Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] [vb pp] up the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Heat usually lost up the chimney is recovered and passes back into the room ; in fact , some models claim to increase efficiency by about 40 per cent . |
| 2 | Follow the ditch towards the wall which is crossed by a stile and then bear diagonally left up the field . |
| 3 | and we 've already given up the essentials in your life the two nine one seven per year which of these will be left to be paid ? |
| 4 | We need land at our doorstep … if Russia does not want to give it to us , she will force us to undertake an expropriation proceeding , i.e. a war , for which we have long stored up the reasons … |
| 5 | Djaimin and Mike tour here this month and have already lined up the follow-up , ‘ She 's Ga Ga ’ , for Strictly Rhythm . |
| 6 | ‘ They put a delayed payment on it — and we have just picked up the cheque . ’ |
| 7 | This may all seem trivial , but I wonder how many fishkeepers have possibly given up the hobby at an early stage because they were unaware their fish were dying from nothing more sinister than overfeeding with resultant ammonia/nitrite stress — and nobody told them . |
| 8 | Then , later on , when you have both built up the small-animal side , she could have a share of the profits . ’ |
| 9 | The NUS and several other student unions have also taken up the campaign and it is hoped that the campaign will extend beyond the student movement to trade unions and women 's groups . |
| 10 | Katz also pushed up the bidding on a finely carved and drilled colossal marble bust of Lucius Verus ( lot 84 ) , attributed during the viewing to Carlo Albacini , which sold for £45,000 ( $72,000 , est. £8,000–10,000 ) . |
| 11 | In contrast , the utility-based argument associated with Buchanan ( 1958 ) does not quarrel with when the resources are used but rather points to the fact that debt-holders have voluntarily taken up the debt and are being compensated for decreased present consumption by the enhanced future consumption that interest and repayment will allow , and hence are not made worse off . |
| 12 | Engineers have recently scaled up the process to separate at a rate of a few milligrams per hour . |