Example sentences of "[verb] up the [noun] while " in BNC.
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| 1 | You build up the fire while I go out to milk the cows . |
| 2 | The effect of removing noise is to clean up the image while the effect of removing local variability is to smooth the boundaries and emphasize the regional pattern present in the image . |
| 3 | It might be necessary to lever up the floorboard while it is being cut and if the floorboards are tongue-and-grooved , some tongues need to be cut off . |
| 4 | JILY JIP TUP A thinking machine that develops a stammer ; the action of pulling up the trousers while running uphill |
| 5 | JIL JIPY TUP Any machine with something incurable about it ; pleasant laughter that is nevertheless unwelcome ; the action of pulling up the trousers while running downhill |
| 6 | Try and keep the majority of writing to the period of five minutes or so after the interviewee has left , when you should sum up the points while they are fresh in your mind . |
| 7 | Rashid and Shahid cooked up the idea while serving customers at the Sitar in Northgate , Darlington . |
| 8 | With only one or two filters , it may be necessary to have adequate storage for filtered water to keep up the supply while filters are out of action . |
| 9 | The girl who was dressing her pulled up the zipper while Paula kicked off a pair of black suede shoes and eased her feet into crocodile ones . |
| 10 | ‘ Now — ’ he turned to Sophie ‘ — will you hold it , please , and keep up the tension while I put on the plaster ? |
| 11 | Now the snipers keep up the pressure while the new Romania 's foundations are being laid . |
| 12 | ‘ Could you just hold up the bidding while my boys settle with the opposition ? ’ |
| 13 | The ‘ mid EQ ’ preset on channel 2 has the effect of tightening up the sound while adding a little more in the way of mid/top frequencies — a bit like playing a Strat and switching between neck pickup only and middle'n'bridge . |
| 14 | His sister then helped to bring up the child while Gustav was in Moscow for two years , at the university and taking the political indoctri-nation . |
| 15 | One of the Germans , wearing a surprising black-and-white checked cloth cap , made an operation out of buying coffee through the window , and held up the train while he got a missing straw . |