Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [verb] up the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dot in the conservatory watched as Loopy Lil slowly tried to pick up the unsteady tray of china . |
| 2 | Four Ministers apparently tried to cover up the truth by hiding under a cloak of secrecy . |
| 3 | Thus , governments are endlessly seeking to shore up the erosion of the national idea which a world economy inflicts upon them . |
| 4 | She switched on the wall light over the table rather than the bright central strip , hoping it would look coaler ; but it only seemed to bring up the shadows . |
| 5 | I would very much like to pick up the ball and run with it as to whether this policy is necessary or not . |
| 6 | MANCHESTER UNITED yesterday settled into an uneasy peace after a face-saving operation by which Martin Edwards and Michael Knighton mutually agreed to tear up the contract that would have sold the club to Knighton . |
| 7 | But as he looked at her innocent lips , he thought this pure child of nature could only have picked up the question from others . |
| 8 | Hurrying to make up time , Manville had cut himself shaving , and the cluttered bathroom medicine cabinet had stubbornly refused to yield up the secret whereabouts of the styptic pencil . |
| 9 | She thought of Jonathan , but decided that she must have been too angry and hurt , because she could only manage to summon up the blurriest of images of him . |
| 10 | But if it is cold , a monarch can not work up the energy to fly and can only manage to crawl up the nearest sage brush . |
| 11 | ‘ The African guide was nowhere to be seen so Slash picked up the guy 's rifle and began firing into the air , trying desperately to scare the elephants away , ’ said another friend of the star . |
| 12 | Why do people on holiday suddenly start taking up the kind of violent exercise they would n't even contemplate normally ? ’ sighed Jim . |
| 13 | The pursuit and creation of stars , for example , occupies a large part of the story that A Scott Berg has to tell : Goldwyn was constantly trying to sign up the human properties who would ensure the success of his pictures . |
| 14 | Godolphin only had to pick up the encyclopaedia and he was ready to put on his boots and set off for the Dominions again . |
| 15 | That road led only to self-destruction — she should know that better than anyone … only had to conjure up the sad , embittered look in her mother 's hazel eyes to realise the depths of pain such an entanglement could cause . |
| 16 | If any of my staff or myself can be of help with a future motoring need , you only have to pick up the phone or call in and see us and we will ensure your total satisfaction . |
| 17 | You only need to stir up the nest of a wood ant with a stick ( not with your hand ) to be able to smell them . |
| 18 | If I may be allowed a topical rugby metaphor , we had , so to speak lined up the ball for a conversion . |
| 19 | Customers may not want to take up the credit on offer . |
| 20 | ‘ We have to look to the future and I am sure that the unitary authorities will not want to pick up the massive debt charges on the castle , ’ he said . |
| 21 | A small battery-powered fan whirled the smoke away and generally tried to stir up the humid air which played such havoc with Ellen 's precious books in their orange-crate shelves . |
| 22 | However , she just has to pick up the phone and a friendly voice at The Wool Shop is always there to help . |
| 23 | Here , too , though we are not looking to carve up the territory between us a degree of competition never does any harm we should at least be getting together to think out how best to collaborate in the future . |
| 24 | It is an exciting place to play golf , with plenty of water and long sandy wastes just waiting to gobble up the wayward shots . |
| 25 | As it turned out , George had not had to stir up the matter of Miss Tuckey himself . |
| 26 | Chapter 8 can not claim to clear up the confusing array of approaches but it will offer some guidance , though with the definition of a national curriculum the role for the school in this is unclear . |
| 27 | Of late , my generation has perforce had to count up the debit column of all those mistakes , and in so doing has forgotten the benefits . |
| 28 | But according to several Washington commentators and analysts , in sending senior aides to China , Mr Bush may have signalled that the Administration gave priority to continuity in relations over moral outrage , and thus helped to shore up the repressive Beijing regime . |
| 29 | I 'd just like to pick up the point that 's been made twice that there 's no such thing as an affordable housing problem . |
| 30 | erm a couple of weeks ago two came in and I said ‘ Oh , I was just going to lock up the screen ’ . |