Example sentences of "[noun] and [verb] up the " in BNC.
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| 1 | So much for security , Ruth mused as she leapt back into the jeep and drove up the long gravelly drive ; I could be a burglar for all he knew . |
| 2 | She crossed the bedroom and picked up the cigar and put it back on the table . |
| 3 | A long and heart-felt kiss was interrupted by the phone and I hurried back into the bedroom and picked up the extension in time to hear Ed Grainger . |
| 4 | Initial priorities would be projects strengthening the infrastructure , privatization , reforming the financial sector , developing a productive and competitive private sector , restructuring industry , encouraging direct foreign investment and cleaning up the environment . |
| 5 | Manolo flicked a switch and brought up the other figure . |
| 6 | All around him , squatting on the ground , were his followers ; and beyond them , around the outskirts and blocking up the mouths of the little streets which gave on to the square , was a wider , more disinterested audience . |
| 7 | Griselda opened her eyes and licked up the tear . |
| 8 | After winning the Berkhamsted he went back to his home club and picked up the Watson Trophy with a 69 . |
| 9 | He 'd been shaken , certainly , when Cedric Downes had invited him to go along to the North Oxford Golf Club and knock up the caretaker if necessary . |
| 10 | I pushed the wrench down the side of Armstrong 's driving seat and wound up the engine . |
| 11 | At last the cabby climbed up to his seat and whipped up the horse . |
| 12 | You read the reviews , make up your mind and stump up the cash . |
| 13 | Whitlock shoved him back onto a tarpaulin in the corner of the warehouse and scooped up the Browning . |
| 14 | Having collected the mail and picked up the following day 's patrol tasks , the vehicles arrive and we return to Rosemount for lunch . |
| 15 | Even the rain no longer seemed fresh : it congealed in the sullied air , splattering into filthy stinking puddles , hammering the roof and churning up the packed mud until it was slushy and loose . |
| 16 | Alphonse Blaguet , a mediator appointed by President André Kolingba , was charged with setting up a preparatory committee , consulting with political parties and drawing up the agenda . |
| 17 | I straightened my shoulders , choked back a small tear for the loss of a good buddy and turned up the collar of my trenchcoat . |
| 18 | When approached by a possible killer they hide their real heads and raise up the tips of their tails . |
| 19 | When , in 1124 , the Emperor Henry V planned an invasion , Louis summoned his nobles to Rheims to debate tactics and draw up the battle-lines . |
| 20 | Artisoft Inc has journeyed to Palo Alto , California from its backwoods base in Tucson , Arizona and signed up the Wollongong Group in a bid to give Lantastic users access to the Unix world . |
| 21 | However , if a cell has too much cholesterol , it can be removed by an HDL particle colliding with the cell and picking up the cholesterol that is excess to requirements . |
| 22 | The presence of ice withdraws water in vapour form from distal cells , concentrating their solutions and building up the extra-cellular crystals . |
| 23 | He was halfway through his coffee when he swung his legs off the couch and picked up the phone to the embassy . |
| 24 | Look at figure 1 at the end of this chapter and cover up the last column . |
| 25 | According to a Dataquest Japan survey , Apple Computer Inc was the only personal computer maker in Japan to increase its shipments in 1992 — increasing by 45.8% to 185,000 units and jumping up the market share league table to third place from sixth last year , taking 8.3% of the market , writes Anita Byrnes . |
| 26 | To match the pattern , turn in the side of one width of fabric and line up the pattern with the width to which it will be joined . |
| 27 | ‘ Now work out the profit I made on each of the five cars and add up the total . |
| 28 | Using the information in 2 above calculate the owners equity and draw up the balance sheet of Transom Trading as at 31 December 1991 . |
| 29 | Cockroaches crawl inside machinery such as tape recorders and computers and gum up the works . |
| 30 | Members are invited to log on to their computers and call up the Heisei menu . |