Example sentences of "[pron] [noun pl] [verb] up [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Nayar case also illustrates my earlier comments on the anthropologists ' use of the term " society " and of their attempts to set up typologies of societies of various kinds . |
| 2 | Its dendrites pick up information from other neurons , and the axon and its terminals pass this on to other cells . |
| 3 | Her eyes ate up Nicandra 's beaded satin , and shifted disapprovingly from Lalage 's muslins — a clothes snob to the last . |
| 4 | Fix it for someone who does n't love the Scum to present and commentate on Manc of the Day , Alan Hanson 's brilliant but the rest seem to have their noses burried up Alex Fergusons behind or even Eric the Fleds . |
| 5 | Once their children are old enough they migrate to town and with their savings start up businesses , often forming a syndicate with other women . |
| 6 | Four baby elephants are trundling along the dry ground in the blazing African sun , their feet brushing up clouds of dust . |
| 7 | Samantha do n't worry and Paul Paula who was very sweet , and told us about when her parents split up Reece who was also very sweet and erm Paula |
| 8 | Many officers resigned their commissions to take up jobs with the new company . |
| 9 | When , ultimately , they fail in their efforts to give up drink or drug use , they become exceedingly fearful and ashamed and may even believe themselves to be insane . |
| 10 | During the Second World War , many of the world 's armies were in foreign lands , and countries had to send music and entertainment to their forces to keep up morale . |
| 11 | Gingrich was under investigation concerning the unusual methods used to promote the sale of a book which he had co-authored by which contributors put up funds in advance of royalties . |
| 12 | From Scotland Yard , Nigel Cramer and six officers set off in two patrol cars , their sirens howling up Whitehall and down the Mall to pick up Park Lane and the road north out of London . |
| 13 | She yawned , stretching her arms above her head so that her clothes slid up ova her body . |
| 14 | Their hosts drew up chairs on the other ; the one who was apparently the senior of the two said , ‘ Julia , I think we could manage some more coffee … ’ |
| 15 | But a lot of evidence suggests that entry occurs by endocytosis — a well-documented process by which cells take up material from their environment . |
| 16 | The chief minister of Maharashtra recently had to resign when a court indicted him for using his powers to speed up cement deliveries to people who gave money to his private foundation . |
| 17 | Flynn and his pals clean up Dodge only to feel suffocated by a town so decent it ai n't fit for a man to live in and head off in a joke finish for the still-wild Virginia City , which Flynn cleaned up in an unconnected follow-up . |
| 18 | After overreacting , Somerset returned to Britain in March 1826 , where his critics kept up pressure on him . |
| 19 | The boss , Mr. Uphill , always had his sleeves rolled up way past the elbows — whether for comfort or to exhibit the many tattoos which covered his arms is anyone 's guess . |
| 20 | More than 1.5 million calls have swamped a free telephone bank set up a month ago by his employees to sign up volunteers . |
| 21 | Later on I worked on the twilight shift in a components factory and as our kids grew up people moved out and others moved in . |
| 22 | Then he had been taken to a torture room , where he was told , ‘ it is in your interests to give up resistance and to co-operate . ’ |
| 23 | We have not won any Oscars , but the majority of our recommendations notched up gains of between 20% and 60% . |