Example sentences of "time [pers pn] [verb] [vb pp] up the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This keeps him happy until it is time to go to the nursery by which time she has cleared up the mess . |
| 2 | It was late when we woke , and by the time we have cleared up the mess it is later still . |
| 3 | By the time they had eaten up the crumbs they had forgotten the way out and in their hunger ate the insulation from the wiring . |
| 4 | By the time they had splashed up the far bank Nathaniel Sherman was fifty yards away , moving erratically , breasting the grass , preparing to risk a standing shot at two hundred yards . |
| 5 | The predator , by the time it has given up the chase , will probably have forgotten the exact location of the nest and will not be able to retrace its steps . |