Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] up the [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However frustrating , Labour leaders must keep up the attack to put Britain back to work . |
| 2 | Maybe we should call up the McKeans to say we got back safely ; you can ask after Julie … ’ |
| 3 | I know of only one or two couples who have managed to stay together when one partner has been unfaithful and I wish I could pluck up the courage to ask them how they 've done it . |
| 4 | But there is the problem of oxygen ‘ sinks ’ existing as well , which could use up the oxygen produced by recombining with any of the CHON molecules . |
| 5 | Possible candidates for Atherton 's place are Somerset youngster Mark Lathwell and England vice-captain Alec Stewart , who could move up the order to open if Jack Russell was recalled as wicketkeeper . |
| 6 | Alternatively , you could set up the WP3–7 to give two different volume levels , different sounds for slap and fingerstyle , different EQs for your fretted and fretless basses , or any other combination . |
| 7 | Presumably all this applies equally well to , to shops because I suppose you could link up the cash registers to some sort of stock control , so that you could almost keep a running total of what you , you have in stock as you erm punch the appropriate numbers up on the , on the till ? |
| 8 | Well when I was last playing with it that James kept on er in and in that erm he stopped at the station and I have to take it like that far enough cos I wanted Gordon to be there so he co could pick up the express pick , up the coaches |
| 9 | The small amount of finance used to set up the company came from Garrett 's personal savings . |
| 10 | My husband recollect when they used to climb up the stocks to put the owd canvas sails on the mill . |
| 11 | Even the small boat used to collect up the bottles had to be destroyed . |
| 12 | Draconian spending cuts through a cap on welfare and other non-discretionary ( entitlement ) spending , which would lead to nearly £300bn worth of savings over five years , defence cuts , a domestic freeze and the taxpayer check-off which could result in a maximum of $50bn in spending cuts , would make up the shortfall created by his proposed tax incentives . |
| 13 | ‘ Every room here has been booked since a year ago , and I was dearly hoping Donna would screw up the nerve to send her packing , but Mrs Foster happened by , and Matthew 's fiancée recognised her . |
| 14 | An alternative approach would break up the organisation according to some other criteria but implement each section in turn and allow for integration later . |
| 15 | Marc would lap up the opportunity to use it against her . |
| 16 | SHADOW Health Secretary Dave Blunkett vowed that Labour would keep up the fight to stop the Tories ruining the NHS . |
| 17 | Many people would take up the opportunity to train in a completely new craft . |
| 18 | Forestry workers will clear up the mess made by this latest incident ; relieved that the fire did n't spread to the trees , but worried that the next one might . |
| 19 | One day I will pluck up the courage to quiz her . |
| 20 | He is off to New Zealand with the International XV next month and will keep up the traditions set by Van Vollenhoven , Englebrecht , Muller , Nomis , Mordt and Du Plessis — to name but a few of the recent greats . |
| 21 | It is hoped they will stump up the money needed to take over 10,000 properties in an effort to revive the collapsing housing market . |
| 22 | The problem with this is that although all that shows in column C is a time , the cell really contains the whole date serial number and this will mess up the arithmetic discussed later ( see Step 8 ) to calculate duration . |
| 23 | To promote epoflex , the administration is telling states that it will put up the cash to lay test stripes . |
| 24 | The infusion of cash to the Antarctic should be worth A$50 to 80 million over the next four to five years and will open up the continent to direct flights from Australia . |
| 25 | Little Bear , who is supposed to be asleep , keeps interrupting him — he 's scared of the dark and not even the biggest lantern from the cupboard can light up the night looming beyond the cave . |
| 26 | In relays , each team tries to drink water in identical jugs from a spoon , until at the end they can lift up the jugs to drink . |
| 27 | Other people 's perceptions of us are there to be collected if only we can pluck up the courage to ask for them . |
| 28 | I do not mean decent Conservative values like the Citizen 's Charter or dreaming of the classless city ; I mean authentic Conservative values , like a social hierarchy in which power follows the rich who do not have to answer for their acts to hoi polloi , in which we do not have to feel responsible for anyone 's poverty or ill health , in which we do not have to ask questions about where the rich get their money from , and we can carve up the land to create a sort of apartheid state : each tribe to its own homeland . |
| 29 | If you want to join me you can pick up the phone give me a ring O nine O four six four one six four one . |
| 30 | There is still a way out of this economic mess , if Mr Gorbachev can summon up the courage to take it . |