Example sentences of "[conj] they [verb] up " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just the same refuges of the elderly also appear in the Social Survey of Merseyside of 1934 , where they made up a third of the tenants of the largest multiple households . |
| 2 | There seemed nowhere to take discussions of these dilemmas except to the conferences ' lesbian workshops , where they took up almost all the time . |
| 3 | ‘ This is n't The Paul Daniels Magic Show where they get up and walk away . ’ |
| 4 | When not making deliveries , the intelibots wait in a parking area , where they charge up their batteries . |
| 5 | where they come up and Om in harmony |
| 6 | They are the andesites , named after the Andes where they make up almost all of the major volcanoes . |
| 7 | To the places that had n't quite worked out the way the designers had planned , the places where kids drift in a city , where they make up their own version of the city . |
| 8 | They are also disproportionately represented amongst a particular category of temporary workers , namely those working on a seasonal , temporary or casual basis , where they make up 64 per cent of the total , and amongst agency workers , where they account for 63 per cent of the total . |
| 9 | The vast majority of Japan 's " scientific " catch of 327 minke whales during the past year has been served in Tokyo restaurants , where they fetch up to £70 per lb . |
| 10 | ‘ They find accommodation where they set up a nursery , then sit back and wait for the right opportunity to arise . |
| 11 | The significant event is the landing of Goodbody 's patrol behind enemy lines in North Africa , where they set up an ‘ advanced-area cricket pitch ’ , for the purpose of ‘ morale ’ and to impress a visiting military VIP as ‘ a small patch of sanity ’ . |
| 12 | The children , their father Jim and other members of the first UK medical expedition to Everest , were on Aonach Mor , near Fort William , yesterday where they set up an imitation base camp for the benefit of the press and potential sponsors . |
| 13 | After leaving Angela 's mummy 's shoes at the repairer 's , they went on to Jessica Turvey 's house , where they tied up Joe while they went inside . |
| 14 | They had a relatively easy passage to the escarpment , where they split up . |
| 15 | They cynically referred to it as ‘ college ’ where they picked up further tips in the arts of fraud from their cell mates . |
| 16 | The next stop was Butterfield , where they picked up Morton the embalmer . |
| 17 | The actors drifted away from the centre of the room to the safety of the walls , where they picked up crosswords , fiddled with knitting , lit cigarettes and gave generally unconvincing impressions of people who were n't worried about what was about to happen . |
| 18 | The youths drove on until they reached a stretch of unmade road where they pulled up , but quickly left after they were disturbed by the sound of a barking dog . |
| 19 | All-night parties , Nina dancing in the nude , Modi stumbling into the sketching class very drunk , the weekly visits to the Gaieté Montparnasse , a small , bawdy music-hall where they sat up in the gallery , all paint a happy-go-lucky picture . |
| 20 | Four transports carrying a total of 124 children came from Danzig , travelling by train via Berlin to the Hook where they joined up with other groups waiting to be ferried across to Harwich . |
| 21 | They returned down a different hole and soon found a dry , empty burrow , where they curled up together and slept in the warmth of their own tired bodies . |
| 22 | Individuals and small parties join together in the open water outside the kelp beds , where they swim up and down as if trying to get the courage to attempt the last lap . |
| 23 | In my opinion she has been created very well and nobody dares to cross her path or they end up being executed . |
| 24 | The town 's smaller churches had either already disappeared by 1461 ( All Saints ' beyond the Bridge , St. Mary Bynwerk and St. Michael at Cornstall ) , or they continued up until the mid-sixteenth century ( St. Stephen , St. Andrew , St. Peter and St. Clement ) . |
| 25 | or they turn up at the gates and go shit Mr like the headmaster 's on the door and my nipples are in and they go hang on I 've got some ice cubes here , put them on and they come out and er they go by the nipples , your nipples are looking good today . |
| 26 | Writing on land settlement is much preoccupied with men ; women rarely feature although they make up half the population . |
| 27 | Although they sat up later than their normal bedtime , neither could find any explanation . |
| 28 | Although they pay up to $500 toward a crown , they rarely cover less costly services that would obviate the need for one . |
| 29 | When this is the case the churches can ask to provide their material to add to the pack , and then ensure that they follow up with a personal call . |
| 30 | Sometimes the skilled were actually a species of sub-contractor , paid by output , who hired their unskilled assistants at a flat time-wage and saw to it that they kept up the pace . |