Example sentences of "[verb] up the [adj] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | I used up the last of the film and we headed towards the airfield . |
| 2 | ‘ You look quite strong , ’ she said , picking up the largest of the suitcases and dragging it up the stairs . |
| 3 | The last straw was located about 10 or 15ft from safety , at which handholds seemed to disappear altogether and aching feet were scrunched up the tiniest of ripples . |
| 4 | It is surely rather a lot to ask an alien species , perhaps 50 light-years away , to pick up the faintest of traces and then instantly respond . |
| 5 | Its primary function is to sharpen up the best of good practice . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ M'm-h 'm , ’ I said , cleaning up the last of the stew . |
| 7 | She tried to hold up her long skirts with her free hand , grateful for the moment to the intermittent lightning which showed up the worst of the puddles ahead . |
| 8 | I was n't being good about it any more ; it was as if the effort of getting upstairs had used up the last of my good behaviour . |
| 9 | The new cross was made by a specialist team of cathedral stone masons and has used up the last of the cathedral 's restoration fund . |
| 10 | Gathering up the last of the cuttings , she locked them in her briefcase , then looked round , too restless and on edge to relax . |
| 11 | Here Gehlen collected up the thousands of spools of microfilm that over the years he had painstakingly amassed as part of his record of Russian intelligence . |
| 12 | He was slapping about with a dustpan and brush , getting up the worst of the spilled coffee and other foods . |
| 13 | Coming up the best of the action from the Endsleigh Insurance League , we start at Molyneux it 's Wolves and Stoke City , Phil the reporter . |
| 14 | In a bid to boost environmentally-friendly tourism , the Broads Authority and Eastern Electricity have set up the first of a series of recharging points for electric boats on the northern rivers of the Broads . |
| 15 | It had been Kurt who had set up the dozens of licensing deals for menswear and toiletries , bedlinen and beachwear , soft furnishings and costume jewellery , all bearing the name of Hugo Varna , which had not only saved him from bankruptcy but also made him his first million . |
| 16 | Once the task manager is visible all you can select Tile or Cascade to instantly tidy up the all of the application windows currently open . |
| 17 | Leaving the heat and the nearly finished bridehouse , I returned to soak up the last of a cool , green English summer . |
| 18 | It is time we took up the second of my headings , language as screen . |
| 19 | With a sigh , and a glance of regret at the clear , bright day outside , he settled down in his chair and took up the first of the tomes . |
| 20 | Gavin , with an innocent air , carefully scraped up the worst of the burned shell from the stewpot , but then saw Luch watching ; somehow he found himself dropping the charred scraps into the fire , and ladling out some better meat . |
| 21 | They 'd probably end up the best of friends . |
| 22 | The man had his back to her until he stopped to lift up the smaller of the two girls . |
| 23 | Lord Gnome 's Complete Fib and Lie Diet ( Corgi , £4.99 ) serves up the best of Private Eye 's recent offerings , and Ned Sherrin 's Loose nEds ( Coronet , £3.99 ) , provides sparkling ‘ jottings from a fractured life ’ in his own inimitable , witty style . |
| 24 | The light from the kitchen window was showing up the faintest of impressions on the paper , and Doyle picked up the pad and examined it more closely . |
| 25 | His most productive bowling season was 1952 , when he chalked up the first of his five successive championships . |
| 26 | She thought of Jonathan , but decided that she must have been too angry and hurt , because she could only manage to summon up the blurriest of images of him . |
| 27 | Kane lifts up the galley-proof of a newspaper bill reading ‘ Kane Elected ! ’ and drops it , then lifts up another : ‘ Fraud at Polls ! ’ |
| 28 | Granny picked up the last of the things they had cleared out of the cupboards and looked at it . |
| 29 | With the right choice of shrubs and plants , you can brighten up the shadiest of corners |
| 30 | Which brings up the second of those two Greek imbalances — the potentially fatal one . |