Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb -s] up the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Moving like the late Dick Emery in his ‘ Ooh , you are awful ’ guise , Standerline eats up the role of the camp gay explaining his troubled yet amusing life in brisk gag-heavy declarations . |
2 | The optimised X-Winserver speeds up the performance of X-Windows : DOS and Windows emulation facilities have been built into the kernel . |
3 | In the brief soliloquy following Clarence 's exit Richard keeps up the equivocation : ‘ I will shortly send thy soul to heaven , /If heaven will take the present at our hands ’ ( 119 — 20 ) . |
4 | The loss of McCoist opens up the possibility of Jess playing his first full international from the start , having been used as a substitute against Italy . |
5 | The NHS picks up the tab , ’ he says . |
6 | Constantine picks up the thread . |
7 | Ken McRobb rounds up the rest of the World Cup news . |
8 | With this paragraph in the preface to Newsletter Writing and Production Handbook for the Spirited Journalist , editor Alfonso B Deza sums up the philosophy of the handbook . |
9 | British Mogul Champion Neil Munro sums up the problem . |
10 | For example , Chafe sums up the expression of givenness as follows : |
11 | Hercules conjures up the image of a weight lifter . |
12 | Grant climbs up the aluminium ladder into the crow 's nest and surveys the horizon with binoculars . |
13 | DELL KEEPS UP THE PRESSURE |
14 | Dan Knight takes up the story ‘ We were somewhere over Germany on the way to Berlin , flak was very heavy . |
15 | ‘ … into the last furlong , and the Guppy looks beaten , Breakdancer takes up the running with Prince Charming on the stand side — it looks to be between these two — but now Shine On 's absolutely flying on the outside , a terrific challenge , the three locked together , Breakdancer and Shine On stride for stride , at the line it 's very close but I think it 's shine On who gets it on the nod . |
16 | Kenny sums up the position : |
17 | In terms of valuation , Quarto brings up the rear . |
18 | Lamborghini 's Diablo brings up the rear with 9 and 14mpg respectively . |
19 | Patrick takes up the thread . |
20 | Sydney Newman takes up the story : |
21 | Colin takes up the story : ‘ I was busy making the display cases at home , whilst John made inquiries regarding tables we could use . |
22 | With Mr Merchant 's assistance Stewart opens up the box of chocolates and offers me one with the hand that is n't attached to a pulley and the ceiling . |
23 | David Skinner heads up the project team . |
24 | Paolozzi takes up the challenge with relish , as he deliberately creates hiatuses and breaks in The Wealth of Nations . |
25 | Mrs Carrington takes up the account from the time when her husband was admitted to the intensive care unit . |
26 | Vic picks up the receiver . |
27 | Every day , at 10am , Grachev picks up the telephone to Yeltsin and speaks for five minutes . |
28 | Julian gives up the hunt for that elusive pressing plant |
29 | Bruno leapfrogs up the ladder |
30 | They arrive in Dorset and Kevin sets up the tent , but Sharon has a different idea . |