Example sentences of "and [adv] [verb] up [verb] the " in BNC.

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1 One of the possible explanations for the differences could be that a small subclone was not present initially in the sample of the first tumour and eventually grew up to form the recurrence , but as there were so many genetic changes present in the recurrence which were not initially there and the Lambda MS8 did not show allele loss , a balance of probabilities seemed that the latter tumour was not a progression from the first .
2 Should a big enough gap open up at just the right time , then you will be able to stay on port and merely harden up to cross the line .
3 Previously I always had difficulty in arranging a caretaker for the cottage , and often ended up spending the entire weekend gardening and doing the housework . ’
4 She has almost certainly overestimated both factors ; but in general she is correct in saying that Britain comes up with good ideas and often ends up importing the products that stem from those ideas .
5 Spurts of flame began to flicker here and there and presently leapt up to redden the fringes of the great smoke cloud which hung above them ....
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