Example sentences of "[verb] up the [noun pl] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So always start with the minimum amount and gradually build up the tones until you reach the strength that emphasises , rather than overpowers . |
| 2 | He has just broken one of his records deliberately and is on his knees picking up the pieces as he talks to himself . |
| 3 | Doing the rooms in the morning fell into an easy rhythm — make the bed , tidy up anything the guests had left around , dust the tops , wash up the teacups if they 'd been used , clean the washbasin , put out fresh tea bags and sachets of coffee , sugar and milk powder , then go round with the Hoover . |
| 4 | She could only be ready to pick up the pieces if and when required . |
| 5 | It says about scenes of crime officers cos most burglaries happen er in the early afternoon when when mum 's gone out to pick up the kids before she comes home to cook the tea |
| 6 | You can say that if they do n't keep to the agreed rules of the drama , then the magic will start to fail ; if they climb up the wall-bars when you have asked them not to , you can say that the magic only works when their feet are touching the ground , thus using the fiction of the drama to limit the space they work in and remind them through a dramatic device of those rules which you will have agreed before the lesson begins ( see also the section on " Control " in Chapter 4 ) . |
| 7 | And he was in the jacuzzi with her , turning up the dials until the water bubbled furiously around them . |
| 8 | Brigadier Canford admired the lightning reflexes , the way she adjusted to a not-very-easy pony in seconds and showed up the others as she ruthlessly shoved them out of the way and cat-and-mouse-whipped the ball away just as they were about to hit it . |
| 9 | He could he 's still good enough to stand in erm Sainsburys alongside the till and add up the prices as they go through . |
| 10 | JILY JIP TUP A thinking machine that develops a stammer ; the action of pulling up the trousers while running uphill |
| 11 | 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 |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | If Mr Yeltsin tries to play by the rules as he moves towards a new constitutional order , he will fail , because parliament can make up the rules as it goes along . |
| 14 | Acads pick up the pieces as GH-K start to fall apart at the seams |
| 15 | I pick up the scissors because I 'm alone in the shop and if he touches me again he 'll leave without something he came in with , when the bell goes on the door and this other boy in a city suit comes in , boring yuppie sort . |
| 16 | They must spring up the trees as the monkeys are driven into them and they are the ones that usually make the kill . |
| 17 | They also insisted that they would blow up the mines if Ceauşescu tried to force them back to work . |
| 18 | we can blow up the photos if they 're like quite good ones |
| 19 | But because these schemes are more complex , staff at the Ministry of Defence have to draw up the contracts as DoI officials lack the expertise . |
| 20 | Secret You set up the cups as in the diagram : and turn A and B over to get the second position . |
| 21 | Southend then enjoyed a revival but after 63 minutes Malkin could have tied up the points when set up by Aldridge but Sansome made an excellent save . |
| 22 | ‘ I messed around with it and got into this thing of splitting up the amps because I always thought that the guitar was a bit flat in mono . |
| 23 | Every so often the bird readjusts its position by shuffling its wings or tail , stirring up the ants as it does so . |
| 24 | All you had to do was to hold up the negotiations until I got desperate and then bully me into authorizing the Japanese deal on the pretext of raising money to pay for my release ! |
| 25 | As we marched along the docks we gathered up the men until we were some two or three thousand strong . |
| 26 | At the same time she will cut away any straggly shoots or twigs , generally tidying up the vines as she goes along . |
| 27 | This decision — to take up the shares after the issue deadline had passed — became the key point the jury was asked to pass judgment on when charges relating to other aspects of the affair were dropped from the case by the judge in his summing up . |
| 28 | Another set of problems at the level of institutional approval was created for the CNAA by the decision of the University of London to run down its external degrees , and the CNAA 's agreement to take up the reins where possible and appropriate . |
| 29 | They were packing up the stalls when we left , ’ said Ianthe . |
| 30 | I picked up the keys before he could change his mind . |