Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb base] [vb pp] up the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I can not believe that I 've cut up the dress he used to love me to wear and all I get for thanks is cheek . |
| 2 | ‘ I 've given up the cello for the moment , ’ said Finch . |
| 3 | He could take her away , I thought , he could just do that , he has such power to hurt me , this little furry creature who has n't even noticed that I 've given up the weed . |
| 4 | ‘ I 've locked up the cottage and when I come back in a couple of days I shall sell up my sister 's belongings . |
| 5 | If I 've set up the play that leads to goals , that 's OK by me . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I 've put up the money . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I 've concreted up the mouth of the cave and the gap in the rocks which it burst through because I wanted to hold it there for a bit longer . |
| 8 | She 's been monitoring my progress , since I 've taken up the job again , and she is far from pleased . |
| 9 | I have chopped up the Info in such a way as to make it Faxable on 2 sheets So I could do that too , at a pinch . |
| 10 | ‘ In any case , I have looked up the time of your flight . |
| 11 | But if you 've made up the gain at all , then since it 's residential property , it 's exempt . |
| 12 | ‘ You 're not going up to your room till you 've washed up the supper things . ’ |
| 13 | Our competition could be the answer to your problems , as you can lay out the wardrobe interior just as you need it , after you 've put up the wardrobe with the help of the instructions provided . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'm off now , ’ he continued , ‘ ter meet yer Mum , so when yer 've cleared up the table yer can get ter bed . ’ |
| 15 | But Mr Stewart said : ‘ You are a liar and you have made up the story about the gun and the threats to kill . ’ |
| 16 | All this becomes obvious once you have set up the machine to knit lace . |
| 17 | Since you have taken up the Mastership of Jesus College , what have you done to encourage this , especially young contemporary British artists ? |
| 18 | You have pulled up the prize begonias , thinking they were weeds . |
| 19 | ‘ You have probably done it because it is hot tonight , or maybe you have used up the trousers . ’ |
| 20 | Once you have added up the figures in the budget planner , you will have to deduct income tax to arrive at the net spending amount available to you . |
| 21 | The point is , we 've cleared up the area and it 's safe for children to play and people to go about their business . |
| 22 | To make them easier to serve , we 've firmed up the mixture with a few fine cake crumbs so that they do n't melt the moment they hit room temperature . |
| 23 | Er , you know , saying that we 've firmed up the policy now , when erm I think a couple of years we were perhaps somewhere different . |
| 24 | ‘ We 've called up the PR firm we normally liaise with and given them the name of the hotel you 're booked into . |
| 25 | We 've wrapped up the Universe . |
| 26 | We 're putting some money away for e expenses , we 've taken up the option to purchase , we 've put in a planning application for change of use , we investigated possible grant applications , we 're investigating future expenditure and income generation , and then we report back to this committee once . |
| 27 | ‘ The Space study required for the national curriculum is based largely on the library , and we have built up the tasks together , with an emphasis on group work , ’ said a head of science . |
| 28 | We have made steady progress since the New Year — we have tightened up the defence and now we 're getting a little bit of luck . ’ |
| 29 | We have made steady progress since the New Year — we have tightened up the defence and now we 're getting a little bit of luck . ’ |
| 30 | If we are already working from an out-of-date database ( because we have moved up the hierarchy ) it is very likely our vision of tomorrow 's world is much closer to today 's , while others in the organization , whose database is perhaps more up-to-date , may well be able to see beyond us . |