Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] up the [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some of them made up the remnants of a tiny battery , source identified . |
| 2 | I sketch what I want , I mix up the colours as a guide . |
| 3 | As I clambered up the ranks of steep terraces , keeping an eye on my train time , early mist still clung to the bare mountainous knives of rock , and the mountain that the fortress itself stood on was festooned with dark trailing grasses like seaweed , adding to its otherworldliness . |
| 4 | Declaring that he wishes to offer to the public ‘ the very Journal which Dr Johnson read ’ , he says he will not ‘ expand the text in any considerable degree , though I may occasionally supply a word to complete the sense as I fill up the blanks of abbreviation in the writing ’ . |
| 5 | So that is how he did it : as I fill up the blanks of abbreviation in the writing — with ‘ wd ’ , and ‘ wl ’ , and ‘ sd ’ , and ‘ J ’ , and ‘ Ld M ’ , and ‘ ystdy ’ , and ‘ Abrdn ’ , and ‘ Mntrse ’ , and ‘ Ednbro ’ , or some such ? |
| 6 | In the course of conversational interviews ( Burgess , 1988 ) that 1 conducted with Valerie Way and with Jenny Ball I followed up the themes of religion , gender and feminism and the impact these had upon their day to day work . |
| 7 | I roll up the sleeves of my crisp white shirt , because old thought is dusty stuff . |
| 8 | The guns a short distance away along the river bank were shelling the German positions as I started up the bagpipes in a fairly secluded thicket , the sound of the drones and the pipe reed easily drowning the noise of the guns . |
| 9 | See how I turn up the corners of my mouth as I tell you again , twenty-five dollars . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I took up the cups of coffee , five cups , and they give me only four straws , not five , ’ he explained carefully . |
| 11 | Then I picked up the lights of Burnham to starboard , and knew roughly where I was . |
| 12 | At half-past twelve on the next day , 24 December , I picked up the shafts of the wheelbarrow and pushed off towards Kano on those first , torturous , thirteen miles . |
| 13 | When I got home I picked up the threads of my ordinary life again very quickly — you might say I snatched them up , and plunged into a round of work and social life deliberately intended to give me as few idle moments as possible . |
| 14 | So I teach them to set up the carriages as if there were not a card in . |
| 15 | Remember to keep these screws well back , to be hidden by the frame , because although the Faithful kneeling at the altar are meant to have their minds on other things , this is professional woodwork and we do n't want them peering up the legs of our fixings . |
| 16 | She lined up the sights on her rifle on its empty front foot and fired twice . |
| 17 | ‘ Had you picked up the skills by watching your mother ? ’ |
| 18 | She scooped up the bits of spilt polystyrene in her hand and dropped them into the waste-paper basket . |
| 19 | She waited until he had passed through the door that led to the stairs ; then she covered up the trays of now cooling toffee , put a saucer of milk down for the cat , stroked the animal 's purring head , saying the while , ‘ Now you get to work , Flotsie , and put your score up tonight , ’ then she went out , and locked the door . |
| 20 | they , they actually assign there 's er , there 's er a computer system which er allows you to build up the rates for doing work . |
| 21 | She packed up the remains of the bread and cheese they had had for supper , and then watched as he clipped poles together and hammered in pegs ; within minutes the flimsy little structure was up and ready . |
| 22 | She took up the handles of the hand-cart and began to push it , and now there was room only for the child to walk by the side of it . |
| 23 | She heaved up the handles of the barrow and the remaining contents slid neatly home . |
| 24 | She summoned up the makings of a smile . |
| 25 | She picked up the shoes from the hearth and put them under the table . |
| 26 | She picked up the shoes in armfuls and stacked them away with obsessional care , keeping the toes carefully in line . |
| 27 | She picked up the bags at her feet and plodded to the white wooden door , feeling in her bag for the key . |
| 28 | She picked up the slips of pasteboard and let them fall haphazardly on the table in front of them . |
| 29 | ‘ But , as for these … ’ with a gesture of contempt she held up the copies of the agreement ‘ … there 's no way in the world I 'm going to sign these , so you can make a bonfire with them , if you like ! ’ |
| 30 | If we add up the masses of all the stars that we can see in our galaxy and other galaxies , the total is less than one hundredth of the amount required to halt the expansion of the universe , even for the lowest estimate of the rate of expansion . |