Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] [verb] up the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even if this were n't so , there would probably be good economic reasons for not keeping up the maximum pulse rate all the time . |
| 2 | It is an openness to life as it is , without falsification and without cosmetically touching up the serious flaws in human nature . |
| 3 | ( The reader is advised to temporarily cover up the remaining nodes . ) |
| 4 | The changes , after four hours of argument among ministers on how to prop up the eight-month-old government , was a rapid response to the turmoil created by the resignation of the finance and health ministers last Friday . |
| 5 | But the latter were clearly hopelessly reductionist in relation to a concept such as this which at once opens up the possible significances of what was once merely seen as the aesthetic . |
| 6 | It is clear that the architects intend to take their revenge for years of perceived slights by firmly nailing up the poor old builders . |