Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb -s] up [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Coyle signs up another Scot |
| 2 | From time to time , following a particularly embarrassing CIA fiasco , the American president plucks up enough courage to clip its wings . |
| 3 | The wind picks up some snow , or it is snowing gently , as I snow hook the dogs to sort her out . |
| 4 | The Rock picks up several points made in earlier Criterion commentaries . |
| 5 | While the typology sets up these principles , only a commentary can be faithful to them and maintain the text 's plurality . |
| 6 | For those whose fingers ca n't forget 1-2-3 for DOS , pressing the / key pops up this imitation of the original Lotus menu system |
| 7 | In the resulting breed , the body is covered with a short , soft down in place of the usual fur and as the cat grows up this down persists only on the extremities . |
| 8 | Explain that this is because ice takes up more space than the water that froze to make it . |
| 9 | ‘ The sun comes up each morning , the Pope 's a Catholic , and Donna Fratelli 's still sticking her nose into other people 's business . ’ |
| 10 | Thus , the decision as to whether a file takes up more space in serial or inverted form depends on the ratio of the size of the key and the data items . |
| 11 | ‘ Rock'n'roll opens up these floodgates , ’ she insists . |
| 12 | Participative — the leader gives up some power and authority to subordinates . |
| 13 | There must be a facility whereby , when the user calls up any OED entry , the corresponding Supplement entry is automatically called up with it , and vice versa . |
| 14 | The head picks up some papers . |
| 15 | Their golden colour brightens up many gardens and parks . |
| 16 | Finn 's father turns up this time , takes him away , locks him up and beats him . |
| 17 | Not every woman takes up that challenge . |
| 18 | The fact that the collection takes up some 8M of disk space may also be regarded as something of a stumbling block … |
| 19 | Well you know where the , th there 's an old road goes up this way . |
| 20 | Recent research in tumour promotion backs up this objection . |
| 21 | And Scott the rapier-slim rapper backs up this message by practising what he preaches . |
| 22 | Takes , this song takes up that theme that Jesus introduces to his disciples about a harvest being ready . |
| 23 | Making love burns up more calories than playing golf and not that many fewer than throwing a frisbee . |
| 24 | Old Spannerbreaker picks up another award for his moody performance in a series of popular ads . |
| 25 | The state 's version of ‘ I do n't know what you do all day , dear ’ is to ignore what women do all day until they do n't ; then the state puts up some money . |
| 26 | The system picks up these sorts of problems straightaway . ’ |
| 27 | Goodfellow sums up this area of law . |