Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] up the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jack walked slowly back up the stairs numb and shivering . |
| 2 | But there are substantial legal problems as major financial institutions literally pick up the pieces and look to their future . |
| 3 | He had foolishly picked up the trolleys from a nearby supermarket and threw them . |
| 4 | It also demands that someone is skilled enough to set up the stylesheets in the first place unless you want to stick with the standard set provided by Xerox . |
| 5 | The claims so built up the expectations for ZETA after the first conference that the subsequent news was perceived as ‘ failure ’ . |
| 6 | If you read again the sections covered by the mnemonic MACRO , you will appreciate that the best effects are produced when you do not merely soak up the words of the textbook author , like some print-absorbing sponge . |
| 7 | Part of the trouble lay in the German command 's ruthless system of keeping divisions in the line over lengthy periods , constantly topping up the losses with new replacements . |
| 8 | The main argument seems to be whether he could morally take up the titles of Head of the Church of England and Defender of the Faith . |
| 9 | The bed was untidy , as though she had merely pulled up the covers . |
| 10 | We need land at our doorstep … if Russia does not want to give it to us , she will force us to undertake an expropriation proceeding , i.e. a war , for which we have long stored up the reasons … |
| 11 | Brundle is , however , merely warming up the brakes and tyres and re-acquainting himself with the lines of his old home track . |
| 12 | Finish off by gently fluffing up the tufts . |
| 13 | On several tables draped with white oil-cloth reposed the battered and bloody remains of what was left of five Chinese bodies , and Fred Peavy , the mortician-embalmer , was apparently trying to piece them together to make up the contents of five plain wooden coffins . |
| 14 | Now that the first batch of boat people has successfully been dispatched , the government intends to move swiftly to step up the deportations . |
| 15 | Doc Threadneedle slowly turned up the lights . |
| 16 | The inspiring influence behind an automatic promotion triumph is determined Boro will not just make up the numbers in the top flight . |
| 17 | and we 've already given up the essentials in your life the two nine one seven per year which of these will be left to be paid ? |
| 18 | She 's just picked up the children from a rendezvous with their father who had an afternoon 's access , and he 'd shouted at her and them in the street and threatened to take the children away . |
| 19 | Just picked up the kids . |
| 20 | Not all the personal pronouns in the Sonnets , of course , are significant of personal relationships , and for this reason it is not enough just to tot up the figures in a computer-made concordance . |
| 21 | One soon picked up the basics . |
| 22 | Just tally up the costs . |
| 23 | WANTED ON VOYAGE WHETHER YOU 'RE SAILING , STROLLING OR JUST SOAKING UP THE RAYS , SUMMER 'S ESSENTIAL DRESSING STARTS HERE |
| 24 | We were just picking up the malai national programme . |
| 25 | On HP the aircraft is yours at once , and once a specified sum has been paid to the finance company , the finance company must go to court to reclaim the balance if you can no longer keep up the payments . |
| 26 | safety candle , but it was very pretty , it 's from Marks & Spencers and she said er your candle has , has just give up the rights of last night . |
| 27 | I wish I could be like you and just give up the Glens for Linfield . |
| 28 | The Christmas tree decorated only with silver stars cut out and bows made out of paper rope , you cut the paper rope and just tie up the bows . |
| 29 | I do n't want him to lean on Jordan at this stage , just open up the possibilities . |
| 30 | Given that it would be unsatisfactory to have a single offence , then the question is how best to divide up the forms and degrees of physical violation and of sexual assault . |