Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [verb] up the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He is said by reliable sources to be negotiating with both the US and Iran for compensation to give up the business , playing one nation off against the other . |
| 2 | Some mill-workers on a mid-shift and a group of men crossing the river to look for work made up the rest of the throng , with the exception of a portly little man with a bowler hat , waistcoat and watch-chain , a foreman from one of the Govan yards on an errand for the Head Office . |
| 3 | Then I hear a muffled cry of alarm , but a rush of wind breaks up the information to my ears . |
| 4 | It took the squadron all the remaining hours of daylight to clean up the airfield . |
| 5 | No doubt it would not be beyond the wit of nature to join up the cellulose molecules sideways with primary chemical bonds so that it would be thoroughly tied together and would have much the same strength in every direction . |
| 6 | The order of salvation takes up the order of creation . |
| 7 | Authorises the Accountant of Court to deliver up the petitioner 's Bond of Caution . |
| 8 | It also means that if difference in its sense of non-identity sets up the possibility of history , then difference in its sense of delay means also that it can never be finally concluded , for such deferral will always inhibit closure . |
| 9 | A dash of lightning lit up the inn sign . |
| 10 | When a flash of lightning lit up the sky to the south we decided we 'd better go now ! |
| 11 | A friend of Bailey stationed at Hullavington at the time , Corporal Steven Paterson , is accused of helping cover up the crime . |
| 12 | That and the odd bit of gardening takes up the time . ’ |
| 13 | The muted stripes can be worked with any quantity of yarn making up the total , just add in the colours where you will , provided you have enough left over for borders . |
| 14 | Then the angry dancing glare of fire lit up the darkness from further back along the main corridor . |
| 15 | It was double-breasted with two rows of pearl buttons up the front . |
| 16 | Now that will need to be assessed by the council as a whole against it 's priorities with regard to the balancing of the use of capital against capital to prop up the revenue er expenditure of the council and conceivably er to deal with the problems arising er out of government er legislation and clearly we are going to have to make some decisions decisions about this . |
| 17 | In a further twist , a book by Theodor B. Donson , entitled Prints and the Print Market , published in 1977 and brought to the attention of The Art Newspaper by a restorer from Chicago , is now being used as evidence to back up the defence against Goldreyer 's extraordinary libel suits against critics of his restoration , totalling no less than $125 million . |
| 18 | It is generally done in a vertical packed bed reactor , in which water is passed down the column , with air passing up the column . |
| 19 | Under pressure to clear up the confusion surrounding the direction of its Distributed Management Environment , Open Software Foundation DME technology manager Kathryn De Nitto says the group will make a statement within two weeks which should answer some of the questions on many lips . |
| 20 | Under pressure to clear up the confusion surrounding the direction of its Distributed Management Environment , Open Software Foundation DME technology manager Kathryn De Nitto says the group will make a statement within two weeks which should answer some of the questions on many lips . |
| 21 | One by one they climbed in , Delaney first , Nell in the middle , with Andrevitch bringing up the rear . |
| 22 | In Western Europe legislators have ceded sweeping powers to make detailed regulations to central government executives , allowing them in effect to write up the law ‘ as they go along ’ in a discretionary way . |
| 23 | Unfortunately , the woman in question picked up the piece of paper with her name and address on along with all the Sanctuary 's records , and has not been seen since . |
| 24 | Small-scale hydropower projects and electricity generated from waste make up the majority of the schemes which have received approval . |
| 25 | If we can now persuade more birds to come and perch on top of the first lot we can in principle build up the wire to any thickness we choose . |
| 26 | He succeeds Seru Verebalavu who resigned in order to take up the position of the region 's Coordinator as part of WACC 's Animation Programme ( see Action number 160 ) . |
| 27 | He became a Swedish citizen in 1937 in order to take up the offer of teaching posts in the Royal Opera School and the Music High School ( later renamed the Royal Academy of Music ) , Stockholm , where he had great influence on a generation of singers , including Birgit Nilsson and Jussi Björling , whom he taught privately . |
| 28 | Thus the descriptions of a language which are the output of a first-order application of linguistic theory represent only an inventory from which a selection must be made in order to draw up the syllabus for any particular teaching operation . |
| 29 | Michael Jones , the Trust 's chief executive , said : ‘ Staff are gasping for a decision on this and we need to do it urgently in order to drive up the hospital 's performance and get costs down . ’ |
| 30 | This consists in part of literally ‘ moving mountains ’ in order to fill up the water meadow . |