Example sentences of "[coord] [noun sg] [verb] up the [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 I am looking forward to the next stage of Tencel and we are already working with Fibers and Research to set up the teams for a new project .
2 But it 's only just over two and a half years since the village Post Office and shop put up the shutters for the last time .
3 Lisa settled down with the bulldog clip that held the current day 's orders , and Folly picked up the accounts book .
4 Summer died under the weight of falling leaves , and autumn filled up the ruts in the road with rainwater , like blood filling fresh claw-marks .
5 ‘ Thallium , ’ you said , ‘ job for you ! ’ and thallium picked up the papers , simpered , and went out into the world to do your bidding .
6 Brown pulled a goal back for Haverhill after 65 minutes , but –––Norwich sewed up the points when Gill scored their third .
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