Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] up the [adj] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 Things have been quiet … no messages for 24 hours after picking up the 49 that were waiting yesterday .
2 The effort of getting up the third and fourth flights , which I tried to manage in one go , muddled me somehow .
3 When you next indulge in self-stimulation , instead of summoning up the prone and panting form of some nymph of your fervid fancy , at the moment of climax I want you to contemplate your own dappled visage .
4 Tagg looked for prompt and well-considered short lists of candidates , shrewd advice and help in drawing up the brief and specification , and some form of guarantee and after-sales service .
5 And then the it goes on about setting up the single but dynamic standards a setting system it 's called , divided into local level groups like a tier system , you get the Managing Director on the top and the ones at the bottom .
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