Example sentences of "up [pos pn] [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I gather up my shirt in silence and start down the ladder . |
| 2 | Iris screwed up her face in amusement and disbelief . |
| 3 | Lady Grubb picked up her plate of junket and went to eat it in the drawing-room , shaking with a passion she did n't care to scrutinize because it contained not only fury but also amazement and fear . |
| 4 | Her mother poured the last cup of tea , stirred it vigorously , picked up her slice of bread and butter , took a mouthful , chewed it , and then , " Suit yourself , " she said . |
| 5 | Eighteen months ago it gave up its monopoly of politics but it continued to exist and it continued really as a kind of dog in the manger to prevent the er establishment of normal multi-party politics . |
| 6 | I feel that it 's about creating the warmth and security at home , in school , wherever they are , from outside to help build up their sense of warmth and security from within , and to enable them to learn how to deal with some of these issues so that they can cope with the difficulties of life when they grow up . |
| 7 | Billy picked up his pint of ale and took a large draught . |
| 8 | While Charles listened to all this good advice , he drank up his glass of champagne and felt a bit better . |
| 9 | Chief financial officer Frank Metz , 59 , is retiring and will be succeeded by returnee Paul Rizzo , who was elected a vice-chairman ; Jack Kuehler , 60 , gives up his post as president and becomes another vice-chairman . |
| 10 | He waved back at her and , as the car disappeared from sight , he screwed up his face in anguish and let out a groan of frustration and fear . |
| 11 | First of all , when holding an FBL he gives up his right of control and disposition of goods in transit . |
| 12 | Prof J. Bremner , CChem , FRSC , has taken up his appointment as professor or organic chemistry at the University of Wollongong , Australia . |
| 13 | He picked up his cup of tea and turned his gaze back to Michael . |
| 14 | Springfield held up his hand for silence and the low murmur of talk died away completely . |
| 15 | However , we will still need to build up our level of knowledge and understanding of expert systems within the RAF and in particular amongst our computing specialists so that we can make best use of the facilities available when providing support to the user . |
| 16 | probation officer with the state in Texas and they decide they want a trial at monitoring and they ask if I would be interested and so we begin the programme , the first in-house operative programme in Texas , and we set up our programme from scratch and started just kind of working on trial and error trying to make the thing worked . |
| 17 | Of course , you 'd read of these places and screwed up your nose in disgust and said such things should n't be permitted , and why did n't someone else do something about it . |
| 18 | You appear to have made up your mind about sex and if this is so , then it 's right and responsible to use contraception . |