Example sentences of "[vb past] the [noun sg] [verb] up [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So we made the decision to go up Beinn Damh , not a Munro , but nevertheless a divine mountain of 902 metres situated conveniently behind the cottage . |
| 2 | A previous rights issue in 1991 raised some £25 million and helped the company buy up development land at bargain prices . |
| 3 | Earle caught the eye setting up John Fashanu 's opener then he punished a poor punch by Bruce Grobbelaar with a superbly-judged 25-yard lob . |
| 4 | Turning his car into a mobile advert for the book , he hustled copies outside clubs and used the money to print up part two , which in turn funded part three — in which Q broke the ultimate literary taboo and swapped the printed word for audiocassette , reading ever ambient funk backdrops . |
| 5 | Along the way she found the time to set up Ranzau , and in March this year the couple ploughed their capital into beefing it up . |
| 6 | Instead , Mr Clinton spent the week drumming up popularity by giving speeches in Los Alamos and playing basketball ( badly ) in Los Angeles . |
| 7 | Laughing , he adds : ‘ I spent the evening chatting up Elizabeth and then asked Julie out . ’ |
| 8 | Oh absolutely marvellous we watched the house go up brick by brick , you know , we , we used to come down here and think oh my goodness wo n't it be marvellous to be able to run some water and have a bath in the normal way you know cos we do n't , we 'd both always had electricity and baths and everything else until this happened and erm , we er , oh it was wonderful , really wonderful absolutely marvellous |
| 9 | In fact , it was the extra revenue she brought in at the baby end that enabled the charity to open up units for cervical cancer , and fund other research into unappealing but equally vital conditions . |
| 10 | And a new exhibition of water colours at Oxford 's Old Fire Station , but what inspired the artist to take up painting ? |
| 11 | Acute back pain forced the Prince to give up polo for a month in June , 1991 . |