Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] up [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The bitter sarcasm welled up unbidden . |
| 2 | The French were restless , and Joan of Arc stirred up patriotism and led a revolt against the reign of King Henry VI . |
| 3 | In Uzbekistan , President Islam Karimov stepped up pressure on the democratic and Islamic opposition and tightened border controls with Tajikistan . |
| 4 | Similarly a few LEAs stepped up pressure on schools to implement anti-sexist policies , asking for school policies within a particular time limit ( e.g. Brent , ILEA ) pressuring heads to implement change ; organizing inservice courses ( Humberside , Brent ) replacing text books and appointing Advisers/Inspectors . |
| 5 | Pakistan called up allrounder Ijaz Ahmed for the one-day internationals at the end of their tour of England . |
| 6 | Shoulders brought up head forced down |
| 7 | David took up rowing at Portora and has won the Irish novice sculling and intermediate fours championships with BRC . |
| 8 | At least 20 officers in personnel carriers and patrol cars took up position outside the old Billingsgate fish market , just yards from the Baltic Exchange , where three people died in the IRA bomb blast in April . |
| 9 | we rehearsed it and we rehearsed it and I mean I did n't mind they were paying the bill for and I literally with a college took up residence for several days before it in a local hotel and we went through it in every fine detail |
| 10 | But Richard brought up siege machines and began to bombard the walls , concentrating on the fourth side where a small town nestled at the foot of the citadel . |
| 11 | His horse put up waterfowl and once disturbed a whole field of rabbits that scampered in panic towards the hedgerows . |
| 12 | The small wind kicked up dust devils in the street . |
| 13 | They were the first national employees to receive service awards in Colombia , as it is five years since LASMO set up business in the country . |
| 14 | The Volvo picked up speed . |
| 15 | The car picked up speed and shot off into the distance . |
| 16 | She pressed the accelerator and the sports car picked up speed . |
| 17 | With the crowd being the most volatile in the Caribbean — rioting held up play for 25 minutes during the Test against India in 1989 -there might be some trouble but only if the West Indies are faring badly , rather than as a result of any anti-South African sentiment . |
| 18 | Instead , the Armada sailed up channel and the watchers at Rame , including Carew , could view the first engagement of battle early that Sunday morning off Plymouth , with the first galleon exploding . |
| 19 | Why has she come here for goodness sake Ar Art barked mentally choosing mushed up mushroom omelette and a roll of butter . |
| 20 | But Gloucester went on the rampage … as Number 8 Bobby Fowke and scrum half Marcus Hanniford lined up twin tries against the quins . |
| 21 | In every way possible preachers and troubadours stirred up enthusiasm . |
| 22 | Some sixty-five million years ago this seemingly endless sedate marine activity was abruptly halted when earth movements lifted up part of the sea-bed to form the continental land mass . |
| 23 | As Martin Luther King was assassinated , the Russians moved into Czechoslovakia , and Northern Ireland flared up big-time out there in the real world , Captain Mainwaring 's gentle old duffers with one bayonet between them were an avoidnik 's wet dream . |
| 24 | These companies stepped up production of ‘ exclusive ’ products and concocted hundreds of new items to sell , usually under the same upmarket brands . |
| 25 | When his own son was old enough to go to school , Alexia took up painting , working her way away from representational landscapes into suggestive abstracts based on the British countryside . |
| 26 | But the Labour government fell in October 1951 and the Conservatives took up office . |
| 27 | Financial institutions such as building societies , banks and insurance companies bought up estate agents to build national networks of offices in which they could sell housing-related financial services . |
| 28 | In order to expose what appears to be a series of monstrous , incomprehensible legal blunders , Mr Mathew gave up work in 1983 . |
| 29 | In a government document on maternity care , the Maternity Services Advisory Committee rounded up advice on good practice in postnatal care : ‘ The care a mother and baby receive in the first weeks after the birth is as important as the care given antenatally and during childbirth , ’ it says . |
| 30 | From June onward warming through the ice set up circulation currents which gradually raised temperatures to a uniform 4°C throughout the water column ( Rigler , 1974 ) . |