Example sentences of "[prep] [noun pl] [prep] [verb] up [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even the government realized the importance of cosmetics in keeping up morale amongst women workers . |
| 2 | There was a row of hooks for hanging up jackets and waterproofs and one of these hung there still , Hilbert 's old shooting-jacket , tweed , with leather pads on the elbows . |
| 3 | A DRUG company this week accuses the government 's Committee on safety of Medicines of holding up measures to make the arthritis drug , Opren , safer . |
| 4 | Useful in composts for potting up plants that will need nitrogen later on , I would n't use it for roses — it can lead to soft leaf growth just when you do n't want it . |
| 5 | You know about having t how do they feel in terms of bringing up kids in the flats ? |
| 6 | Many hoped to achieve a reduction in numbers of follow up appointments . |
| 7 | The Faulks Committee would have done better to concentrate on methods for speeding up libel hearings . |
| 8 | The guilt of that rashly administered vodka , combined with a sense of shame at decades of serving up meals of such a consistency that it is impossible to tell where the food ends and the plate begins , is obviously weighing heavily on his shoulders . |