Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [verb] up the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her dark-brown skin picked up the deadening light inside the train and reflected it strangely so that her face looked almost silver . |
| 2 | But the wind was behind me and each wave picked up the boat and surged her ahead , so that I tied up at the pier some fifteen hours after I had left , a little tired but satisfied that another small gap in our knowledge of birds had been filled . |
| 3 | Made a vain attempt to tidy up the room , which was already looking like a heavy-metal combat zone , and took himself off for a shower . |
| 4 | All this was particularly noticeable in the summer of 1992 when billions of pounds ( some say as much as £20 billion ) of foreign reserves ( £7.2 billion of which had been especially borrowed for the purpose ) were spent by the Bank of England in a vain attempt to prop up the exchange value of sterling . |
| 5 | MR SMITH savaged the Tories for wasting £1 billion in their failed bid to prop up the pound on Black Wednesday . |
| 6 | Main picture : The uncluttered bedroom sums up the atmosphere of the house |
| 7 | ‘ What we wanted to tell you , ’ she continued , ‘ was that we'se goin' up the woods on Saturdee and we was wonderin' if you 'd come with us like . ’ |
| 8 | The snakes and the tardy remedy make up the entirety of God 's response . |
| 9 | Exhibition-train revenue makes up the final 4 per cent . |
| 10 | Mr Lamont 's squandering of £1 billion in his vain bid to prop up the pound has not helped . |
| 11 | Success came when he defeated the SDP in 1987 by a slim majority to take up the Stockton South seat . |
| 12 | In 1812 Cuvier used this technique to break up the chain of being . |
| 13 | Reports were carried by Agence-France Presse on May 1 of heavy fighting around Saa'da involving Moslem tribes opposed to unity , and by the UK newspaper the Independent on May 12 suggesting that Saudi Arabia was fomenting this resistance to hold up the unity process [ but see p. 37266 for official Saudi position welcoming unification ] . |
| 14 | Another flash lit up the sky . |
| 15 | The establishment of English Heritage opened up the possibility of a second refuge for endangered houses , capable — at least in theory — of taking houses on without the massive endowments required by the National Trust . |
| 16 | This theoretical framework opens up the possibility of analysing the process of technical change in a dynamic disequilibrium context and of integrating work in economics , management and technology . |
| 17 | Indeed , the other EC countries put little pressure on the British delegation to speed up the ERM process , concluding that the time for concessions to Mrs Thatcher 's doubts was now over . |
| 18 | Indeed , the other EC countries put little pressure on the British delegation to speed up the ERM process , concluding that the time for concessions to Mrs Thatcher 's doubts was now over . |
| 19 | This chapter takes up the theme of industrial determination introduced in relation to the Northern Region in Chapter 3 . |
| 20 | The first section of this chapter sums up the differences which have emerged between legacies and trusts in the course of this book , and goes on to consider whether or how far or in what sense classical law can be said to have reached a fusion of legacy and trust . |
| 21 | The Treasury Select Committee will have fun discussing the precise significance of that measure , which is another attempt to talk up the economy and persuade consumers that it is all right to spend now . |
| 22 | The Comintern , completely disregarding their past policy , called upon " all Communist Parties to make yet another attempt to set up the united front of struggle with the social democratic workers through the medium of the social democratic parties " . |
| 23 | ‘ And what 's to stop this dame tanking up the deal later ? |
| 24 | It would require suicidal altruism to take up the cudgels for the Palestinians . |
| 25 | Now , what we 'll need to get you doing , is some exercise to strengthen up the muscle across there . |
| 26 | The old lady picked up the glass and pulled a face . |
| 27 | The Minister 's attitude reveals a clear determination to break up the system of comprehensive education in this country and replace it with something different . |
| 28 | And usually a loaf of fresh bread to make up the weight . |
| 29 | This picture sums up the Falklands campaign . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ This picture sums up the film . |