Example sentences of "[adv] and [verb] up the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sort out the jumbled lists below and match up the products and their descriptions , eg PVC raincoat |
| 2 | He parked himself in the seat opposite and picked up the menu . |
| 3 | One of the humans reached down gingerly and picked up the box , lifting it up in the air as though Masklin was something very rare and delicate . |
| 4 | De Raimes shrugged carelessly and picked up the lid of a warming dish , inspecting the food beneath it . |
| 5 | Corbett turned away and picked up the goblet , tasting the full red flavour of Bordeaux . |
| 6 | Between because before they got he went away and measured up the body and he also had sometime then you see he would have to go and put the body in the coffin . |
| 7 | He stumped savagely downstairs and picked up the receiver . |
| 8 | He added , ‘ The jackals will come tonight and lick up the blood . ’ |
| 9 | This could either involve removing it altogether and blocking up the space with bricks and mortar , or simply locking it and putting furniture against it on both sides . |
| 10 | The corset buyer got to her feet grimly and picked up the glass of drinking water in front of her . |
| 11 | However , Cézanne very often goes further and tilts up the top of an object even more towards the picture plane , so that it appears sometimes as if seen almost from directly above , while continuing to show the rest of the object from a more normal , slightly lower point of view . |
| 12 | It was only when I got home and looked up the dictionary that I realised what a gem it had been . |
| 13 | Mum pushed the door open wide and marched up the room as if she owned it . |
| 14 | He adjusted the angle slightly and notched up the vernier to increase contact . |
| 15 | Devlin glanced up , smiling amiably and picked up the glass of beer in his left hand . |
| 16 | Reluctant to brave the corridor again in case the conspirators emerged and caught her , she turned sharply and fled up the tower stairs , just one thought uppermost in her mind . |
| 17 | That was sufficient because the early Christians expected Jesus to return immediately and set up the reign of God on earth . |
| 18 | ‘ You know , the only ambition she ever had for me was to marry well and bring up the colour of the family . ’ |
| 19 | He probably tried the door to the house , found that unlocked as well and picked up the hammer in case he was disturbed . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ They were moving really fast and churning up the sand . |
| 21 | He smiled sadly , then went across and took up the basin , carrying it across to the door . |
| 22 | He reached across and pulled up the blanket until it covered the boy 's chest . |
| 23 | If I continually throw rubbish out of my back door , sooner or later I will suffer for that and will have to get out there and clean up the mess , as a matter of survival . |
| 24 | Ruth took a step forward and picked up the packet . |
| 25 | She took one step forward and picked up the paperweight from the vicar 's desk — a large pebble upon which Mrs Longhill had painted wild flowers as a birthday present for her husband . |
| 26 | He leant forward and picked up the bunch of keys and the bit of paper . |
| 27 | Bernice stepped forward and picked up the hat . |
| 28 | The sound of running water returned with renewed violence and John leaned forward and turned up the telly . |
| 29 | I trudged upstairs and picked up the tin and the opener . |
| 30 | He clucks his tongue again and picks up the script . |