Example sentences of "they have [verb] up the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But people have such bad financial problems at the moment , they have to give up the chance to study and go for whatever will fill their families ' stomachs . ’ |
| 2 | All the hearty citizens of this city who can walk are at the Citadel , because that is where they have locked up the food , and are distributing it . |
| 3 | They have tightened up the rules on availabilty for work and only pay out to those genuinely entitled to the money . |
| 4 | They have tightened up the rules on availabilty for work and only pay out to those genuinely entitled to the money . |
| 5 | He says it 's a problem because they have to clear up the mess ; he thinks those responsible are a pest . |
| 6 | My general conclusion is that the pro-classical themes are the more important : they have opened up the opportunity for an extensive development of the unnecessarily narrow focus of Beccaria 's original formulation of classical criminology , and this opportunity will be taken up in Part Two . |
| 7 | To put nature in its proper place , they have set up the exhibition as a living demonstration of the newest thinking on the interrelationship of the human and natural realms . |