Example sentences of "[noun] [vb base] up the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 61 | Hard to return for seven days and in those days churn up the past and curdle precious memories . |
| 62 | The larvae of red worms crawl up the blades of grass and are eaten by horses . |
| 63 | French retailers hike up the prices of their mature stocks with even more frequency and gusto than their British counterparts , and this can make ready-to-drink claret and burgundy très cher indeed . |
| 64 | In November 1940 the Vichy government abolished the ineffective Commission de Châlons , intending to replace it with an organisation called Le Bureau de Repartition du Vinicole de Champagne , but in April the following year the Germans set up the CIVC . |
| 65 | For example , the researchers set up the apparatus hours and even days before they took the final readings . |
| 66 | Often current slang and colloquialisms make up the bulk of such people 's language . |
| 67 | Dan Jennings , Mari-Ann Dore and Rebecca Grisewood make up the backing group , and the girls also performed a duet . |
| 68 | Together , Indexes and display pages make up the LIFESPAN User Interface which covers all LIFESPAN activities . |
| 69 | Five other manuals make up the remainder of the LIFESPAN documentation . |
| 70 | Sam , Sam pick up the mustard , say Sam , Sam pick up the mustard , have they got the right |
| 71 | Sam , Sam pick up the mustard , say Sam , Sam pick up the mustard , have they got the right |
| 72 | Drawing a field means that the hounds are guided by the huntsmen and whippers-in across the field until the hounds pick up the scent of a hare . |
| 73 | Badlands surfers in reflective mood as lumberjack shirt-clad friend summons up the spirits of The Pit ( left ) ; the SAS tighten up ( above ) |
| 74 | A nice half-day excursion would be to Monte and Terreiro da Luta , still within the city of Funchal but a bus or a taxi ride up the hillside at the back of the city . |
| 75 | Hardly earth-shattering stuff , but it was thought to have been a gaffe , and interviewers clock up politicians ' gaffes the way fur-traders hang up the tails of skunks . |
| 76 | In the following year Koops set up the Minerva Universal Insurance Office in Pall Mall , Westminster . |
| 77 | I do n't know what it was , the mist , the way it hung , hot and heavy like a blanket , the weirdness and the exhaustion of the long night drive up the coast , but I suddenly realised I was scared . |
| 78 | Nowadays , the machines chew up the hedge trimmings so that they do n't require burning ; you just plough them in . |
| 79 | When will the right hon. Gentleman summon up the courage to make a decision on the applications ? |
| 80 | Such questions point up the importance of recognizing how the reality principles of power are reworked ‘ intra-discursively ’ . |
| 81 | And I read about how dancers burn up the calories , so you 're to order whatever you like . ’ |
| 82 | Acads pick up the pieces as GH-K start to fall apart at the seams |
| 83 | Approximately 150 people make up the population of Tibthorpe ; their homes with beautiful views over the surrounding countryside . |
| 84 | I got into the car ; we started to reverse the fifty yards back up the drive . |
| 85 | The humble people bring up the hero as their own child , eventually the hero realizes through a dream , through a prophecy , a visitation or something that he is not the child of his humble parents , but the find out who his real parents were , and then returns and arduous struggles and eventually gains his rightful place . |
| 86 | Taekwondo practitioners build up the calluses on their knuckles by performing press-ups on them , although there is evidence that prolonged conditioning in this way causes metacarpal damage . |
| 87 | The sufferer has to want to seek help and will not want to do so if other people cover up the consequences of addictive disease . |
| 88 | This is the point at which many patients give up the therapy , said Mrs Henry . |
| 89 | And why is it whenever you choose to roll out the seventy foot or more of polythene , which has humped up your overdraft considerably , a perfect tranquil morning is spoilt by a freak hurricane , sheet with a dozen or more pairs of hands held fast disappears over Stickford way and at that moment , more people drive up the Bank than would normally pass in a week . |
| 90 | The three partners set up the Viscose Syndicate in 1893 , with the aim of producing adhesives , films , coatings for natural fibres , and mouldings , and British Viscoid Ltd. followed in 1896 . |