Example sentences of "they [vb base] up the [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | But then they bring up the story of a great uncle who was infected with French ideas and took to drink , and so they insinuate I shall do the same . ’ |
| 2 | They make up the rest of their programme by choosing two options from Advanced Performance , All-round Performance , Performance , Analytical Theory , Composition , Studies in Polyphony , Popular Music in Contemporary America , or a Special Topic . |
| 3 | Derby paid £800,000 for the England under-21 international with fellow strikers Phil Gee and Ian Ormondroyd moving to Filbert Street as they make up the rest of the deal . |
| 4 | I like the way they splice on their headstocks ( almost invisibly underneath the headstock facing ) but not the way they make up the depth of the heel with a very different-coloured piece of mahogany — although I suppose some people might . |
| 5 | Because women live longer , they make up the majority of the very elderly population requiring care , and they in turn look to their daughters and other female relatives . |
| 6 | And they pick up the tunes of the language . |
| 7 | They sometimes fancy they pick up the voices of the past , answering their prayers , and after presenting their gifts of flowers and fruit , they come away filled with hope that the great loas have agreed to grant whatever they were being implored to do . |
| 8 | ‘ Most include plant extracts which have a stimulating effect on the circulation so they top up the benefits of a massage and boost your blood flow for a little longer . |
| 9 | They break up the flow of a race track and demand a less gung-go , more confined approach . |
| 10 | Mine become so tame that they climb up the inside of the wire mesh when I approach the hutch and are clearly pleased to see me . |
| 11 | The methods we have covered do not represent all of those now being used , but they open up the possibilities of new approaches , some of which should become common tools of primary health care in the decade ahead . |
| 12 | They do n't pop , they do n't break they 're so cool they swim up the streets of Pontefract ! |
| 13 | So many people rush to Minsmere Reserve , the deservedly popular showpiece owned and managed by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds ; they tot up the number of species seen on the delectable lagoons and marshes — and forget other habitats in the county which also shelter rather special birds . |
| 14 | They speed up the circulation of material goods through advertising , which reduces the time between production and consumption . |
| 15 | They speed up the rates of interconversions of compounds that would otherwise proceed too slowly to be useful . |
| 16 | Yeah , well they 're all erm like er they 're really , the batteries that they use , they take up the whole of the boot |