Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] [pers pn] [verb] up a " in BNC.
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| 1 | One eye shifts right round the body so that it takes up a position alongside the other . |
| 2 | You let them play against one another and sometimes you transfer a player from one club to another , so that it builds up a mutual admiration society . |
| 3 | The holes are formed by transferring one stitch to the next needle to the right or left , leaving the empty needle in working position so that it picks up a stitch on the following row . |
| 4 | ‘ Dragging also depends on size , so if I pick up a bunch of stuff I get a lower dragging sound than if I pick up just one . |
| 5 | But er the government , a long while ago , actually decided they ought to do something about knocking the institutions ' heads together and they drew up a plan called the Council of Engineering Institutes , where the idea was we get a little of coordination across the entire patch . |
| 6 | Perhaps because she liked the feel of the material ; perhaps because they opened up a glimpse of another world … |
| 7 | ‘ I was personally told he was not concerned about my past so long as I kept up a volume of business , ’ he said . |
| 8 | ‘ How long 's this been going on ? ’ she asked gently as she cleaned up a nasty cut on the woman 's arm . |
| 9 | Another racking fit of coughing seized him , doubling him over and ending only when he retched up a gush of phlegm and blood . |
| 10 | ‘ You did n't really think I 'd run away just because you tore up a few of my clothes , did you ? ’ |
| 11 | Manager : We sat with the clinicians and said , look we 've got to identify the capital to do this properly and we drew up a clinic scheme and then we had to compromise on what they wanted and John at one stage said , " I 'm sorry , that is what you 're getting . |
| 12 | Eleanor wrote back wittily and they struck up a friendship . |
| 13 | KENT went run crazy yesterday as they piled up a 603 for eight — their highest total since 1934 — against Warwickshire at Edgbaston . |
| 14 | I have seen people deteriorate quickly when they give up a routine , believing that this is the right thing to do . |
| 15 | And inevitably when you turn up a diary page you have between say one and twelve things already entered into the to do list . |
| 16 | Hibernian 0 Motherwell 0 HIBS ' prospects of finishing fourth in the Premier Division are fading fast after they served up a dreary scoreless draw against Motherwell before the lowest gate of the season at Easter Road . |
| 17 | Maybe if we set up a few committees , something will happen . ’ |
| 18 | there if you clear up a bit ! |
| 19 | ‘ I shall definitely think twice before I put up a sign like this again . ’ |
| 20 | Of course , by that evening I could n't think of anything else and it set up a pattern of repetition which I followed once I went back to London . |
| 21 | Slit-eyed against the blinding rain , he hurled his weight forward as he powered up a ridge , the rear wheel tearing at shale and mud . |
| 22 | Irresistible charm is brought to bear again as she butters up a worthy old bag ( ‘ unpleasant ’ ) who has a few tedious objections to our Hildamay waltzing off with her granddaughter . |
| 23 | ‘ Who did you say you were looking for ? ’ she asked suspiciously as I pulled up a weatherbeaten bus seat . |
| 24 | ‘ Well , at least it was positive , ’ he said ruefully as he put up a blunt-fingered hand to touch his cheek . |