Example sentences of "[verb] up [noun] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And in fact there 's one that , a daughter of one , lives up way somewhere . |
| 2 | Could it not buy up businesses abroad ( $45 billion over the whole period 1950–67 ) , make loans and grants to foreign governments ( $50 billion ) or finance military expenditure abroad ( $44 billion ) simply by printing money ? |
| 3 | not to let them get out of the pov that 's what I 'm saying , it suits them because they can buy up property much cheaper than if that two hundred pounds a week that 's being spent on bed and breakfast , that , they were spent on helping them with the problems as they are at the moment . |
| 4 | This flat had to be sold by the council , and the ADC states that by allowing tenants to purchase such dwellings , the Government will ensure that over time younger households will buy up accommodation formerly occupied by older people ; |
| 5 | The owner was rung up minutes later by the Derbyshire police asking how many pickets he was bringing . |
| 6 | I got such a shock that I toppled over sideways , ending up chest deep in freezing water . |
| 7 | Finance officials have at last seen the logic of sprucing up Japan now . |
| 8 | Lay , right , give me the pen , right do said and do lay after come on work your way across , hurry up Stacey please work your way across not down and you 've just dropped your pen have n't ya ? |
| 9 | DELL HAS COME UP TRUMPS AGAIN , THIS TIME WITH A NOTEBOOK COMPUTER THAT 'S CHOC-A-BLOC WITH USEFUL FEATURES . |
| 10 | Brian Ross and Chris Camden were both on target in the 3-2 win the duo also scored in last year 's victory over the FA and Howard said : ‘ They have come up trumps again , and it is another excellent boost for Marine . ’ |
| 11 | Brian Ross and Chris Camden were both on target in the 3-2 win the duo also scored in last year 's victory over the FA and Howard said : ‘ They have come up trumps again and it is another excellent boost for Marine . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I fixed up months ago to meet my parents in East Berlin today and took some holiday for it , ’ fumed one man . |
| 13 | One of the crooks was picked up half-a-mile away and he led them to the tot who was sitting unhurt on a pedestrian walkway . |
| 14 | It still had the power to turn the stomach , that whisper of shifting allegiance that Thorfinn himself had picked up weeks ago , and that Dunegal of Nithsdale 's hurried warning of danger had seemed to confirm . |
| 15 | The wall of molten lava has come to a virtual halt 150 yards from the first home in the town , but officials said yesterday that its flow appeared to have picked up speed further up the slope . |
| 16 | Nicholas Hytner is booked up years ahead on both opera and theatre . |
| 17 | Usually after one or two turns these gliders will unstall themselves and build up speed rapidly in a spiralling dive . |
| 18 | He could be but not the sort of merchant you 're thinking of there were lots of merchants in those days those merchants who build up places like they were Greek merchants , in fact they were called merchant venturers were n't they ? |
| 19 | The railway track had been torn up years earlier — a cutting fined with ivy-covered telegraph poles marked it now — but the house , in need of a few coats of paint , was just next to the old railway bridge . |
| 20 | The whole of the party were in excellent health and had well tried each others stamina in walking up mountains etc. etc. but having so many interesting objects in view they had allowed no difficulty or danger to impede their progress . |
| 21 | very energetic and I should be alright now after been to sleep should do I 'm alright I ca n't think of anything I wan na get I want up town anyway nothing think of anything |
| 22 | He was surprised at how grown up Anne suddenly appeared although she was still as light-hearted as ever . |
| 23 | I know I 've never seen a grown up ragger actually , they always go no man look at the chief on that |
| 24 | For example , it may not want the same sweets as , as the little kid , you know little kids like little kids ' sweets , and grown up kids like more grown up sweets , they may like bubble-gum and things you would n't give to a little baby . |
| 25 | As far a treating their own fans goes , well Elland Road is n't exactly the Ritz , but I 've never had problems picking up tickets etc either . |
| 26 | Of course , it 's good to know the ground rules about wearing the right clothes and not jumping on the sett ( certainly , from the badger 's point of view ) , but the consequence of picking up badger-lore slowly — getting closer to the smells , scratches and signs — is that you not only find it easier to watch badgers but also more enjoyable . |
| 27 | New powers to lock up children overnight may reflect the concern of Home Office ministers about crimes committed by some young people in care when they persistently abscond from children 's homes . |
| 28 | These high volumes of traffic pass through densely built up areas often of high environmental quality and this results in congestion , delay and road safety problems . |
| 29 | The River Chelt flowed to the south of the town , but during the great population explosion between 1800 and the mid-1820s ( the population grew from 3,000 to over 20,000 ) , the built up area gradually encroached on the empty fields and spread towards it . |
| 30 | Ashworth 's analysis uses interesting concepts drawn from sociology and psychology but his data cover everything from the official histories of the war , including divisional and battalion histories , right across to the diaries of ordinary soldiers , some of which were based on notes taken during the war but written up years later . |