Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb pp] up the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the ambience called up the shades of Toulouse-Lautrec and Gaugin , and of Mimi , and these began to work their fermentation in my imagination . |
| 2 | For more than two hours , the band who are without question the biggest rock outfit on the globe at present lit up the Dublin sky with a breathtaking assault on the senses . |
| 3 | Then , still smiling , Isambard forced the boy 's wrists together , enclosed and held them mercilessly in one lean , muscular hand , and with the other picked up the dagger and tossed it after his own sword . |
| 4 | your mum 's got her fanny stuck up the exhaust of it . |
| 5 | Penry propped up the pillows behind her , then opened the bag he 'd brought with him and took out a small torch . |
| 6 | After the door closed , a pudgy hand picked up the videotape gingerly as if it were a dead bird and , pausing for a moment so that the viewer could read ‘ GOVERNMENT DRUGS SCANDAL ’ , dropped it into a wastepaper bin . |
| 7 | The soft white animal-like hand picked up the baton again . |
| 8 | Clara 's contingent sized up the situation in a disappointed trice , and hunched itself together in a corner to confront the disorderly scene by a solid front of backs . |
| 9 | He had taken up a woman 's role , and in the most feminine way taken up the nursing of Sien when his own mental and physical health were at a low ebb . |
| 10 | An eager public lapped up the vital evidence . |
| 11 | Heather even said it was the most interesting service she 'd been too , and I think Mum and Dad lapped up the excitement and atmosphere of celebration in the packed church — a far cry from Dalseattie ! |
| 12 | The dying ripples of its massive tidal wave lapped up the English Channel , and the volcanic debris , wreathing the planet , altered weather and harvest patterns around the world for years afterwards . |
| 13 | Now I 'd also in this time rung up the er forwarding address in Manchester , rung up the telephone number I 'd been given of the forwarding address . |
| 14 | But we sampled half-board , and ample portions of breakfast and dinner with individual tables for each family kept up the energy levels . |