Example sentences of "[verb] up the [noun] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | The N.C.O. answered it and when he had hung up the receiver it rang again . |
| 2 | Commuting hassles ate up the time it took to re-stock one-off designs . |
| 3 | I waited outside , rubbing my shin and inspecting the damage to my Docs ; luckily the scuff on the right toe did n't show up the way it would have with polished boots . |
| 4 | So whoever is responsible for the leak can clean up the mess it 's made . |
| 5 | It is currently drawing up the goals it intends to achieve , which , as an Opportunity 2000 signatory , it is required to announce publicly . |
| 6 | If I said to you every time you pick up the phone it 's closer to ten pounds , would it get you very excited . |
| 7 | Or perhaps it was a booby-trapped cake and the whole thing would blow up the moment it was cut , taking Bruce Bogtrotter with it . |
| 8 | ‘ One day the sun will burn up the earth it is now nourishing , ’ she thought . |
| 9 | I often used to read it when we were in action and , believe it or not , every time I took up the book it opened at page 92 , although I have never deliberately read that page , as far as I can remember — so I took the hint and wrote … ’ |
| 10 | But those who read his work , and might potentially have taken up the challenges it provoked , generally modified the project in ways that made it unrecognizable . |
| 11 | It is better than tripods for a really wet crop since the crop may be put up the day it is cut even in rainy weather . |
| 12 | Then , as your write a letter the computer interprets it and pops up the letter it thinks you have written . |
| 13 | Considering the mess Hollywood might have been made of Triumph Of The Spirit ( Rocky in the Death Camps ? ) , we should be grateful this true life biopic about a Greek boxer imprisoned in Auschwitz and forced to fight for his captors ' entertainment has ended up the way it has dignified but dull , lacking any real historical punch . |
| 14 | It was late when we woke , and by the time we have cleared up the mess it is later still . |
| 15 | The Smaller Firms Council of the Confederation of British Industry is to press the Government to introduce changes in court procedures which would speed up the time it takes to pay bad debts . |
| 16 | But to Paula 's triumphant delight the suit was snapped up the moment it went back onto its hanger — a solicitor 's wife who had stopped for a coffee had fallen in love with it , even if the skirt did have to be taken up four full inches to make it fit her less-than-willow tall frame . |