Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb -s] up the [noun] " 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 | Vivian de Sola Pinto sums up the qualities required of this kind of professional scholar as a capacity for " exact scholarship " , an extensive " knowledge " of language and literature , and — if possible — " the most perfect taste and tact " . |
| 5 | Sir John Rimmer digs up the Presley hoard . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The NHS picks up the tab , ’ he says . |
| 8 | Constantine picks up the thread . |
| 9 | Ken McRobb rounds up the rest of the World Cup news . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | British Mogul Champion Neil Munro sums up the problem . |
| 12 | For example , Chafe sums up the expression of givenness as follows : |
| 13 | Hercules conjures up the image of a weight lifter . |
| 14 | Grant climbs up the aluminium ladder into the crow 's nest and surveys the horizon with binoculars . |
| 15 | A League title and European Cup winner with Aston Villa , Swain takes up the Springfield Park post next Monday . |
| 16 | DELL KEEPS UP THE PRESSURE |
| 17 | Dan Knight takes up the story ‘ We were somewhere over Germany on the way to Berlin , flak was very heavy . |
| 18 | ‘ … 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 . |
| 19 | Kenny sums up the position : |
| 20 | In terms of valuation , Quarto brings up the rear . |
| 21 | Lamborghini 's Diablo brings up the rear with 9 and 14mpg respectively . |
| 22 | Patrick takes up the thread . |
| 23 | Sydney Newman takes up the story : |
| 24 | Colin takes up the story : ‘ I was busy making the display cases at home , whilst John made inquiries regarding tables we could use . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Maria ties up the contents in parcels , and ( I believe ) exposes them on the hillside like unwanted infants . |
| 27 | David Skinner heads up the project team . |
| 28 | Paolozzi takes up the challenge with relish , as he deliberately creates hiatuses and breaks in The Wealth of Nations . |
| 29 | Mrs Carrington takes up the account from the time when her husband was admitted to the intensive care unit . |
| 30 | Vic picks up the receiver . |