Example sentences of "[vb past] up a [noun sg] of [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another racking fit of coughing seized him , doubling him over and ending only when he retched up a gush of phlegm and blood . |
| 2 | Newman in one of the Tracts for the Times drew up a form of service , to be used on the anniversary of Ken 's funeral , whose central message was ‘ He gave to Caesar the things that be Caesar 's and to God the things that be God 's . ’ |
| 3 | Then , as though it were the most natural thing in the world , she heated up a kettle of pool water to do the washing up . |
| 4 | ‘ And he whistled up his cohorts after you 'd gone , ’ Sam complained , ‘ and they came with wet-suits and grappling irons and a heavy magnet and dredged up a lot of muck from the dock . |
| 5 | Its basis appears to have been that , although himself a master of one building trade only , like other leading master builders of the period he was prepared to build a whole house ‘ by the great ’ , performing the masonry himself and subcontracting the work of the other trades ; and he evidently built up a team of craftsman associates — joiners , carpenters , painters , plasterers — whom he called upon regularly in these circumstances . |
| 6 | In this way , these researchers built up a picture of life styles in Chicago at that time , especially those of certain deviant groups such as hoboes and gang-members . |
| 7 | The early emphasis upon the powerful house-trained group going about things the proper way built up a picture of group influence and success within the context of the play of a moderate and restrained politics . |
| 8 | In that way the Court was perhaps the institution which most successfully stamped its imprint upon the ECSC , and in so doing built up a body of case law , an authority , and legitimacy that could serve as foundations for the future . |
| 9 | She snatched up a square of tissue paper , deftly swung and twisted it round a fat brioche . |
| 10 | She did not pause for an answer , but bent down and snatched up a roll of paper which she had placed on the floor beside her when she first sat down . |
| 11 | She turned away abruptly and snatched up a glass of champagne as a waiter passed by with a tray of brimming glasses . |
| 12 | Then as a waiter passed by bearing a laden tray , he reached out swiftly and snatched up a glass of champagne . |
| 13 | Harbury snatched up a glass of wine and took it to her . |
| 14 | Vologsky sucked up a mouthful of saliva , and spat full in Kirov 's face . |
| 15 | my three wishes sucked up a chimney of flame . |
| 16 | On his release from prison in 1985 , Gusty Spence , the leader of the Shankill UVF and the man convicted of the Malvern St murder , was asked about Paisley 's role and he was frankly dismissive : ‘ I have no time for Paisley 's type of religious fervour or his politics but he had no involvement in re-forming the UVF though he stirred up a lot of tension at that time for his own ends . ’ |
| 17 | It was a point which opened up a line of argument opposing the ‘ true ’ national interest of abolition to the false claims of the traders of national necessity for what they were doing . |
| 18 | Now I had the hang of it , I racked up a handful of top to bottoms with plenty of vertical . |
| 19 | You dug up a spadeful of earth , but by the time you threw it on the rampart it was nothing but muddy water . |
| 20 | This done , she whipped up a piece of tape , which she tied some inches from the bottom ; then , while still holding on to the hair with one hand , her other hand shot out and pulled open a drawer from which she grabbed a pair of large scissors . |
| 21 | He liked the Latin name so much that he made up a sort of rhyme about it and chanted this as he went upstairs : |
| 22 | TERRY Waite passed up a chance of escape while he was held hostage because it would have meant shooting one of his captors , he reveals today . |
| 23 | Despite the wet and slippery conditions , both sides served up a feast of football and Abingdon were good value for the three points . |
| 24 | His eyes on Luke , he hawked up a mouthful of phlegm and spat it towards Luke 's feet . |
| 25 | He pulled up a piece of grass and began to chew it thoughtfully . |
| 26 | ‘ I was personally told he was not concerned about my past so long as I kept up a volume of business , ’ he said . |
| 27 | As they walked through the hospital to Lizzy 's ward , Evelyn kept up a stream of abuse . |
| 28 | In the car Evelyn kept up a stream of chatter . |
| 29 | One of the best descriptions of the landscape of Madeira is that given by White and Johnson ( Madeira. : Its Climate and Scenery , 1860 ) : ‘ When Columbus was asked by Queen Isabella to give her some notion of the configuration of Jamaica , it is said that he took up a sheet of paper , and after crushing it in his hand , partly opened it out ; then placing it on the table , he told her Majesty that she would derive a better idea of the island from the crumpled paper than from any description conveyed in words . |
| 30 | The strong Auckland group within the team took up a position of influence . |