Example sentences of "and [noun sg] [verb] up [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 My own experience , backed up by that of field workers I have talked with and beginning to be supported by some research evidence suggests that other factors such as personal maturity and the will and opportunity to keep up to date are even more important .
2 I remember the stale leathery smell of the trains , and sleeping curled up in station waiting rooms in the middle of the night .
3 ‘ It was a massive bang , the ground shook beneath my feet and debris flew up in air . ’
4 They rely on an enormous amount of research capital ; that is , the expertise and knowledge built up by research workers or teams and on the body of knowledge generated by others who have undertaken previous studies .
5 September to October , " the suicide months " , posed a special hazard as the heat and humidity built up in preparation for the rainy season .
6 The Palace Girls , needless to say , were hungry to start with ; nevertheless they had to exist for seventeen long hours on bananas and chocolate picked up at wayside stations .
7 The moon and man stepped up to Le-eyo together , and the god became confused , saying ‘ Man , die and remain away ; moon , die and return ’ as he sprinkled them with the reversed charms .
8 Three hundred tons of freshly harvested hay and straw went up in smoke .
9 Economic welfare could be increased if more resources were channelled into this industry and production increased up to Qc with a consequent lowering of prices .
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