Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] [vb pp] up the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Heat usually lost up the chimney is recovered and passes back into the room ; in fact , some models claim to increase efficiency by about 40 per cent . |
| 2 | Follow the ditch towards the wall which is crossed by a stile and then bear diagonally left up the field . |
| 3 | and we 've already given up the essentials in your life the two nine one seven per year which of these will be left to be paid ? |
| 4 | I 've not fixed up the date yet . |
| 5 | erm This has a knock-on effect insofar as if they 've once given up the physical sciences , then it means that they 've given up all hopes , when they leave school , of following a , a job or a profession , of courses in further or higher education , in technological , engineering subjects . |
| 6 | And it 's carried over our list , so we 've actually picked up the seven two O five now as single source . |
| 7 | because you can go down in your first line move to the first letter o , after the number , hit the tab key and you 've actually lined up the first line along with the rest of your paragraph . |
| 8 | We need land at our doorstep … if Russia does not want to give it to us , she will force us to undertake an expropriation proceeding , i.e. a war , for which we have long stored up the reasons … |
| 9 | Djaimin and Mike tour here this month and have already lined up the follow-up , ‘ She 's Ga Ga ’ , for Strictly Rhythm . |
| 10 | You will appreciate that as Chairman I have not given up the fight to get as much financial aid and help as is possible to keep our heads above water ; we must fight to keep all that we hold dear and promote the Medau that we all benefit from both in health and fitness , and as teachers , financially . |
| 11 | Meanwhile New Scientist understands that ministers have not taken up the offer of the Greenfield committee to hold further meetings to consider the issues of generic drugs further . |
| 12 | So far — perhaps because of difficulty in finding a sufficiently masochistic emissary — the Americans have not taken up the suggestion . |
| 13 | ‘ They put a delayed payment on it — and we have just picked up the cheque . ’ |
| 14 | But still , the great majority of posts are held by the sort of steady chaps who have always made up the Great and Good . |
| 15 | This may all seem trivial , but I wonder how many fishkeepers have possibly given up the hobby at an early stage because they were unaware their fish were dying from nothing more sinister than overfeeding with resultant ammonia/nitrite stress — and nobody told them . |
| 16 | Then , later on , when you have both built up the small-animal side , she could have a share of the profits . ’ |
| 17 | The NUS and several other student unions have also taken up the campaign and it is hoped that the campaign will extend beyond the student movement to trade unions and women 's groups . |
| 18 | I 've placed the background as an event , and have also loaded up the big trees as an actor . |
| 19 | Katz also pushed up the bidding on a finely carved and drilled colossal marble bust of Lucius Verus ( lot 84 ) , attributed during the viewing to Carlo Albacini , which sold for £45,000 ( $72,000 , est. £8,000–10,000 ) . |
| 20 | She 's cut taxes , she 's made concessions and somehow the British people simply have n't picked up the ball and run with it . |
| 21 | ‘ Well , they have n't linked up the three incidents . |
| 22 | The song is , it appears , about the lack of sex education in schools , a subject which we at Public NME feel is indeed worthy of airing , and what a shame more of our nation 's pop stars have n't taken up the musical cudgel , so to speak . |
| 23 | If my son and my daughter have n't taken up the same interest in art that I have , I see no reason that they should have , and I see no reason to tell them they ought to study this or they ought to do that . |
| 24 | It can be argued that mass communications have simply speeded up the whole process of change enormously , rather than imposed a massive and rigid uniformity . |
| 25 | In contrast , the utility-based argument associated with Buchanan ( 1958 ) does not quarrel with when the resources are used but rather points to the fact that debt-holders have voluntarily taken up the debt and are being compensated for decreased present consumption by the enhanced future consumption that interest and repayment will allow , and hence are not made worse off . |
| 26 | as if to prove it , our green-fingered experts have again picked up the top prizes in Aberdeen district council 's gardening competition . |
| 27 | Engineers have recently scaled up the process to separate at a rate of a few milligrams per hour . |
| 28 | ‘ I 've put it on the back burner , but have never given up the long-term goal of going round the world by sailboat . |