Example sentences of "[adv] and [verb] up [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 By the end of the fifth of seven laps the first two groups had come together and at this stage Albert Shaw ( CB Hire/Kings Moss ) and veteran Eddie Crory ( Whirline West Down ) broke away and opened up a 40-second lead .
2 She went downstairs and brought up the only sweets she had in the house ; a box of liqueur chocolates .
3 Of course there can only be one chieftain , so defeated rivals must either accept his supremacy or leave the tribe altogether and set up a new one of their own .
4 Only 16·5 per cent of the inhabitants of Pimhill Hundred were exempted from payment of the hearth tax in 1672 , and though many cottagers remained near the poverty line all their lives others prospered a little and moved up the social scale .
5 He lifted one knee from the ground and turned his head slowly and looked up the slight incline to the path , and in his sun-blinded vision he saw a shape .
6 ‘ Yes , ’ he said , shaking himself ; , ‘ we 'll have the vigil here the night before and put up a permanent display inside the church . ’
7 Take an advanced lesson tomorrow and call up the poorest performer in your team ( there must be one ) arid make him or her feel really good about the challenge ahead .
8 Although he has had his feet under the desk only since January , he has been preparing for the job since last summer by meeting researchers and officials , visiting institutes abroad and drawing up an initial draft of his plans .
9 He came across and dabbed up the spilt coffee with a dirty dishcloth and a flourish .
10 And at once , two more leapt forward and scooped up the bleeding lumps of flesh and bone and flung them into the open furnaces .
11 Now I lean forward and pick up a dead bird whose wings sag open like a fan or like the streets of Berlin under their cam nets .
12 Jill darted forward and picked up the crushed envelope .
13 Then Julius closed the door again and started up the winding staircase nearby .
14 Then she stood up , turned to the sink again and picked up the rust-coloured casserole dish from where she had left it .
15 The latter piece of legislation , the so-called Wagner Act , further established penalties for employers seeking to prevent unions from organising freely and set up a new federal agency , the National Labor Relations Board ( NLRB ) to ensure its provisions were enforced ( Wallace et al. , 1988 ) .
16 I could then walk much faster and push up the average daily mileage .
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