Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb mod] [verb] up the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After years of regular waxing , the hair follicles may give up the unequal struggle and not grow back . |
| 2 | Although the use of outside contractors will speed up the regulatory process , critics have expressed concern at using the industry to police itself . |
| 3 | Bidwell believes that a group of about 50 consultancies will make up the final membership . |
| 4 | These devices can back up the whole system or only those parts which you specify , and are very fast . |
| 5 | The men would run up the outside staircases and make straight for that . |
| 6 | You can see that I am representing any vector V as a superposition of two standard vectors 1 and 2 , with coefficients ( as we say ) given by the numbers unc and unc [ For the modern mathematician these numbers would make up the ordered pair ( |
| 7 | We gave our permission that the women should gather up the dead and give them burial according to the fashion of this people — ‘ t is said they strip the flesh and griddle it for a delicacy beforetimes , but I for one do not give this credence . |
| 8 | In any event oxygen-breathing organisms could soak up the excess gas as soon as it was produced . |
| 9 | Most people , when they went out at night or approached another village , carried a stick or a handful of stones ; if one or two dogs in a pack had been wounded the others would pick up the aggressive intention and drop back sullenly . |
| 10 | Tuck empty scent bottles into your wardrobe and drawers , leaving the tops off so that your clothes can soak up the subtle aroma left in the bottles . |
| 11 | Like the rolling greens , the fairways are generous , although deep rough awaits anything wayward and some evil bunkers will snap up the timorous approach . |