Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv] [vb -s] up the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She might go on for years ; I could be as old as she is now before she finally gives up the ghost . |
| 2 | In other words , rather than introducing other , more persuasive factors , he merely sets up the court as the arbiter of a medical issue , and decides that , of all the criteria involved , the crucial ones for determining how the individual is to be regarded by the law are the biological criteria . |
| 3 | And the BOR is a friendly fellow too ; he may sometimes be a rough diamond , he may swear and complain about the weather , the food , the British Government , but he shrewdly weighs up the people he meets . |
| 4 | Every time some new one comes out on the market he always calls up the maker and tells them about the small pools win he 's just had . ’ |
| 5 | The growth is n't only unsightly , it also clogs up the intake to a water turbine that provides electricity for the mill . |
| 6 | This is called ‘ consumer choice ’ and it also opens up the possibility of charging for more services . |
| 7 | It probably sums up the case and we can discuss it and perhaps add to it at that time . |
| 8 | In this passage , which is very near the end of the book , he ironically sums up the manner in which the hypocritical bureaucrats of Whitehall and Washington dealt with their own inadequacies when their major spying operation went wrong . |
| 9 | If you see a dog make a controlled attack in a Schutzhund test , that attack is always silent , except when he is holding the helper at bay in the hide , when he again calls up the pack ( his handler ) . |
| 10 | ‘ I do n't say that , sir , but it certainly opens up the prospects . |