Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] up [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | John Pain ( flying P3731 ) : ‘ This was a brawl with some 15 CR 42s in which the entire flight got mixed up some miles out to sea at about 18,000 feet between St. Paul 's Bay and Sliema . |
| 2 | Last year , when the constitutional ban on forced purchase expired , Mr Mugabe promised to buy up half the remaining white farmland at prices he would set . |
| 3 | Scarcely had I got myself fairly comfortable and closed my eyes when I heard the sound of people running I hurriedly tried to think up some famous last words to give my public , but never had a chance to utter them . |
| 4 | By the time the Government tried to close up this loophole , by restricting steel allocations for electric fire manufacture , it was too late . |
| 5 | For a brief moment she tried to summon up some form of resistance , as if by an effort of will she could deny her immediate instinctive reaction to his dark enchantment . |
| 6 | Each parade was preceded by a cleaning ritual known as ‘ corvée quartier ’ , which involved clearing up any litter surrounding the barracks . |
| 7 | After that they planned to pick up more provisions at Ivrigar , Ratagan 's home , and return to the Rorim on the third or fourth day , by which time the council would be winding down , or even finished . |
| 8 | We 've waited so long , I 'd given up all hope of ever having a bairn . ’ |
| 9 | She 'd given up all hope of having children , you see . |
| 10 | ‘ If you 'd like to know the truth , I 'd given up all thought of trying to persuade you to visit Bertha . |
| 11 | The first words I ever heard spoken in Cambo were ‘ A coffee please , not too strong , ’ which seemed to sum up this mild and cautious little town . |
| 12 | He 'd picked up some cream that they 'd given me for a skin rash , stuck it under my blindfold and said , in a curious high-pitched waver , ‘ Champignons ? ’ |
| 13 | It was the usual sequence : we 'd picked up this batch from the mass grave , in the woods , and stood waiting by the van on the approach road while the carbon monoxide went about its work . |
| 14 | An O S one to fifty thousand and that 's what I thought I 'd picked up this morning to take with me but when I looked it was Chester and Wrexham so it did n't do me much good . |
| 15 | ‘ I once had a plaster on my finger , ’ said Lydia , ‘ and I was making duck pancakes because an editor and his wife were coming to dinner , and when I 'd rolled up all the pancakes I found the plaster was missing . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ She came to pick up some papers she sent to Dr Puddephat , and she needs them at once . |
| 17 | She 'd no idea why Ace should have broken his date with Dara to spend the evening with her , but it certainly looked as if by doing so he 'd stirred up some pretty powerful emotions . |
| 18 | Because of course he 'd used up all his energies , everything in dealing with this , he was completely drained . |
| 19 | They 're restricted And twenty four hours before flying to Fairford they 'd used up all their practice time . |
| 20 | He 'd soaked up all the motherfucking atmosphere he wanted , thank you very much . |
| 21 | But , having fallen asleep in militant mood last night , she 'd woken up this morning reluctantly aware that she owed him an apology . |
| 22 | No one seemed to dress up these days , but tonight she had , as if … as if … |
| 23 | Janine seemed to get up some enthusiasm as her mother-in-law chatted to her , telling her about her own difficult marriage , and how it was hard when one was young and unsure of oneself . |
| 24 | There were always great arguments about whether it was something you were allowed or not , and that always seemed to take up half the visit . |
| 25 | Stove and sink were immediately adjacent in the tiny galley , and he seemed to take up more than his fair share of space . |
| 26 | We happened to meet up that very night , at The Marquee where we 'd all gone to see Thin Lizzy . |
| 27 | Stamp duty on most house sales was effectively suspended for eight months ; building societies and banks agreed to put up some £750-£1,000 million for rent-back or similar schemes to help mortgage payers who were in difficulties ; and legislation was to be introduced to make possible the direct payment of mortgage interest by the government to lenders where borrowers were in receipt of ( social security ) income support . |
| 28 | She expected Nicole to name a restaurant , but instead she named the hotel where she was staying , one of the more expensive hotels in London , and they arranged to meet up that afternoon , in her room . |
| 29 | The next morning , the plan was ready to roll ; Tiphook began snapping up all the TIP stock in sight . |
| 30 | Ariel soon began to pick up some English , especially from Jack Elsey , a nineteen-year-old from Southwark , who 'd been the cook on the outward journey , and was prompt to learn from her the flavours of the island vegetables and herbs , the edible flowers and fruits he 'd never imagined could possibly exist when he was growing up one of the twelve offspring of a Thames waterman . |