Example sentences of "[vb past] up part of " in BNC.

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1 Some sixty-five million years ago this seemingly endless sedate marine activity was abruptly halted when earth movements lifted up part of the sea-bed to form the continental land mass .
2 Eleven Halstead Rotaract members cleaned up part of the River Colne , between the mill and the town 's High Street before having a birthday party — in the middle of the flowing water .
3 Research was then produced by Jeff Woods from the Institute of Food Research which backed up part of Sam Weller 's argument .
4 Bourke also claims that another prisoner in the same wing picked up part of their nightly conversations on his radio .
5 She crouched and picked up part of the brickwork that had crumbled away from a supporting pillar .
6 Last year , it acquired the small Abbots and Sussex dairies , also based in the south , and in January picked up part of the Co-operative Wholesale Society 's milk distribution business .
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