Example sentences of "[pron] [prep] [verb] up [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were waiting for a lobster boat 's arrival in expectation of being thrown a free dinner — less work than fishing on their own account ; which about summed up life on the Keys , Trent thought . |
| 2 | Tenison busied himself with gathering up plans and files , which seemed to litter every surface . |
| 3 | It 's far more of a risk than being overweight , so do n't let the fear of putting weight on stop you from giving up cigarettes . |
| 4 | The most consistently outspoken broadsides against the old Establishment came from the Institute of Directors , a once moribund association of small businessmen and oddball intellectuals , which revived itself by taking up Thatcherism almost before the term had been coined . |
| 5 | From travelling around I get the impression that , although they say they want to , most branches have other concerns which prevent them from taking up recruitment in an effective way . |
| 6 | Anglican clergymen busied themselves with preaching up theories of divine right and non-resistance . |
| 7 | By the time the traffic ceased , they were far too late to carry out a proper raid on the airfield and had to content themselves with shooting up transport along the road . |
| 8 | Try to discipline yourself to using up leftovers . |
| 9 | Neuroscientists may amuse themselves by thinking up objections to homologies between brainstem structures , but this is n't pursued that seriously . |
| 10 | The superimposition of targets and penalties upon the GREA-based block-grant mechanism made the system very complex , whilst the uncertainties engendered by fluctuations in targets , penalties , GREAs and the like inhibited financial planning and encouraged a tendency for authorities to protect themselves by building up reserves ( Audit Commission , 1984b ; Comptroller and Auditor General , 1985 ) . |
| 11 | She does n't hector us about giving up things . |