Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb -s] [verb] up the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rupe roots for his mate Bob Rupert Murdoch has stirred up the possums in Australia , his former homeland , by praising his mate Bob Hawke , the Prime Minister , and dismissing Andrew Peacock , the opposition leader . |
| 2 | An aviation archaeologist in Normandy has dug up the remains of what is thought to be a Seafire , naval version of the Spitfire fighter , buried some 20 feet deep in a maize field near Rauville-la-Place . |
| 3 | The Bosnia Aid Committee of Oxford has to weigh up the risks and the costs of each convoy . |
| 4 | Mr Clarke has to weigh up the strains which would be caused in our nation by admitting more refugees . |
| 5 | The nonchalant dismissal of the worth of Birmingham by Jane Austen 's Mrs Elton seems to sum up the attitudes of many people towards the city . |
| 6 | Tony Bell has taken up the reigns of captaincy at Middlesbrough once more . |