Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] [verb] up the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But there are substantial legal problems as major financial institutions literally pick up the pieces and look to their future . |
| 2 | The only gateway from the Walks was directly opposite the church , so that the Lassiters rarely walked up the village itself . |
| 3 | Doc Threadneedle slowly turned up the lights . |
| 4 | Opulent decors and images only point up the jadedness , and the tale of a deracinated interloper ( Beatrice Dalle ) caught up in family plotting at the chateau turns into a risible cross between Edgar Allan Poe and Homes And Gardens . |
| 5 | With one last defiant surge of power the jeep finally gave up the ghost . |
| 6 | When Richard finally took up the scrip and staff of a pilgrim , the latter broke under him . |
| 7 | Zimbabwe 's traditional agricultural and mining sectors still make up the major portion of exports and are vulnerable to price changes . |
| 8 | Hill gradually moves up the grid … he 's second for the last of the starts but his engine is n't quite powerful enough and comes home in fourth spot … |
| 9 | make a note to check any " odd ones " in other lists later match up the separate lists one against the other to make sure that each list contains a different sound . |
| 10 | Her mother Diana , who five months later set up the Suzy Lamplugh Trust to publicise the dangers of women working alone , fears the worst . |
| 11 | A couple of bands were hired several months ago to jolly up the celebrations , whose main participants appeared to be trade unionists who had been on free holidays to one of the last proletarian paradises . |
| 12 | And there is a good account of the infamous Nixon/Kennedy TV debate when Kennedy 's aide even turned up the heat in Nixon 's dressing-room to make him sweat more . |
| 13 | He remembered the morning he had watched Bert proudly hang up the brand new sign . |
| 14 | I hope that our Government will encourage other EC states within the United Nations fully to back up the United Nations and put pressure on Turkey to find an early solution . |
| 15 | The ferric-chloride side of the cell then picks up the electron from the quinone reduction while the ascorbic-acid side donates an electron to the porphyrin ( oxidation ) . |
| 16 | Aldercine Hodson recently took up the challenge of organising a ‘ Fun Sports Afternoon ’ for the disabled that would cater especially for those handicapped people who have athletic inclinations but not necessarily the strength to cope with competition at County , Regional or National level . |
| 17 | When his case finally came up the evidence of the couple 's daughter , who had been watching the whole incident , was torn to shreds by Russell 's lawyer . |
| 18 | The special tube shapes for the rocket are achieved by baking cake mixture in empty food cans just make up the required raw cake quantity as shown in the chart on page 12 . |
| 19 | St Tropez was known for its beaches , and normally she could spend hours just soaking up the sun and watching the other people parading , but she felt too unsettled to do much more than lie on her towel , playing aimlessly with the sand and trying to convince herself that she did not want anything more out of Piers than he was prepared to give her . |
| 20 | The Intermediate and Interior areas together made up the Kandyan districts , the geographical area under the sway of the former Kandyan Kingdom . |
| 21 | The interlopers soon give up the unequal contest . |
| 22 | Shrewsbury have got to make sure as much as possible when they do win the ball in the they do n't just smash long balls up , because as l as soon as they do that and as long as they keep doing that , Blackburn just pick up the ball again and keep coming at them , they 've got to try like they did just a few minutes ago , try and play themselves out of defence with nice low passes . |
| 23 | And had the Grandtully folk best come up the glen and join on at Dull ? ’ |
| 24 | What light struggled through the unwashed front window soon gave up the ghost in the air that seemed almost palpably grey . |
| 25 | The sun gradually ate up the mist until by the afternoon we were in a blazing oven under a burned blue sky . |
| 26 | Now , in addition to that , and I do n't know if this is the source of the confusion , we 've also made provision in the ninety four five budget for another er camera site operation , except that it 's a lower figure because that does n't actually include the camera because we made it clear that as a result of the decision last time here we did n't want to create a , a permanent precedent that this committee always picked up the bill for the camera . |
| 27 | Say a prayer and light one of the candles each Sunday in Advent gradually building up the light as Christ 's coming draws nearer . |
| 28 | FOREIGN ministers of the Organisation of African Unity endorsed a plan yesterday to set up the first pan-African peace keeping force , despite a chronic shortage of money . |
| 29 | Bonar Law promptly gave up the whole idea , with obvious relief , as he told Balfour : |
| 30 | Scramblers probably make up the majority of Munro-baggers , since to do them all you ca n't avoid scrambling , and will also be obliged to dangle once on the Inaccessible Pinnacle on Skye . |