Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] up the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Between them Locke and Newton built up the mental picture of the universe which the educated classes in the eighteenth century absorbed as incontrovertible truth . |
| 2 | After consultation with the Leeds Permanent Building Society , the EOC drew up the following recommendations in respect of mobility : |
| 3 | Erm and his claim that in fact the regional draft regional guidance er that has emerged is consistent with this alteration , is not really surprising since the same parties drew up the same document . |
| 4 | The darker ‘ skunk-stripe ’ of walnut in the back of the neck covered up the rear installation of the truss rod . |
| 5 | Sacco swarmed up the steering-wheel post and wrestled the keys out of the ignition while the rest of the boys poked around in the cab . |
| 6 | ‘ The DJ took up the same line when he came on for the broadcast quiz interview , ’ she went on . |
| 7 | Two towering Indian performances lit up the fourth day , with the ‘ boy wonder ’ Tendulkar going on to his second mouthwatering century of the series , lifting his side to 272 after a ninth-wicket stand of 81 with the stubborn More , who made 43 . |
| 8 | By the kindest count , seven catches were grassed at Auckland , and six more chances were spilled on this opening day , with Gooch missed twice off Cairns before reaching double figures , after a 90-minute delay while the groundstaff mopped up the previous day 's heavy rain . |
| 9 | Over the years he has played league cricket and county cricket for Sussex and Glamorgan with resounding success , and on his last trip to England thrilled the crowd with a magnificent display of strokemaking at the Oval , scoring 260 as Pakistan ran up the imposing total of 708 . |
| 10 | One study summed up the overall situation as follows : |
| 11 | Mr Lang set up the working party in March 1991 after the Government rejected calls for national parks in Scotland . |
| 12 | Eleanor picked up the fresh flowers and began trimming their stems . |
| 13 | Frankie picked up the empty kettle and went to refill it but I noticed that none of the onlookers tried to wring his neck while he had the kettle in his hands . |
| 14 | Renault set up the first European organisation to collect and recycle certain car parts which had not previously been dealt with . |
| 15 | Manville picked up the second folder , sighing heavily . |
| 16 | Satisfied , Manville picked up the coded copy and headed towards the despatch room . |
| 17 | Grant 's eyes swept up the massive three storied building to the roof . |
| 18 | Once again Skaller picked up the two pictures , but only the features of the other boy still held his glance . |
| 19 | The first watcher picked up the red phone nearby and punched out three digits . |
| 20 | Kate 's quick ears picked up the remembered bitterness . |
| 21 | Then his ears picked up the soft pattering of multiple animal feet , and the sound of undergrowth being brushed lightly aside by swiftly moving bodies . |
| 22 | The Act of Union stirred up the latent nationalism even of non-Jacobite Scots . |
| 23 | With rucksacks on their shoulders and clutching their weapons , the group of desperadoes trudged up the main coast road , clearly silhouetted by the headlamps of passing enemy traffic . |
| 24 | Since that time , and despite further hostilities in 1965 , the 1949 ceasefire line or " line of control " had separated Azad Kashmir ( " Free Kashmir " — the northern Pakistani-controlled sector ) from Indian-administered Kashmir , which together with Jammu further to the south made up the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir . |
| 25 | Anabelle watched from under the gate while the boy snatched up the huge bowl and dashed into the house . |
| 26 | Over those years accumulation built up the phenomenal momentum which it was to sustain through the sixties . |
| 27 | Léonie lifted up the wooden flap and peered into what always seemed to her like a bird-house in which they might find golden eggs . |
| 28 | A person buys a new washing machine , and is unfortunate enough to discover that ( a ) the cabinet is badly scratched , and thus not of merchantable quality ; ( b ) the machine ripped up the first batch of clothes and half-flooded the kitchen ( ie it was not fit for the purpose ) ; and ( c ) the model delivered by the suppliers was not the model agreed upon in the shop ( ie the goods were not as described by the retailer ) . |
| 29 | Jasper Sharpe powered up the direct start to Moving Staircase at High Rocks to give a fun ( and 6b ) boulder problem . |
| 30 | Ditchburn covered up the extra payments through a hugely inflated figure for the purchase of straw to protect the turf from frost . |