Example sentences of "be [adv] [to-vb] up the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do n't let this dishearten you , the little greenies are there to soak up the enemy 's attention after all . |
| 2 | One that seems to work well for many managers is merely to divide up the list into three types of activity : |
| 3 | It 's just to make up the numbers , really . |
| 4 | The trick is simply to add up the numbers . |
| 5 | A stake is there to hold up the tree and not , as is so often seen , the other way round . |