Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] up the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It means that there are holes in the DLV's willingness to connect up the evidence and enforce the conclusions it generates . |
| 2 | Sir [ James ] Stephen added : ‘ The effect of adopting this definition would be to include under one description all the cognate offences which at present make up the crime of theft . |
| 3 | Meanwhile the main path route goes up the valley until sea reappears ( where these two routes merge ) . |
| 4 | Photographs , coloured yarn and a short text made up the rest of the display . |
| 5 | They pause , watching her long walk across the grass , a supplicant walking up the cathedral nave , she has a sense of awe , her hands are cold and damp in spite of the heat . |
| 6 | This problem is common with fine lines when you tie any type of knot which entails pulling the line above the hook to tighten up the knot . |
| 7 | Rachaela had , again , the image of a man in a black cloak walking up the house wall . |
| 8 | Erm I 'm er rising to take the opportunity to sum up the debate er for those of us on this side of the house and to say that on this side of the house we do welcome these orders actually coming through , delayed though they are and er besmirched though they are by the usual examples of government incompetence in failing to send them to the scrutiny committee in the proper manner to allow the usual processes to take place but wi that 's par for the course these days . |
| 9 | At first sight everything seemed normal as boats bobbed at anchor in the little harbour , the wind whipped up the sea , and the mainly farming community attended to early calving . |
| 10 | The first attempt to drive up the cost of travelling by road brought down the government . |
| 11 | The amp 's master volume pot , headphone socket and mains switch make up the remainder of front panel controls . |
| 12 | The snakes and the tardy remedy make up the entirety of God 's response . |
| 13 | Dot spooned up the bottom from where it was cool and milky . |
| 14 | In what seemed to him to be the far distance he could see Mariana and the President climbing up the meadow to meet him . |
| 15 | She wore a pale blue suit , skirt slit up the thigh for combat , and a white blouse . |
| 16 | From having the best midfield in the league it now seems to have gone distinctly limp — what price now Batty ( nice to see Battyburn keeping up the chase ) . |
| 17 | In Western Europe legislators have ceded sweeping powers to make detailed regulations to central government executives , allowing them in effect to write up the law ‘ as they go along ’ in a discretionary way . |
| 18 | HM Inspectorate helped in various ways and Statistics Division of the Scottish Office Education Department drew up the sample of schools at short notice . |
| 19 | Mr Marland wants action to clean up the mess once and for all . |
| 20 | The bank had arranged for a four-wheeler to pick up the messenger , round the back of the building . |
| 21 | The Treasury Select Committee will have fun discussing the precise significance of that measure , which is another attempt to talk up the economy and persuade consumers that it is all right to spend now . |
| 22 | Patrick heard her little car passing up the avenue . |
| 23 | In an attempt to patch up the relationship , she and Gilbey fled to Italy with Diana 's brother , Earl Spencer and his wife , Victoria . |
| 24 | In an attempt to patch up the relationship , Lady Alethea and Gilbey fled to Italy . |
| 25 | In an attempt to patch up the relationship , she and Gilbey fled to Italy with Diana 's brother , Earl Spencer and his wife , Victoria . |
| 26 | The gang abducted the eighteen year old daughter , and forced her at gunpoint to open up the bank in Bloxham where she worked . |
| 27 | Ruth moaned as she staggered out of her bedroom to pick up the phone . |
| 28 | It took the squadron all the remaining hours of daylight to clean up the airfield . |
| 29 | The implementation of the recommendation to set up the Crown Court is recounted in a later chapter , but we should note here the implications for the Lord Chancellor . |
| 30 | Countries bordering the Baltic have agreed , as a result of the summit , to implement an emergency programme to clean up the Sea , with a target of halving the inflow of harmful substances by 1995 . |