasor ; nor , it seems , is there a tort of inducing a breach of trust , because a person who procures such an act becomes himself , by the doctrines of equity , liable as a trustee . |
| 7 | The assumption was that the police had been given enough information to pick up the terrorists quickly . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Smack , smack and you end up going to school to pick up the wreckage anyway . |
| 10 | As this trip was taking much longer than planned , due to many orbits and several beautiful parts of the coastline flown as slowly as possible , we expedited lunch , and were soon airborne heading north to pick up the coast again . |
| 11 | At the slightest sign of disturbance , the termites drum out a warning on the earth , which causes the whole foraging party to disappear up the tunnels back to the nest . |