Example sentences of "[vb -s] up [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His godson , Harry Hubbard , is a young Agency aspirant who joins up just as the Cold War is getting hot . |
| 2 | This makes the hollow stem go rubbery for a few seconds , but then it just stiffens up straight as it cools . |
| 3 | First the spiral opens out as it does in a shell , but then closes up again as it approaches the other pole of the cell . |
| 4 | Men DO make passes at girls who wear glasses — which is probably why Cartier have named their new gold-plated frames ‘ Romance ’ and designed an invisible ‘ C ’ stamp on the lens which shows up only when breathed on … approx £310 . |
| 5 | A breeze cuts across from the river , bringing that faint Thames aroma that floats up only when cars are off the road . |
| 6 | If you are hyperventilating , but also have food intolerance , you may find that the hyperventilation clears up spontaneously when you undertake an elimination diet . |
| 7 | Cocooned in an ivory tower of antique furniture and unfinished jigsaw puzzles , she spends an inordinate amount of time doing simple things like pouring hot water into a teapot ; then she gets on the telephone to her friends and either hangs up just as they reach the receiver or asks them if they would n't mind coming round to tea and picking up some skate from the fishmonger on the way . |
| 8 | Okay , last one it only goes up when you are claiming , this one goes up even when you 're not . |
| 9 | And now it goes up again because there 's a V A C Onyx standard , that 's an Onyx standard machine . |
| 10 | Some of this noise turns up unexpectedly when cruising around the motorway limit , and the only answer is to go faster or slower . |
| 11 | Passing Wattisham we identify Stowmarket ( R ) and look for a specific road/railway junction ( S ) , which turns up exactly as we expected it . |
| 12 | They 've got to a adjust the tie backs , they have n't put the tie backs up yet because they 've got to come down a bit , I just hung them up to let them drop a bit . |
| 13 | ‘ The whole insurance industry is putting its household rates up tremendously because of subsidence . |
| 14 | Unless wages rise more slowly or output picks up faster than seems likely , Germany faces higher inflation and a growing deficit in foreign trade . |
| 15 | In the former case there is no express threat of proceedings to be withdrawn if the defendant pays up promptly because he believes himself to be liable . |
| 16 | ‘ Suppose it comes up just when we 're about to sign the Agreement ? |
| 17 | Another senses movement in the car handle so that the coil heats up only when the handle is rattled . |