Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [noun sg] [verb] up the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was wiping a crust of bread round the inside of her dish to catch up the last drops of broth . |
| 2 | Ruth moaned as she staggered out of her bedroom to pick up the phone . |
| 3 | Thus , when Remedios the Beauty disappears , the narrative records the fact that outsiders were of the opinion that she had run off with a man and that the story of her ascent into heaven was an invention of her family to cover up the scandal . |
| 4 | No I think it is the basic part of he agreement setting up the original superannuation scheme . |
| 5 | He made a similar reply to another member who insisted that radio should give better publicity to what MPs said in the House : it was not , he said , the job of his Ministry to build up the reputation of individual MPs . |
| 6 | The rest of his party brought up the rear , baiting and goading Ranulf , who gave as good as he got with a stream of obscene English oaths . |
| 7 | Whilst we were very pleased with its towing capabilities and cruising speed were were extremely disappointed with its ability to pull up the slightest incline . |
| 8 | ‘ Nibs McGovern met that train every day with his trolley to pick up the papers and the Boland loaves that the shops got for special customers . |
| 9 | Sturt was just off to Adelaide with his family to take up the post of Surveyor-General of South Australia , and it was a matter of great good fortune that the two met at all . |
| 10 | ‘ I think ’ , he says , ‘ that the Germans had convinced themselves that there was something noble in their quest to clean up the world . |
| 11 | Peter Rawlins , having failed in his mission to set up the stubbornly impracticable Taurus computer trading system , has done what used to be called the honourable thing . |
| 12 | Wells lost his tolerance of contradiction in his anxiety to tidy up the world . |
| 13 | In Parma , as in all other towns and cities in Italy , there were a number of case di tolleranza , brothels recognized by the authorities , in which the girls were subject to regular medical examinations , and three of the boys in our class plucked up the courage to visit one of these on the way home from school one evening . |
| 14 | Course in your area putting up the fences . |
| 15 | She had half expected him to contact her after she had turned away the team of cleaners he 'd sent to her house to clear up the mess , but she had heard nothing . |
| 16 | The collection of mementos on her mantelpiece sums up the different strands of her life . |
| 17 | Still to come : the Royal Pioneers from Bicester are on their way to back up the Desert Rats in the Gulf . |
| 18 | But Stewart dived a long way to his left to scoop up the ball one handed just inches from the turf . |
| 19 | However , Stewart dived a long way to his left to scoop up the ball one handed inches from the turf . |
| 20 | As usual , Maria Grazia answered and then yelled to his mother to pick up the extension phone by her chair , in the deep underwater gloom of the living room . |
| 21 | On his way to mop up the bathroom he stood before a mirror admiring his Egyptian slimness of hip . |
| 22 | Léonie swished her fork around her plate to gather up the last vestiges of sauce mornay . |
| 23 | Jessica , after a time , had said she loved him too , and grew quite fascinated by his refusal to bring up the subject of fidelity . |