Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] as [verb] up " in BNC.
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1 | utterly unnecessarily imposed so as to fatten up the privatisation turkey — and the Government have the cheek to tell us how much better things are now . |
2 | It was to meet cases of this kind that Equity invented the great remedies of specific performance and injunction : specific performance to compel a man actually to do what he has promised — to give you the land in return for the money , to pay you the purchase money in return for the land ; injunction to forbid him to do what he has promised not to do or what he has no right to do — to forbid him to open the public house or the music-school , to forbid him to build so as to block up your light , even to compel him to pull down the objectionable wall ; the last sort of injunction is called mandatory . |
3 | Not only would it make her feel almost as grown up as Paula and Louise , but Pete Jackson , with whom Sally was hopelessly in love , was certain to be there . |
4 | As the clients relaxation skills develop the exercises may be combined so as to speed up the process of relaxation . |
5 | A MAN was killed yesterday as winds up to 90mph and torrential rain left a trail of devastation across Britain . |