Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] [verb] up [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Leslie was hurt after racing to back up male colleagues trying to catch the suspect in Wavertree , Liverpool . |
| 2 | I mean holiday prices were , were sort of scheduled to go up this year compared to last year 's , probably sort of eight , nine , ten per cent . |
| 3 | Family members too will have considerable feelings , and this might be an opportunity for a family meeting in the old person 's home , acknowledging the sadness for everybody of having to give up that home , accepting the necessity for more care , and with it the reassurance that the family will be vitally needed for continued regular visiting and involvement . |
| 4 | The energy you use in the process of exercising burns up extra calories and may help to increase your resting metabolic rate . |
| 5 | Many have accused schools of trying to prop up ailing churches and fill empty pews , and Christian teachers in particular have been assumed to be heavily biased , teaching for commitment to their particular brand of religion and intolerant towards other religions and other world views . |
| 6 | We suggest your readership would be better served by some honest and balanced reporting of real issues instead of trying to conjure up imaginary conflict to act as a smokescreen for what is really happening in Wear Valley under the present Liberal administration . |
| 7 | Far from looking at ways of working deep in the dermis , scientists have recently turned their attention to the most superficial layers of the skin , where the tiredness and dullness associated with ageing show up first . |
| 8 | Heath was even led to castigate , in his famous phrase , the ‘ unacceptable face of capitalism ’ , and to berate industrialists for failing to take up industrial investment opportunities . |
| 9 | The polytechnic has also broken new ground in helping to set up this country 's first campus-based radio station — Wear FM . |
| 10 | Naturalists had to fall back on their judgement in family grouping ; and some then and since have followed Adanson , a great French contemporary of Linnaeus , in trying to weigh up all characteristics of an organism instead of taking one or a few as crucial . |
| 11 | That 's not a problem that I can actually deal with er but Wales certainly er you know takes the sort of interest in Europe that we have seen from most of the Conservative speakers er in trying to sum up this debate you have to refer to them er of not being able to show , there 's a definite sort of anti European theme coming through from most of the speakers from the back benches who 've chosen to take part in this debate tonight from the other side and it 's difficulty to avoid summing up the debate without some reference to the points that they have made which is in complete contrast to the attitude that we have erm in Wales er towards Europe and that we are . |
| 12 | Combining the benefits of a budget account with a borrowing facility , the Revolving Budget Account helps to tackle unexpected bills and allows you to buy what you want when you want it without having to set up further loan arrangements . |
| 13 | Milton thought briefly about trying to speed up this self-indulgent narrative and decided to do nothing . |