Example sentences of "be [prep] [verb] up the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Then you are for clearing up the mess if we could , you are against — |
| 2 | Bring in the dumb-bells and we need the decibels , start to pump up the jam on the dance floor and we are into pumping up the volumes . |
| 3 | However it will not normally be worth taking up the salvage , unless it retains substantial value . |
| 4 | Much of the nineties will be about clearing up the fall-out of the liberal eighties . |
| 5 | If I 'm not very much mistaken , they would be for packing up the Presley hoard in . ’ |
| 6 | The supply of left-handed clubs is so insufficient as to deter those left-handers who may be considering taking up the sport . |
| 7 | She stood dreaming , trying to imagine what it must be like to walk up the aisle to the side of a man who was waiting to marry you , and so enthralled was she with her imaginings that she never heard him . |
| 8 | If these principles were not part of the staple diet of home life , the battle was ‘ already half lost ’ , no matter how skilled teachers , social workers or other professionals might be in making up the deficiency . |
| 9 | BNF is currently the world 's only supplier of fuel for AGRs , and Scottish Nuclear , which is expected to make profits of around £28 million this year from supplying electricity to ScottishPower and Scottish Hydro-Electric , is considering putting up the money to build the necessary fuel production facilities if its latest move comes to anything . |
| 10 | The presence of three commas in the second line help demonstrate just how little life there is by breaking up the sentence . |