Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] up the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Overtaking needs a bit more planning , but for those who have long since given up the chase and opted for a more dignified life , this is a lot of car for the money plus a BMW badge to ride behind . |
| 2 | Soldiers had since picked up the habit of wine-drinking in France during the war and upon returning to England had educated the middle classes , further increasing the popularity of Champagne in the immediate post-war years . |
| 3 | But I think they 've more or less given up the ghost . |
| 4 | She had long given up the tussle with French and lapsed into straight English ( which Therese , damn it , was supposed to understand ) . |
| 5 | Lightning suddenly lit up the house , and I saw who it was . |
| 6 | I mean , why have you suddenly brought up the subject of Elise ? ’ |
| 7 | I wondered where you 'd got , we did ring one night couple of weeks ago but we did n't get an answer and I said well I did n't know whether you 'd perhaps popped up the club . |
| 8 | I suppose I 'd better put up the notice . ’ |
| 9 | The Inquisition was an ineffective irritant , slow and erratic in its procedures ; it merely put up the price of books , forcing readers to all sorts of subterfuges in order to consume often out-dated heresies . |
| 10 | The theme of Stalingrad was becoming rapidly a major embarrassment to the propagandists , especially those on the Wehrmacht staff , who had prematurely whipped up the victory atmosphere in September . |
| 11 | Fedelma has only started up the business since beginning the course and has found it a ‘ great practical help ’ . |
| 12 | I have only just plucked up the courage to write to you after a year and a half of reading ZZAP ! |
| 13 | Carrie had already gathered up the baby 's toiletries in her arms and she left the room without answering him . |
| 14 | Plummer finally plucked up the receiver . |
| 15 | As their 35ft yacht , the Blue Doublet , bobbed about on the choppy waters , Commander Tim Laurence finally plucked up the courage to pop the question . |
| 16 | If it was the battery it must have finally given up the ghost , because there was n't even the faintest wheeze or whisper from the starter motor . |
| 17 | ‘ They put a delayed payment on it — and we have just picked up the cheque . ’ |
| 18 | ’ It had just picked up the muzak . |
| 19 | Willie did so and soon picked up the melody until he almost began to enjoy it . |
| 20 | ‘ You just made up the word , ’ he tells me , as if that is forbidden . |
| 21 | I 've only just tidied up the front again last weekend . |
| 22 | Nigel Mansell showed today that he 's still out to win despite having already wrapped up the World Championship . |
| 23 | Nils had already opened up the engine compartment , which was directly below the deckhouse , and he and Iain were sitting on the floor with their legs dangling over the big diesel , going through a list of requirements he had produced . |
| 24 | His brother Donald had already opened up the route to South Africa with his famous Castle Line and occasionally vessels were transferred to supplement the respective fleets . |
| 25 | Well he 's just locked up the car ooh |
| 26 | Shut up in the motor-home with Colin while the mechanics desperately mopped up the mess and changed the fuel bag , Emerson was reasonably sure he would n't be able to race . |
| 27 | When Weissbräu has finally mopped up the market for popular , easily-drinkable wheat beers , it will be glad to have such tasty , characterful brews as a specialist line . |
| 28 | The fizz of 300 sparklers soon lit up the atmosphere , as across the darkened hall wailed the haunting sound of sitar ( played by Sikhs from Britain Sikh Human Rights Movement ) . |
| 29 | Having just mopped up the minority in Siemens-Nixdorf , would Siemens be ready to admit a new investor into the company ? |
| 30 | David Downes ( 1983 ) aptly summed up the irony of ‘ law and order ’ being seen as a Conservative concern , when he called it ‘ theft of an issue ’ . |