Example sentences of "[verb] they [verb] up " in BNC.
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| 1 | The two dogs were in the hallway , and as Robbie entered they started up , a low growl escaping the Dalmatian . |
| 2 | The more nitrogen they have available , the better marine plants will grow , and as they grow they take up carbon dioxide from the atmosphere . |
| 3 | Er and things like sort of er midday and a late evening er usually fine , and then you have y quite a lot of asthmatics say they wake up in the night , somewhere between two to five . |
| 4 | The owners say they came up with the idea first . |
| 5 | Today some say they print up as well if not better than photographs taken with modern technology . |
| 6 | Regular handling and fondling of the young animals helps ensure they grow up into docile but nonetheless bold animals . |
| 7 | Jane says they end up THREE YEARS behind — |
| 8 | He says they got up at four in the morning and went to their parishes in all weathers . |
| 9 | But Belinda says they ended up in the far from deserted capital of Rarotonga . |
| 10 | When disturbed they roll up so tightly that it is virtually impossible to unroll them . |
| 11 | Hope they turn up ? |
| 12 | Hope they clean up before they go there |
| 13 | Because although the problems in which philosophers begin are fairly easy to state and quite straightforward , erm certainly when they begin they end up in some rather strange regions . |
| 14 | There were five of them , and whenever they arrived they came up the woodland track on a big spreader wagon with a battered old van bouncing along behind . |
| 15 | ‘ It is not sport for sport 's sake , ’ says Mr Hawkins , who is an ex-Harlem-Globetrotter , ‘ but a way of imposing a structure on undisciplined lives : in a sports team they turn up regularly , on time , in uniform , and train hard . |
| 16 | Because you know they came up , they were full of the joys of spring , looking around , chatting to their friends and then they r started looking at the stepping stone . |
| 17 | And erm the erm your view is completely blocked altogether when you 're coming up to that roundabout , as you know they come up from erm Southfield Road and Divinity Road which comes up on to that roundabout , and erm I think it 's very very dangerous . |
| 18 | Previously , for example , drivers risked a heavy fine if they crossed a border with more than 200 litres of diesel — the idea was to ensure they filled up with fuel abroad . |
| 19 | The Bosnian Serbs under Karadzic are against the plan drawn up by mediators Cyrus Vance and Lord Owen because it demands they give up a third of the territory they control and proposes dividing Bosnia into ten ethnic cantons . |
| 20 | These are two young-uns I reckon they lodge up here somewhere . |
| 21 | We believe they started up in the mid-1930s , but by 1970 seemed to have closed down . |
| 22 | The company claimed last night that Mr Onanuga and Mr Newton now agreed they made up the whole story of Mr Lamont 's visit . |
| 23 | I mean they know up there because of the , of theirs . |
| 24 | But I mean they spring up every summer . |
| 25 | I mean they set up their own photo opportunities at every opportunity , as we all know . |
| 26 | Then when they 'd finished eating they picked up their guns and the animals were there , ready and waiting . |
| 27 | Hastening round the keep they came up against unexpected obstruction . |
| 28 | What do you reckon they hold up there on deck ? ’ |
| 29 | ‘ I bet they put up a bloody good fight , ’ he said . |
| 30 | Well I bet they fed up today ? |