Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] [verb] up the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact my gynaecologist looked up the other day and said , ‘ Dame Edna , when will you stop giving ? ’ |
| 2 | My father picked up the Book of Remembering . |
| 3 | My father turned up the ring on the cooker under the soup-pan , looking beneath the lid into the warming mixture and then turning back to look at me . |
| 4 | My aunt looked up the records and told me about her . |
| 5 | PAMELA : As it is your will and you have determined , it is my duty to yield up the point . |
| 6 | I helped my dad clear up the house — he 's very good at that . |
| 7 | I closed my eyes and grasped the legs as my master picked up the corpse by the shoulders . |
| 8 | With its horn blaring and its lights flashing , the bus had left its route to take up the chase . |
| 9 | The drawback , inevitably , is that everything is dependent upon the existence of a CAB in the area , its willingness to set up the scheme , and the co-operation of the local profession . |
| 10 | Indeed , one of the main sources of growth of the small SLF union following its foundation in 1981 was its willingness to take up the individual grievances of the workforce , very much in the tradition of the vertical union of the Franco era . |
| 11 | ‘ What are you doing ? ’ she asked , her heart picking up the pace again . |
| 12 | Ruth moaned as she staggered out of her bedroom to pick up the phone . |
| 13 | She was wiping a crust of bread round the inside of her dish to catch up the last drops of broth . |
| 14 | At first , the Assembly could not even decide upon its own agenda : it was only after the first session in 1949 that the Committee of Ministers agreed not to exercise its right to draw up the Assembly 's agenda . |
| 15 | Every major road out of the centre had its tramway running up the centre of a dual carriageway . |
| 16 | One of the problems with the dominant Fabianism of UK social policy is its failure to take up the epistemological implications of this commitment to change . |
| 17 | The marriage ended when her husband gave up the struggle to find better ways of communicating with her . |
| 18 | But only a week ago she clashed with Mr Smith after he snubbed her request to wind up the Commons debate on the pit closures . |
| 19 | Its title sums up the attitude of many people to what is an essential feature of working life — namely , meetings . |
| 20 | Jordan temporarily closes its border to hold up the influx of refugees . |
| 21 | The next two hours were hectic , the Rose Bowl 's new owner struggling alone with the lunchtime rush while her assistant made up the orders that should have been done earlier . |
| 22 | In a move that runs counter its commitment to clean up the environment in former East Germany , the German government has agreed to exempt a huge rubbish tip near Schonberg near the Baltic coast from its regulations for a five year period . |
| 23 | The age at which parents want their baby to give up the breast or bottle varies markedly . |
| 24 | your mum 's got her fanny stuck up the exhaust of it . |
| 25 | ‘ I think ’ , he says , ‘ that the Germans had convinced themselves that there was something noble in their quest to clean up the world . |
| 26 | Gwen Evans wore neither less nor more make-up than most other women in the room , her skirt was by no means the shortest there , her dress zipped up the front right up to the collar and she had a cardigan draped casually over her shoulders . |
| 27 | Her dress fastened up the front and she began to undo the buttons . |
| 28 | When Rebekah suggests that Jacob take his brother 's place , or when Potiphar 's wife tries to seduce Joseph , or Tamar calls attention to Judah 's progeny , their interference breaks up the exclusive father-son dialogue and forces recognition of their presence … . |
| 29 | Léonie swished her fork around her plate to gather up the last vestiges of sauce mornay . |
| 30 | When one of the firm 's 600 taxis passes within 600 metres , its receiver picks up the code , stores it in memory , and simultaneously relays it back to base . |