Example sentences of "[verb] up the [noun] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | She lined up the sights on her rifle on its empty front foot and fired twice . |
| 2 | West need three points to be sure of promotion , Newcastle keeping up the challenge on Saturday by winning 54–21 at home to Plymouth . |
| 3 | Enhancements include Telnet support for VT220 , a Microsoft Windows Socket application programming interface and non-X application support using Xstart , which starts up the application on the host system . |
| 4 | Enhancements include Telnet support for VT220 , a Microsoft Windows Socket API and non-X application support using Xstart , which starts up the application on the host system . |
| 5 | It was largely due to her that Fred had been able to secure the leasehold of the cafe and build up trade by extending the seating arrangement and brightening up the fare on offer . |
| 6 | Transworld has added up the units on the list for home and export sales . |
| 7 | ‘ Nevertheless , ’ said Jordan Warrender , one of his senior counsellors who had recently been travelling in Europe , ostensibly on holiday , actually on a tricky diplomatic mission , but who had looked up the Parslows on finding them in Venice , ‘ she is most definitely not with them . |
| 8 | Do use them for mopping up the blood on the new road . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | He said one of their main hopes was to tighten up the law on fire precautions in flats . |
| 11 | SMALL Firms Minister Eric Forth refused to disclose the Government 's view on a plea from small businessmen to tighten up the law on bouncing cheques . |
| 12 | B would fail to comply with this if , when asked for brake fluid , he knowingly passes A the oil , or when asked to tighten up the bolts on the steering column he merely pretends to do so Similarly , A would fail to observe the maxim of Quantity , the injunction to make one 's contribution in the right proportion , if " when B needs three bolts , he purposely passes him only one , or alternatively passes him 300 . |
| 13 | He said the council intends to tighten up the by-law on dog fouling making it an offence for owners not to clear up after their dogs . |
| 14 | ‘ The UK felt it very important to be a member of LOFT while the ( Sizewell ) inquiry was going on , so they could demonstrate their seriousness in picking up the questions on safety ’ . |
| 15 | Soaking up the sun on a sparkling coral beach , it 's hard to imagine how our lush Reef Resort was built in Cairns , North Queensland without a single tree being felled or lifted . |
| 16 | They had built up the industry on cheap labour , and their only answer to the challenge of foreign competition was to attempt to cut back the limited improvements in wages and hours which had been secured during and immediately after the war . |
| 17 | US AGENTS have turned up the pressure on the besieged Texas cult by using glaring floodlights on the compound and cutting off electricity , and those inside are trying to communicate with banners and Morse code . |
| 18 | Use a flat file ( or the flat side of a half-round file ) to clean up the burr on the outside of the pipe so that the pipe will enter the fitting |
| 19 | We will tighten up the rules on holiday brochures and contracts , and introduce a ‘ cooling-off ’ period into timeshare contracts . |
| 20 | The Government , however , is likely to press ahead with legislation this autumn which will tighten up the law on secondary action . |
| 21 | Katz also pushed up the bidding on a finely carved and drilled colossal marble bust of Lucius Verus ( lot 84 ) , attributed during the viewing to Carlo Albacini , which sold for £45,000 ( $72,000 , est. £8,000–10,000 ) . |
| 22 | Bring in the dumb-bells and we need the decibels , start to pump up the jam on the dance floor and we are into pumping up the volumes . |
| 23 | After a while , he said , ‘ Did you give up the job on the Council , then ? ’ |
| 24 | She sighed , and turned to pick up the clock on the bedside table . |
| 25 | So we have to pick up the pieces on this one . ’ |
| 26 | Mierle Laderman Ukele proposed an exhibition about maintenance called Care in 1969 : ‘ After the revolution who 's going to pick up the garbage on Monday morning ? ’ |
| 27 | The phosphates used in detergents and cleaning products are useful because they condition the water to reduce scum , help to keep the water alkaline for proper cleaning and break up the dirt on fabrics to prevent it settling back . |
| 28 | Turkey 's state-owned Posts , Telegraphs & Telephone Administration is inviting rebids for the contract to set up a Groupe Speciale Mobile digital cellular system : bids had already been received to set up the system on a revenue-sharing basis , but the tender was withdrawn after the PTT decided to set up the system on a concession basis instead . |
| 29 | Turkey 's state-owned Posts , Telegraphs & Telephone Administration is inviting rebids for the contract to set up a Groupe Speciale Mobile digital cellular system : bids had already been received to set up the system on a revenue-sharing basis , but the tender was withdrawn after the PTT decided to set up the system on a concession basis instead . |
| 30 | The ‘ specially urgent need to take whatever steps were immediately possible to improve the safety testing of drugs ’ in the light of the thalidomide disaster led the Joint Sub-Committee on Safety of Drugs to set up the Committee on Safety of Drugs in 1963 . |