Example sentences of "the [noun pl] [verb] [to-vb] up [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The researchers tried to bump up numbers by installing large wooden nest boxes ( 0.5 m x 0.5 m x 1.0m ) on the top of telegraph poles throughout three plantations . |
| 2 | The air force general leading the mutineers refused to give up control of the base even as the seige of Makati ended . |
| 3 | The air force general leading the mutineers refused to give up control of the base even as the seige of Makati ended . |
| 4 | Then the minders threatened to smash up Gaynor 's camcorder . ’ |
| 5 | The demonstrators threatened to blow up factories . |
| 6 | The railroads began to open up America during the 1830s : the ‘ De Witt Clinton ’ , one of the most historic locomotives on the Mohawk and Hudson Railroad , 1831 . |
| 7 | Luckily boys do n't notice datedness too readily , and the boarders seemed to lap up Biggles , or John Buchan , or even Edgar Wallace . |
| 8 | Just as he did during the general election when we said that the Tories planned to put up VAT . |
| 9 | If the Tories want to bring up cases at Points of Order I am prepared to do so . ’ |