Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] up the " in BNC.
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| 1 | We do n't want to go up the ass of that flour lorry in front . ’ |
| 2 | The London conference in June 1990 agreed to tighten up the protocol and phase out production and consumption of CFCs by not later than the year 2000 . |
| 3 | The Socialist leader took charge of the mandate after the conservative New Democracy Party , which fell three seats short of an overall majority in the general elections last weekend , failed to drum up the extra support it needed to create a minority administration . |
| 4 | Broker Cazenove , responsible for marketing the UK tranche of the share sale , failed to drum up the same level of enthusiasm exhibited in other centres . |
| 5 | Yeah , mm , now do you want to come up the town ? |
| 6 | then going over this sea blue and I was , so beautiful , you know Catholic used to say , when you di died in paradise , always want to go up the somewhere else paradise and it 's in here and look what happened they ruin and ruin and ruin and so be |
| 7 | It sometimes goes the , the colour as it , as it starts to heal up the , colour gets a wee bit lighter |
| 8 | She has to carry up the children , her shopping and any other goods coming into the household . |
| 9 | Well the problem about , er two two does include , two does include going around drumming up customers , but the difficulty with that is it seems to me that that you 'll need to drum up the customers in year one and only get the money |
| 10 | Herbert also penned the verses which have come to sum up the general fate of such investigations : |
| 11 | On this last day I want to sum up the things we have discussed . |
| 12 | It was alleged that Moin tried to scuff up the pitch — but England officials said yesterday that they would not study the video . |
| 13 | Surprisingly , only Roger E Bryan tried to conjure up the real Neil Kinnock , now unsuppressed by his minders and able to give full rein to his natural prolixity : ‘ I am full of hate , spite , yes malice and rage/Or even loathing , disgust , rancour , venom and wrath … |
| 14 | Sometimes , when she had been to a romantic film , or had been kissed good-night by Pogo , she had sat on the edge of her bed , staring at that dark , handsome , boy 's face and tried to conjure up the memory of his living presence . |
| 15 | Staring at his back , she tried to conjure up the image of him lover-like , tender , and failed . |
| 16 | Just as he had had the nerve to try to pick up the casting director at his first audition , so he had the taste and — in sociological terms — the cheek to seek out the stylish and lovely Nina Bawden , later the novelist . |
| 17 | At the age of 67 , he probably felt it was too late to try to pick up the pieces . |
| 18 | She , Claudia , would have to try to pick up the pieces , and that would n't be easy . |
| 19 | Judy knew Brown Owl would be very cross if she saw Mandy on the other side of the fence — but she did n't have time to worry very long about that , for in a minute or two a loud , frightened scream shrilled from Mandy , who had stepped forward and bent to pick up the ball resting on the bright-green surface of the ground — and found herself up to her knees in treacherous , clinging slime . |
| 20 | As George bent to pick up the halter of the horse which the boy had been holding , he looked round the yard with interest , noting how his father 's voice , though by no means a shout , had penetrated every corner . |
| 21 | He bent to pick up the curl of hair , which he put carefully in his pocket , next to his heart . |
| 22 | He bent to pick up the card he 'd been carrying then scowled at the deserted foyer . |
| 23 | She looked round the hall , then bent to pick up the broken remains of a photo frame . |
| 24 | As soon as she stopped struggling and stood motionless he let her go and bent to pick up the shoes she 'd dropped . |
| 25 | He stood up , stretched and bent to pick up the tray . |
| 26 | Jackson Chatterton stirred as though he proposed to clean up the mess himself , but I waved him down and kept my eyes on Rickie . |
| 27 | The other major difference from the straightforward version is that the variable LR now stores a list of all rules which helped to set up the current state . |
| 28 | ‘ I had hoped that I might be able to find you some accommodation around here , but apparently it 's the duty of your local council in London to rehouse you and nobody else wants to pick up the bill . ’ |
| 29 | Fran turned to leave , then stopped to pick up the photograph of her father . |
| 30 | But the Retail Butcher of the Year promised to pick up the pieces and re-open as soon as possible . |