Example sentences of "[coord] [noun sg] [verb] up the [noun] " 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 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 .
5 Victorian values might include slavery , children down the mines and chimney sweeps up the stack , as well as gin parlours and asylums .
6 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 .
7 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 .
8 The killer then started fires near the bodies of the mother , daughter and grandson to cover up the crime .
9 The man of wealth and pride Takes up the space that many poor supplied ;
10 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 .
11 Tarogan 's is the Swindon hope and speedmaster brings up the Lambourn lot .
12 Lisa settled down with the bulldog clip that held the current day 's orders , and Folly picked up the accounts book .
13 Traditional luxury and style sums up the American .
14 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 .
15 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 .
16 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 ’ .
17 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 .
18 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 !
19 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 .
20 ‘ Thallium , ’ you said , ‘ job for you ! ’ and thallium picked up the papers , simpered , and went out into the world to do your bidding .
21 A music lecturer at the College of Arts and Technology cleared up the mystery .
22 Brown pulled a goal back for Haverhill after 65 minutes , but –––Norwich sewed up the points when Gill scored their third .
23 But Rain kept up the pretence until she climbed the stairs to the studio .
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