Example sentences of "[adv] [vb base] up the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jack walked slowly back up the stairs numb and shivering . |
| 2 | After which , his empty sledge on his back , he would walk and clamber slowly back up the steepness to enter once more into the dripping slate shaft and repeat the exhausting process . |
| 3 | A stunted little boy suddenly starts to shoot up like a weed , a plain adolescent turns into a beauty overnight , and well-preserved middle-aged men who reach sixty still looking forty-five suddenly make up the deficit and more than overtake their age , all in a few months . |
| 4 | But there are substantial legal problems as major financial institutions literally pick up the pieces and look to their future . |
| 5 | Personal allowances , premiums and payments to cover certain housing costs together make up the benefit payment . |
| 6 | We recognize a sign as a set of letters on a page , or an intelligible series of sounds , or an iconic device , and in the same perception we grasp what it stands for : signifier and signified together make up the sign . |
| 7 | Malt , roast and flakes together make up the Guinness grist . |
| 8 | If we could precisely specify and conclusively verify every member of the set of observation statements which together make up the meaning of a non-observation statement , that non-observation statement would , in accordance with the verification principle , have its own determinate meaning and in certain circumstances be determinately true or determinately false . |
| 9 | In S/Z the codes are more like ways of speaking that together make up the discourse . |
| 10 | As always , remember to practise sl-ow-ly at first and only build up the tempo as and when the part begins to feel comfortable . |
| 11 | Loss of skin tone or turgor — gently pinch up the skin which will normally snap straight back into place . |
| 12 | Hebbert and McFall do , Hebbert decided , and he persuaded his partner they could not leave it at that after such a long flog up the mountainside . |
| 13 | Even unravelling the cause can be so time consuming that many managers merely give up the struggle . |
| 14 | As a matter of policy , the tutors seldom intervene , so pass up the opportunity of helping the students learn ; also ( critics say ) much time is wasted in interminable discussion over semantic niceties . |
| 15 | Not knowing more than that , we had a long drive up the Conon before we came on the church — which is sited right below what we thereafter called ‘ The Conon Corbetts ’ . |
| 16 | In plunging breakers the wave front becomes vertical and the crest plunges nearly vertically downwards with far less surge up the beach . |
| 17 | If you use drugs , you will need to consider that drugs can deplete your immune system and so speed up the progression of the illness . |
| 18 | So keep up the heat in your compost heap by covering it with black plastic sheets , old carpets or sacking . |
| 19 | Opulent decors and images only point up the jadedness , and the tale of a deracinated interloper ( Beatrice Dalle ) caught up in family plotting at the chateau turns into a risible cross between Edgar Allan Poe and Homes And Gardens . |
| 20 | Gently turn up the heating , and ensure that they are wrapped up well in light blankets or warmer clothing , and take warm drinks . |
| 21 | The producer , a blase+ young woman , toyed with a lettuce leaf and an olive , but on the rare occasions I am asked out to lunch I generally do without breakfast , so I made up for her and discussed the shooting schedule ( you soon pick up the jargon ) with the director . |
| 22 | And she 'd away back up the way to bed again . |
| 23 | Shrewsbury have got to make sure as much as possible when they do win the ball in the they do n't just smash long balls up , because as l as soon as they do that and as long as they keep doing that , Blackburn just pick up the ball again and keep coming at them , they 've got to try like they did just a few minutes ago , try and play themselves out of defence with nice low passes . |
| 24 | ‘ With friends , you do n't introduce yourself , there 's no need to ring and say ‘ It 's Tessa here ’ , you just pick up the phone and wail : ‘ I threw up last night , ’ or ‘ I ca n't stand it , he has n't called . ’ |
| 25 | Your bill will tell you what band you 're in so if you think you 're entitled to any discounts and these are n't shown on your bill , just pick up the phone and call the Action Team they 'll put you through to someone who knows exactly what street you live in and what tax you should pay . |
| 26 | There 's the call it 's coming in I knew it would work in fact we 'll talk straight away now just come straight through to me O nine O four six four one six four one and there 's another one there so just pick up the phone and hear as we sit and talk and chew the fat and stuff like that hello ? |
| 27 | Why not just pick up the phone and call me ? ’ |
| 28 | Hassle-free shopping … just pick up the phone |
| 29 | say if it was yourself and father who both were n't well , he would , if you just pick up the phone and say , I 'm running short can I have a b b and he , he brings it round , like you know , j j |
| 30 | Just pick up the receiver and get it over with . ’ |