Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] up the [noun] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | I used up the film in my two cameras before following Mick inside . |
| 2 | ‘ There was a time recently when a friend of mine said she was in love and could I look up the man in question 's chart and tell her the truth ? |
| 3 | ‘ I bound up the wheat in little bunches . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | I crushed up the cockroach in my clothes and practically ripped my blouse off , there in open sunlight . |
| 6 | I took up the tin-whistle in earnest |
| 7 | I believe I picked up the tape-recorder in much the same spirit — because I felt that whatever we did here ought to have a rather spontaneous feel to it , and yet at the same time be noticeably hard-wearing . |
| 8 | Passing me , she swooped up the hen in her arms and proceeded to cradle it as she apologized to me again . |
| 9 | How do you build up the picture in a regression session ? |
| 10 | but you , you 've , you build up the strength in yourself and believe that your , your in vulnerable and then to find out that you are vulnerable , it really scary |
| 11 | Driver of Vickers Laboratories explained the procedure : ‘ You shake up the sample in carbon tet to extract the oil , dry it , and run an IR spectrum in the crucial region because it has no C-C bonds . |
| 12 | It is also important to look at why you took up the job in the first instance , even if 20 years have elapsed in the meantime . |
| 13 | She picked up the foot in both her hands and nipped the jagged crescent with her teeth . |
| 14 | She picked up the shoes in armfuls and stacked them away with obsessional care , keeping the toes carefully in line . |
| 15 | Alyssia was still feeling inordinately pleased with herself when , half an hour later , she picked up the telephone in the little village post office and dialled her father 's direct work line . |
| 16 | She picked up the suspicion in his voice , said nothing , but left him to open the door . |
| 17 | " Essoldo Cinema , good morning , " it said again , as soon as she picked up the receiver in the hall . |
| 18 | She set up the shop in 1990 with the intention of selling yarn , patterns and accessories . |
| 19 | The conversation then started to get interesting and we turned up the volume in London . |
| 20 | We thickened up the insulation in the loft to deaden the midnight sound of her dropping chips of toil on our bedroom ceiling . |
| 21 | There 's nothing like a good bed , ’ said Nessie O'Neil to her daughter Nellie as they made up the bed in the box bedroom at Ballytreabhair Farm . |
| 22 | and the they pick up the text in that way . |
| 23 | They walk up the cleft in the hills beside the stream and begin to climb above the valley . |
| 24 | They set up the pageant in a village street , and not one cottager came out to greet them . |
| 25 | She did not believe Labour was now the party of home ownership , strong defence and financial rectitude : ‘ If it 's that easy for the Labour leader to give up the principles in which he does believe , wo n't it be even easier for him to give up the principles in which he does not believe ? |
| 26 | In a personal attack on Mr Kinnock — a prime target for the Conservative counter-offensive — she added : ‘ If it 's that easy for the Labour leader to give up the principles in which he does believe , wo n't it be even easier for him to give up the principles in which he does not believe ? ’ |
| 27 | They cluttered up the streets in noisy gatherings , swearing at passers-by , spitting on them , and sometimes assaulting and robbing them . |
| 28 | How large were the , were the classes with these influx of all these , di did it boost up the numbers in the ? |
| 29 | Used it to patch up the hole in our roof . |
| 30 | ‘ It gobbled up the bird in one go , ’ said a mournful bird-watcher yesterday . |