Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] [verb] up [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | DOES MENTAL EXERCISE OR STRESS BURN UP CALORIES |
| 2 | We all know how the smell of such and such a flower or soap or tree conjures up memories of an incident in our past life . |
| 3 | Departure timings advertised in this brochure for departures from London ( T.C.I. ) or Freelink pick up points are approximate . |
| 4 | News of the negotiations pushed Cable & Wireless shares up 29p to 548p on the stock market in London . |
| 5 | ‘ An advance guard of hundreds of men , with bulldozers , mechanical shovels , tractors and lorries has for months been scarring the lowlands , daubing the green acres with splashes of grey clay and red earth in a mariner unseen since Beaker Folk raised their burial mounds or Saxons threw up ramparts on surrounding hills . |
| 6 | Doody notes that Leapor picks up Swift 's characters or anti-characters and turns them to her own purposes . |
| 7 | ‘ It 's been the experience of my chums that offspring break up marriages . |
| 8 | Yet if he has watched Eastern Europe closely he will have seen that , however the transition begins , be it by round table , coalition government or free election , once Communists give up part of their power they quickly end up losing it all . |
| 9 | It may well have been with mixed feelings that Hamilton gave up Painshill and its burdens after some thirty-five years . |
| 10 | There was still an infinity of possible circular orbits so Bohr summoned up Planck to his aid to choose among them . |
| 11 | The borough council has earmarked more than £80,000 to spruce up properties on Newport Road , opposite the bus station . |
| 12 | In one respect the local political structure in Clermont was relatively simple : although Theuderic mounted a raid on the Auvergne , and although Chramn took up residence in the district , for the most part the civitas was not of great interest to the Merovingian kings . |
| 13 | Last week their friends and relatives staged a demonstration alleging that police covered up evidence that would have supported that claim . |
| 14 | In 1989 , some 16% or 900 of the Polytechnique 's 5,000 students were female , of which Nathalie Provost was one , although women made up 56% of the student body of the University at large . |
| 15 | I think I heard that White set up Jamie 's first goal , any details about the second ? |
| 16 | I think I heard that White set up Jamie 's first goal , any details about the second ? |
| 17 | They knew that palladium soaks up deuterium ( a form of hydrogen found in heavy water ) like a sponge soaks up water , an electrical current from a battery forcing the deuterium atoms out from a solution of heavy water and into the spaces between the palladium atoms . |
| 18 | In Europe , it used to be believed that devils took up residence inside pigs by entering through a tiny hole in the forefoot . |
| 19 | In all over 60 parties and groups put up candidates . |
| 20 | Hardly earth-shattering stuff , but it was thought to have been a gaffe , and interviewers clock up politicians ' gaffes the way fur-traders hang up the tails of skunks . |
| 21 | Press with the thumbs and fingers to scoop up flesh , squeeze gently but firmly , and slowly release . |
| 22 | And Dean set up ATP with backing from RKO , although he was to be rapidly disappointed in his expectation that the company would provide him both with technical expertise and favourable distribution in the US . |
| 23 | A large carafe of wine was on their table and Andrée filled up Flavia 's glass from time to time . |
| 24 | The country 's farm-workers and labourers make up 17% of the population , yet they are ignored by the mass media . |
| 25 | ‘ I am responsible , ’ she thought as they sat in the train and Victoria pulled up seat cushions to see what lay beneath them and Jonathon studied a diagram of the rigging on a schooner . |
| 26 | Accidents and vandalism make up 25pc of claims for loss of use of the vehicle . ’ |
| 27 | Kelly and Forrester picked up knocks on Saturday but are both expected to be fit for Battyburn . |
| 28 | Mulford said that about $6,700 million of the pledged aid had already been disbursed , mostly to front-line states , and he appealed to Japan and Germany to speed up payments . |
| 29 | Both Hanger and Leeman broke up heads with the Stanley skip being obliged to do so more often — largely due to the continuing accuracy of Harrington , the Brackley No 2 . |
| 30 | Rose , Victorine , Thérèse and Léonie pulled up chairs to the kitchen table and set to . |