Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] up [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was n't nothing wrong with it — it was just a little bashed up on one end , that 's all . |
| 2 | The seagulls have long since given up on this ferry . |
| 3 | Some redistribution had occurred between 1938 and 1949 , but if one ignores the top 1 per cent of income earners , there had been little change up to 1979 . |
| 4 | It would be like a strong wind tearing into the warmth , ripping the fabric of the old rugs , overturning the lamps , plucking loose all the hair so skilfully wound up into neat and careful buns , unravelling her mother 's dainty stitches , unravelling her mother . |
| 5 | The answer is you do , providing it is n't wild and wet , but then little stands up to that . |
| 6 | He was eventually picked up by another driver . |
| 7 | In the 18th and 19th centuries , they defended their great overseas empire against pirates , using ships large enough to carry up to 80 cannon . |
| 8 | Suspension : If dirt was merely broken up into small particles cleaning would not necessarily be able to take place as there would be nothing to prevent the dirt reforming and re-attaching to a surface . |
| 9 | Keep both legs taut and straight and gently push up with both arms . |
| 10 | One area of child development that the child psychiatrists appeared to have made passably tidy , has been somewhat roughed up by ethological methods over recent years . |
| 11 | I think legislation is merely catching up on some policies . |
| 12 | ‘ I can see the point he was trying to make — the Pallas ' Sandgrouse only turns up in this country once every 10 or 20 years . |
| 13 | His physical presence was all mixed up with muddy tracks , overgrown woodland paths , rain and barbed wire fences and glasses of beer in steamy pubs . |
| 14 | The British Empire and the United States will have to be somewhat mixed up in some of their affairs for mutual and general advantage . |
| 15 | musicians can only count up to four . |
| 16 | All you have to do is to be brave enough to stand up to those putting pressure on you or taking advantage of your desire to keep everyone happy . |
| 17 | In particular , prices for drawings from the Low Countries were stagnant ( and thus decreased in real terms ) until 1986 , they soared in 1987 but not enough to catch up with French and Italian . |
| 18 | Do n't get so caught up in this fantasy that you miss all the opportunities the real world has to offer . |
| 19 | It must be odd , she thought , for a stranger to be suddenly caught up in these life or death struggles . |
| 20 | However even with nine representatives of British industry on the working party , the report only came up with two specific problems . |
| 21 | These tracks are also extendible and can be purchased in two diameters , 25mm ( 1in ) and 35mm ( 1 ⅜in ) and span up to 609cm ( 20ft ) although some of the narrower types only span up to 381 cm ( 12ft 6in ) . |
| 22 | Okay what what do you think now you 're you 're you 're you 're a hairdresser of some standing in London , why do you think that men get so hung up about all of this kind of hair ? |
| 23 | things like that , and we also , I think this year we ought to send Sid one because he came up with ten litres of five each of them boxes so came up with ten litres of wine . |
| 24 | Keith Richards tells with a mixture of jealousy and amazement the story that the guitar classes John Lee conducts at home are entirely made up of young girls . |
| 25 | In Britain , it is almost entirely made up of upper-middle class , late-middle aged , white men . |
| 26 | In fact atoms are almost entirely made up of free space . |
| 27 | ‘ I was just so fed up with all the internal politics . |
| 28 | I usually call myself half German because people get so fed up with all the Germans who say they 're Austrian . ’ |
| 29 | We can only collect up to 2 sacks each week from your house . |
| 30 | Although nothing was especially valuable , we had all grown up in that house and these things had special associations . |