Example sentences of "[to-vb] up every [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Actually we were n't too happy with the back of the old barn , because although we 'd tried to plug up every hole in the stonework , it was still possible for a determined young owl to squeeze out here and there . |
| 2 | He er , Hugh and I used to come up every day do what we could , you see , in those days if you had a stroke you had to lay there till you died . |
| 3 | Even without your help I 'd find my family , ’ she said in a low tone , ‘ and it would n't matter if I had to look up every Corosini in the phone book and knock on a hundred doors . ’ |
| 4 | It 's of course only to be expected that people should moan about the tax they 've got to pay and people always complain that it seems to go up every year . |
| 5 | And it was very dark , but I had to go up every night , and I did n't like going up in the dark . ’ |
| 6 | L et 's be honest , the only thing wrong with laces is they 're a pain to do up every time and they sometimes seem to untie themselves mysteriously in the middle of a run . |
| 7 | All those big salt pebble things I have to fill up every week in the ? |
| 8 | Agree flexible arrangements for your son to visit ( I say flexible because he wo n't want to feel obliged to turn up every weekend ; that way , the visits wo n't become a chore for you or for him ) . |
| 9 | She allowed her gaze to flick up every time the hand passed the twelve . |
| 10 | ‘ You can trust us to wake up every day remembering the people we saw in the bus trips , the people we saw in the town meetings , the people we touched at the rallies , the people who had never voted before , the people who had n't voted in 20 years , the people who 'd never voted for a Democrat , the people who had given up hope , all of them together saying we want our future back . |
| 11 | ‘ You can trust us to wake up every day remembering the people we saw in the bus trips , the people we touched at the rallies , the people who had never voted before , the people who had n't voted in 20 years , the people who 'd never voted for a Democrat , the people who had given up hope , all of them saying we want our future back . ’ |
| 12 | I live on the banks of the Lea and I can not properly tell the House what an amazing joy it is to wake up every morning and look over the marshes . |
| 13 | Having to get up every morning … you think ‘ Oh heck I 've go to do the place today , and I 've got to do the dinner ’ — that 's something I ca n't stand , thinking I 've got to do the dinner . |
| 14 | ‘ How lucky we are to be in a band and not having to get up every morning to do a crappy job . |
| 15 | ‘ How lucky we are to be in a band and not having to get up every morning to do a crappy job . |
| 16 | Before his time , it was the practise of grooms … with a view of keeping their horses as warm as possible by the exclusion of air , to close up every chink and cranny through the wall or boarding of the stable , not omitting even the keyhole … |
| 17 | On the other hand , do n't attempt to stop up every opening . |
| 18 | Yet even in those halcyon days the signs of trouble were there for those with the will to see them : the multi-media and multi-disciplinary avant-gardes were beginning to show up every NEA programme area ; the clamour for the funding of life-styles rather than art as traditionally defined was becoming louder , and the accepted definitions of art and the arts were everywhere coming under attack in grant applications as well as in panels . |
| 19 | I adored it — the glamour , the feeling of being in the hub of things which I love — I love clothes — I used to make up every day and make myself look nice and meet people … to me it was n't work , every minute of it was enjoyment … |
| 20 | Lifetable analysis — In a study of this kind , it is rarely possible to follow up every patient until they either relapse or successfully complete the trial . |