Example sentences of "[vb base] up the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 send up the survey to old Hughey , he , he 'll give you a few .
2 three million books on the shelve , and we do n't have time going properly at the price so we go anything you want , bung it on the trolley and soon as the trolleys full it 's taken away and another one given , and you poke around and then in the evening , you stay in a hotel overnight , and then the following morning , they get and you just sort of send up the money and they just shout up the money as we go , then , every time I get to a thousand they say one , two , and you say right , tell me when I get near three , and I 've got this erm , I 'm dreadful at maths , I failed maths O Level three times and I do n't think about prices , I 've never been more than fifteen pounds out .
3 Well we 've had all this trauma about you know , cos I do you , where do you want the he said well do n't see much of daddy or nan and granddad and nana and granddad said they moved in on Christmas Day stay here and Rachael and Steven would n't come up , stay here on Christmas Day , it 's quite likely , quite likely to go with daddy he said but , in many ways I he said I know what we can do is when we send up the chimney we could put nanny 's address , nanny 's address on it , shall we ?
4 The castellated Raven Hotel ( a healthy clamber up the cliff path ) provided refreshment at reasonable prices .
5 The kids helped me pile up the slabs and we ‘ borrowed ’ a barrow from the house-renovators next door to transport the broken humps of concrete , via some wobbly ramps , to a spoil heap up the garden .
6 WHEN the winter weather is foul , bowls of spring bulbs flowering indoors cheer up the house .
7 But , and it 's but , supporting the document today does not give the C E C the green light to rush into any amalgamation with the Transport and General Union and carve up the G M B.
8 ‘ Most include plant extracts which have a stimulating effect on the circulation so they top up the benefits of a massage and boost your blood flow for a little longer .
9 The conveyor is moved from one end to the other keeping the load as level as possible while we top up the hold .
10 Top up the level in the bucket to five gallons with cold water .
11 He continues pouring from one container to another , and after lots of experience and conversation with the adults around him can begin to estimate how much he is going to need to fill the guinea pig 's water bowl or top up the vase of flowers .
12 If you want to maintain a minimum temperature above 10°C , it may be economical to use a cheaper form of fuel to provide the bulk of the heat and top up the supply with electric heaters in very cold weather .
13 From here you depart at 5.30pm and head up the Moselle for overnight mooring at Aiken a delightful wine village overlooked by the Thurant Castle .
14 He 'd been shaken , certainly , when Cedric Downes had invited him to go along to the North Oxford Golf Club and knock up the caretaker if necessary .
15 Knock up the team up .
16 He could go and dig up the roadworks during the night , and get some cement made up in a small container and cement up the holes in manhole covers you used to lift the things up by .
17 The draft position paper goes sliding over the edge of the desk into the waste-paper basket as I snatch up the receiver .
18 The study , produced for the Standing Conference on Drug Abuse and Alcohol Concern , indicates SSDs must catch up if they are to assess misusers and stump up the cash for community care .
19 You read the reviews , make up your mind and stump up the cash .
20 Because that way it stays on if you do it the other way it 'll drop off it 's as simple as that , okay , cover the pad and as you spiral up the arm all you need to do is to cover about two thirds of what you 've just done before , just like a spiral , you find the bandages , the more you use those roller bandages of yours the worse they get to control because they lose their , you know , nice and stretchiness , so you just do , cover up the pad at the top , tie always on the top of the arm never underneath here .
21 So always start with the minimum amount and gradually build up the tones until you reach the strength that emphasises , rather than overpowers .
22 Hence some kinds of reading lead to more intellectually-demanding thought , challenging ideas , concepts and structures that build up the skills of critical observation , bodies of knowledge , and , at a further stage , wisdom .
23 So the way that we process or extr it can not just be we take a we take the information an and build up the letters by extracting the features from it because if you did that then the H and the A would come out the same both times but they do n't .
24 However , in the more elaborate and sophisticated paintings of the series , the influence of Cézanne can be sensed in the general construction , in the technique of small , flat , rhythmically applied brush-strokes which build up the forms , and in the devices which Picasso has used to retain the picture plane .
25 In this area of mutual ministry , the gifts of the Spirit are given to strengthen and comfort and build up the church .
26 The work for the weekend was to bring in the edges and build up the centre , thus making side ditches and a reasonable camber .
27 Build up the framework , skew-nailing where necessary ( see inset ) after the application of wood adhesive to meeting surfaces .
28 If we can now persuade more birds to come and perch on top of the first lot we can in principle build up the wire to any thickness we choose .
29 First build up the piers and end courses , then the rest of the wall can follow
30 but you , you 've , you build up the strength in yourself and believe that your , your in vulnerable and then to find out that you are vulnerable , it really scary
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