Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] up the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I can only pick up the linguistic crumbs . |
| 2 | It was , therefore , with a certain displeasure , that I received , one Friday evening , Nigel 's announcement that he had been sent details of a converted mill in Wales and we 'd better drive up the next morning to take a look at it . |
| 3 | New occasions of conflict were now appearing and would eventually break up the long peace , and as this became clearer so did the essentially competitive nature of the European system . |
| 4 | He would see it through , he would find the Way Out , And he might not even stop at simply escaping ; he might just smash up the whole foul contraption of their testing and imprisonment apparatus — this " life " — while he was about It . |
| 5 | A young , green horse will be weak but if worked correctly will gradually build up the necessary muscle to enable him to perform the required movements . |
| 6 | The learned abbot , Lupus of Ferrières , consoling the layman Einhard on the death of his wife , pointed out that God had allowed Absalom to be killed despite the prayers of David ; and Agobard , archbishop of Lyon , writing against superstition , asked Louis the Pious what use it was to suppose that God would always show up the just in judicial ordeals , when he had allowed Josiah to perish in battle against the Egyptians . |
| 7 | I could hardly walk up the front door . |
| 8 | A quarter of a century later , it is a moment she can still picture in her mind 's eye and she can still summon up the painful feelings of rejection , breach of trust and isolation that the break-up of her parents ’ marriage signified to her . |
| 9 | On such capital-intensive projects , any over-runs can rapidly push up the overall costings . |
| 10 | ( The reader is advised to temporarily cover up the remaining nodes . ) |
| 11 | Co-location of staffs would help to break down barriers between the Services , and the development of tri-Service staffs at lower levels would also build up the necessary expertise . |
| 12 | At the DOS prompt ( > ) pressing F3 will automatically bring up the last line you typed . |
| 13 | You can also step up the feeding rate , but do so gradually and keep a check on your water . |
| 14 | Once the task manager is visible all you can select Tile or Cascade to instantly tidy up the all of the application windows currently open . |
| 15 | They 'd probably end up the best of friends . |
| 16 | The student must also write up the medical history and examination findings and discuss the psychosocial , ethical , legal , and nursing considerations of the patient 's case . |
| 17 | ‘ It will probably open up the whole issue again , ’ he commented . |
| 18 | This will often clear up the particular concern . |
| 19 | Three charges are probably enough for seeing the general trend so we shall now sum up the two partial energies |
| 20 | That would just about sum up the general South African reaction to the record 26–3 defeat by Australia . |
| 21 | So the Tories could still just about end up the biggest party , and we will hear no more about the disastrous campaign . |
| 22 | Pollitt reported in January 1936 : The Central Committee believe that whilst everything possible should be done to support and strengthen the NUWM we must now open up the wider perspective of one united unemployed organisation identified with , and part of , the Trades Councils and the Trade Union Congress . |
| 23 | It will selectively build up the thinned fibres , across which osmotic diffusion will be most rapid . |
| 24 | This would , he thought , assist in deterrence because ‘ in crude , vulgar minds , the seductive picture of a particularly advantageous crime should immediately call up the associated idea of punishment ’ ( Beccaria , 1963 : 57 ) . |
| 25 | Realizing that I may well end up the whipping boy if things go wrong , I attempt , in bankers ' parlance , to ‘ cover my ass ’ . |
| 26 | And unless the city knows that it 's hopeless , they might simply pick up the whole war again . |
| 27 | The spring can then push up the treble end of the check , so that the middle of the check meets the underside of the gap — spacer . |
| 28 | The more successful Du Pont synthetic rubber factory could never mop up the ever-growing pool of surplus labour . |
| 29 | The counsellor should not therefore take up the first issue raised by the counsellees which seems satisfactorily to explain their situation . |