Example sentences of "[noun] [vb base] up the " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you have any views pick up the phone and call me now . |
| 2 | I am careful not to leave even the smallest scrap of yarn lying around as mother birds pick up the pieces and use them for lining their nests . |
| 3 | Not surprisingly , for a country which is second only to Russia for the scale of its distances ( and second to no country but Norway on a per capita energy consumption basis ) motor fuels make up the largest element of oil consumption . |
| 4 | When I do that , it 's like summat inside of me is pulled out and streaks back up the street , under all the lights , right round the corner to where I ca n't see . |
| 5 | Sir [ James ] Stephen added : ‘ The effect of adopting this definition would be to include under one description all the cognate offences which at present make up the crime of theft . |
| 6 | While crackling flames eat up the beams |
| 7 | Of the relatively small amount of CDs issued in other currencies , yen and ECU make up the bulk . |
| 8 | Kids eat up the money . ’ |
| 9 | The amp 's master volume pot , headphone socket and mains switch make up the remainder of front panel controls . |
| 10 | The sensors pick up the change which is then fed back directly to alter the temperature or some other variable . |
| 11 | The snakes and the tardy remedy make up the entirety of God 's response . |
| 12 | This initiative had the particular support of President Jaime Paz Zamora of Bolivia , who had noted that in most Latin American countries " the indigenous peoples make up the largest seriously poor groups " . |
| 13 | Mr Ishaq has also been at work on the Sindh assembly , in which Miss Bhutto 's supporters make up the biggest group . |
| 14 | Inside , the great piers curve up the interior space and emphasise the verticality of the design . |
| 15 | Goran Ivanisevic , Michael Chang , Petr Korda , Boris Becker and Richard Krajicek make up the eight . |
| 16 | Such combinations make up the particles known as mesons , which are unstable because the quark and antiquark can annihilate each other , producing electrons and other particles . |
| 17 | Six staff and one agent make up the full complement which , as Anders Falkman said , ‘ has strength in a team approach , it is all hands on deck and a good atmosphere ’ . |
| 18 | the shifting legs prop up the hundredweights of dark . |
| 19 | Yanto drained the last dregs of cider from the stone jar and watched Molly clear up the remains of the picnic . |
| 20 | This comprised a moonlit cable car ride up the mountains to a creaky farmhouse for cheese fondue , heady wine and oompah-pah music — the perfect way to round off a day 's skiing . |
| 21 | The Master Locksmiths Association has its roots in the early 1950s , when a group of craftsmen set up the Greater London Locksmiths Association . |
| 22 | When it had gone she turned to watch the white waves roll up the beach then roll back . |
| 23 | Chekov 's melodramatic last words sum up the film quite neatly : ‘ Well I guess this is goodbye ! ’ |
| 24 | Alcohol-soaked cherries sum up the bouquet of this unusual Dornfelder . |
| 25 | Therefore , these two speeches sum up the difference between Brutus and Cassius : Brutus works unselfishly and nobly for the good of the people of Rome , disregarding personal cost ( for it did cost Brutus a lot to kill Caesar ) , while Cassius is jealous of Caesar 's great power and begins the conspiracy with hopes of gaining more prestige and power for himself . |
| 26 | Transvaal turn up the heat |
| 27 | As the Revenue only allow a 10% mark up the tax gains can not exceed 1.5% of the turnover put through the company . |
| 28 | A full remission was maintained by avoidance of dairy products but in long term follow up the sensitivity was not persistent . |
| 29 | The Chandleresque tones on the promotional tape take up the tale : ‘ … downtown Cheltenham , gee , what a place . ’ |
| 30 | If branches take up the suggestions made in this paper they may find themselves having to increase annual expenditure . |