Example sentences of "[vb -s] up the [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | And the fella that was on it named has , lives up the Goldfinks , he , he 's still alive . |
2 | Cradle swings for younger children would be made of rubberised material and those for older children would have hand grips up the ropes . |
3 | He heads up the Insurance Ombudsman Bureau ( phone 071–928 4488 ) , which was set up in 1981 and which provides an independent service for the resolution of disputes between personal insurance policyholders and holders of unit trusts , and companies that belong to the scheme . |
4 | David Skinner heads up the project team . |
5 | After this it heads up the 600ft Berrow Hill to go on to Berrow Green and then Ankerdine Hill . |
6 | Enhancements include Telnet support for VT220 , a Microsoft Windows Socket application programming interface and non-X application support using Xstart , which starts up the application on the host system . |
7 | Enhancements include Telnet support for VT220 , a Microsoft Windows Socket API and non-X application support using Xstart , which starts up the application on the host system . |
8 | So I suggest the secretary rings up the secretary of Fenners do n't say you 're listed in newspapers cos industrial people do n't like that but have a word with Fenners and they 'll tell you what 's gone on . |
9 | Put them in now , before autumn gales and winter blasts make the plants rock at their roots , and frost loosens up the soil to compound the damage . |
10 | The floor scissors exercise is an all-rounder which stretches and tones up the abdomen and the whole of the lower body . |
11 | But , because it tones up the muscles and firms the body , you may well lose inches . |
12 | This exercises and tones up the muscles to the side of your tummy , helping not only to improve your waistline but also to flatten your tummy . |
13 | But this may be the grandest folly yet : a totally unsympathetic character ( a man as hard to empathize with as Mick Hucknall , whose ‘ Money Too Tight to Mention ’ graces the second commercial ) in unbelievable situations , doing ridiculous things with no discernible connection to beer at all ( unless , of course , he 's drunk when he tears up the plans , gets fired , breaks back into the offices and holds the board at gunpoint while he sells their cars ) . |
14 | One adds up the probabilities for all the particle histories with certain properties , such as passing through certain points at certain times . |
15 | Thus if a defective toaster catches fire damaging the house and contents , one adds up the value of the damage done ( but not including either the toaster itself or any property used mainly for business purposes , e.g. a word processor ) . |
16 | To calculate the probability of finding a real space-time with some certain property , such as looking the same at every point and in every direction , one adds up the waves associated with all the histories that have that property . |
17 | a wary man tees up the rest , sneaking |
18 | Above top : Geoff Yeadon counts up the empties . |
19 | It is very easy for a Secretary to fail to capture the feeling of a meeting when he or she writes up the minutes . |
20 | She , too , holds up the spoon and tries to tempt me . |
21 | Early of Ely and Family ’ ( 1771 ) in which the richly clad Earl , the Countess and their two musical daughters sway elegantly in front of an idealised Greek temple set in their newly designed gardens while a small African boy dressed in a combination of Turkish and Indian costume holds up the Earl 's diadem , curiously peering round the Countess to look up at his owner . |
22 | To help out , the second player holds up the mirror so that the first player can see his reflection . |
23 | Lucker holds up the keys . |
24 | And no , I do n't think it holds up the action . |
25 | She came in eighth on January 6 after encountering unfavourable winds and suffering a broken forestay — part of the rigging that holds up the mast — in common with other competitors . |
26 | One holds up the east-west streets . |
27 | This would affirm at least one value of the book review as that legal force which covers up the work . ’ |
28 | If , however , the motor trader defendant is not responsible for turning back the mileometer and covers up the reading , the motor trader should be able to escape from liability on the basis that no false description was in fact applied to the goods ( s1(1) ( b ) ) . |
29 | Moving like the late Dick Emery in his ‘ Ooh , you are awful ’ guise , Standerline eats up the role of the camp gay explaining his troubled yet amusing life in brisk gag-heavy declarations . |
30 | He says up the A one left at Catterick . |