Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] up [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alright , but given time we will eventually build up that skill base again . |
| 2 | Right eat up some of this salad I 'm only on some |
| 3 | the , the more you argue for this economy , and the more you argue no this is , this really is how the peasant felt and he that the peasant really erm did n't have any ideas of changing society at that of the landlord system the more I assume that one would support this kind of rent reduction , interest rate reduction campaign which allows you to slowly build up that mobilization which is necessary . |
| 4 | The Tour has long since given up those occasional easy days known as promenades , when the peloton idled along , especially on the Mediterranean coast , as though on a club run . |
| 5 | Though the unit had long since given up any pretence of cooling the room , it did turn out to have a curious talent for magnifying the pigeons ' footfalls so that their tap dance rang out like a drum-roll at six every morning . |
| 6 | The also the big rotary blades on 'em are throwing all the grass over the pavement and all over the road and eventually finishes up all down the drains . |
| 7 | Most of them went to the cities , or at any rate out of traditional rural pursuits , to find their way as best they could in strange , frightening , but at best boundlessly hopeful new worlds , where the city pavements were said to be paved with gold , though immigrants rarely picked up more than some copper . |
| 8 | If you do so , you will not only build up more savings for your retirement but you also enjoy full tax relief on these contributions . |
| 9 | I 'm thinking actually of here in the university itself , we 've got three different groups in those areas that are now collaborating , and I think we 've got a good chance of _ especially in the area of schools curricula — but also in the area , I think , of helping business people , and I 'm thinking now of senior management , who might be your and my age , Brian , for whom computers did n't exist when we went through university or college , erm who 've probably more or less given up any hope of understanding it and understanding the computer boffins who have taken over — almost taken over the company at times , one suspects . |
| 10 | ‘ As the other dressers have vanished , you 'd better stay up this end and make yourself very visible . |
| 11 | It also begins to look at some of the processes which together make up these overall trends . |
| 12 | Buffalo , zebra , wildebeest , topi , and Thomson 's gazelle live together in huge groups which together make up some 90% of the total weight of mammals living on the Serengeti . |
| 13 | I myself have long given up any hope of a more permanent relationship . ’ |
| 14 | What I do is n't singing about myself , I kinda make up these little stories , I do n't know where they come from … |
| 15 | I did n't know what crows ate , so picked up some cabbage leaves and a lump of congealed moussaka from a dish in the Corporal 's kitchen . |
| 16 | And the writer can only conjure up this gift for the reader if he/she is prepared , first of all , to write plainly what he/she believes to be true , rather than fall for the surface sweetmeats which seem to satisfy but which , like sugar , leave the reader hungry minutes later . |
| 17 | Open Systems World , to be written by Digital Review 's old staff , is apparently picking up some of System Integration 's circulation and advertisers — but for a book that 's supposed to debut in October , as space sales types say they have n't seen hide nor hair of its space reps on the street . |
| 18 | One of the problems about , about dealing with somebody like in the process is that , one , they get their enquiries from the Investment Income Bureau , the Investment Income Bureau get their enquiries from the consulates , so what , what is happening , that they 're only picking up those people who are searching everywhere . |
| 19 | Martin Pipe 's charge should be good enough to pick up this decent prize . |
| 20 | They 're soft on baby 's skin yet strong enough to clean up any job . |
| 21 | REMEMBER that children 's skins burn easily , so cover up any exposed area of skin with a high-factor sun cream . |
| 22 | apparently turned up this morning and they want a hundred pound by tomorrow , and they 're coming back tomorrow for it paying him ten pound a week and thought it was gone and he had er none so find a hundred pound by tomorrow and she did n't know where she was going to get it from , she just stood there and burst into tears and run off going on |
| 23 | It rolls up small so takes up little space in a rucksack . |
| 24 | Oh I 'm all bunged up this morning . |
| 25 | ‘ After that , on each check it only calls up those items which have been active since . ’ |
| 26 | They do n't have enough oxygen because you just ca n't breathe fast enough to use up that oxygen in that tremendous burst of power . |
| 27 | She took the kitten in its little cardboard box to the bedroom and was constantly getting up all night , peering at the tiny bundle of black fur . |
| 28 | He does not , however , explain why the causal influence of the forces of production is always , and necessarily , greater than that of individuals , and only takes up this point in a second argument , in which he shifts from the discussion of character traits to consider the role played by individuals of extraordinary talent . |
| 29 | His undimmed headlights showed the curve of the autobahn ahead far enough to keep up that speed . |
| 30 | This may seem like a hard thing to do , but if you 've been involved with occult powers you really do need the help of an older Christian , so pluck up all your courage and … |