Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] [pers pn] [vb infin] up " in BNC.
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| 1 | The New Zealand government looks after the Cook Islands , Niue and Tokelau ; the Americans have Samoa , and the British look after the four islands of the Pitcairn group , selling stamps for the islanders to help them keep up their revenues . |
| 2 | And , anyway , it was from the British he made his money , selling them scrap iron during the war , so it will be an extra pleasure to make him cough up that sort of loot . ’ |
| 3 | Your midwife and doctor , though , see many pregnant women , so they need to use all their skills to help them build up a picture of your individual , unique pregnancy . |
| 4 | In The Hitch-hiker 's Guide to the Galaxy the author , Douglas Adams , describes a planet inhabited by a race of hyperintelligent pan-dimensional beings who build a hyperintelligent computer to help them come up with the answer to Life , the Universe and Everything . |
| 5 | Company managers have been asked to provide support for smoking employees who may find the new policy difficult to follow , and if required , staff will be offered counselling to help them give up . |
| 6 | Use the words and pictures on these pages to help you build up a picture of what happened . |
| 7 | On alternate days walk at a slower pace to help you build up a regular habit of walking . |
| 8 | She used to get angry and go and pull the bedclothes off Anthony and his friends to make them get up and get out . |
| 9 | The hair of his bush floated and he made a swell in the water with his hand to make it ride up and down like seaweed over waves . |
| 10 | Try processing all the relevant information contained in the problem to help you come up with one plausible explanation . |