Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun sg] [verb] up [pos pn] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As Ken told John Lahr , author of the official Orton biography Prick Up Your Ears ( Lahr also edited the Orton diaries ) : ‘ He ( Orton ) had this capacity to have a sexual adventure and tell you the conversation that went on as well . |
| 2 | Ryan , Ryan was doing four hours on the Saturday morning to make up his time , right ? |
| 3 | PHONELINK HAS THE PROSPECT OF AN IBM AGREEMENT TO SPICE UP ITS SHARE PLACING |
| 4 | Football , and Swindon Town step up their promotion challenge at Southend tonight … and they 'll be hoping for more than Oxford and Hereford got last night … |
| 5 | Lancaster University steps up its bid to become academic custodians of Ruskin 's papers with a Ruskin exhibition this month |
| 6 | The Whitefield allrounder followed up his innings of 137 not out , with 8–24 against Metal Box to beat his own club record of 7–75 set in 1990 . |
| 7 | THE DAY A YOUNG STEPHEN Street gave up his place in the school football team for a job on a record stall in London 's Walthamstow Market , friends and family knew he was serious about this music lark . |
| 8 | The National Academy of Sciences has launched a report recommending that the US government step up its regulations on seafood . |
| 9 | He admits he is seeking a striker and could fund any deal with the £800,000 United want for midfielder Neil Webb , if Nottingham Forest and Manchester City follow up their interest . |
| 10 | The chip that never forgets / Brewer 's yeast makes haemoglobin / Smart arm gets up your nose / Geothermal power research cut back / Atomic memory /Bike Bike wheel with three spokes |
| 11 | Isabel Lavender pursed up her mouth . |
| 12 | But when all the arts journalists in London start fluffing up their tail feathers in unison , the effect is not so much of natural compulsion as of chummy conspiracy . |
| 13 | THE 1980s opened with British Transport Hotels ( BTH ) still running around thirty traditional railway hotels ; with its Travellers-Fare wing sprucing up its portfolio of dull , old-fashioned refreshment rooms , and restaurant cars continuing to suffer declining patronage as journey times shortened and eating habits changed . |
| 14 | Calmly the Gloucester full-back lined up his kick and dropped a soaring goal from 40 yards . |