Example sentences of "[coord] [noun sg] [verb] up the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Other members of the family are often important in at least stimulating an awareness of the possibilities of sport and , at most , actively encouraging the brother or sister to take up the sport . |
| 2 | Approval will partly depend on whether or not the UK Department of Trade & Industry opens up the market for international simple resale to the US . |
| 3 | Many men find they can get the same sort of pleasure by using sex toys like dildos or butt plugs up the bum . |
| 4 | Victorian values might include slavery , children down the mines and chimney sweeps up the stack , as well as gin parlours and asylums . |
| 5 | Depending on the status of the borrower , fees may be charged by the lender for arranging the loan , managing the loan throughout the period of the loan , early payment and failure to take up the loan . |
| 6 | The killer then started fires near the bodies of the mother , daughter and grandson to cover up the crime . |
| 7 | The man of wealth and pride Takes up the space that many poor supplied ; |
| 8 | Put them in now , before autumn gales and winter blasts make the plants rock at their roots , and frost loosens up the soil to compound the damage . |
| 9 | Traditional luxury and style sums up the American . |
| 10 | The local press and radio picked up the story and carried it week after week — for a couple of years the gay struggle was big news for the folks back home . |
| 11 | The sight of all which struck them with consternation or a kind of horror that they incontinently gave over search and with the utmost hurry and dread , throwing earth and turf to fill up the pit they made , they departed , having neither of them the courage to enter or even inspect into the further circumstances of the place ’ . |
| 12 | The children 's club keeps the youngsters happy most mornings with sports , videos and competitions , leaving Mum and Dad to soak up the sun around the pool or make use of the sports facilities ranging from the relaxing to the exacting . |
| 13 | Heather even said it was the most interesting service she 'd been too , and I think Mum and Dad lapped up the excitement and atmosphere of celebration in the packed church — a far cry from Dalseattie ! |
| 14 | When they both snuff it — Streep is pushed down the stairs and Hawn shot — the movie 's special effects come into their own as failed plastic surgeon Willis sets to with the spray paint and filler to patch up the damage . |
| 15 | A music lecturer at the College of Arts and Technology cleared up the mystery . |
| 16 | But Rain kept up the pretence until she climbed the stairs to the studio . |