Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] up some [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Due to a crowded hard disk on my Compaq LTE 286/40 , I decided to back up some of my files ( using the switch/S for subdirectories ) onto 3.5-inch floppies , and delete the directories to create more space . |
| 2 | He took a seat in solemn silence and , uninvited , started to roll up some of the Keraing 's tobacco . |
| 3 | But as she led the way to her car — Harriet had used up some of her precious reserves of petrol for this expedition — there was something about her daughter 's manner that disturbed her . |
| 4 | Unix System Laboratories Inc is now alleging that Berkeley Software Design Inc , the start-up it 's suing for copyright infringement and misappropriating trade secrets ( UX No 392 , 396 , 413 ) , plagiarised Unix line-for-line in portions of its BSD/386 operating system and attempted to cover up some of the copying . |
| 5 | If , for instance , I volunteered to give up some of my bone marrow to save a person suffering from leukaemia , then , so long as my own health was not in danger , there would seem to be nothing wrong with my momentarily relinquishing my autonomy . |
| 6 | I just wanted to bring up some of the underlying reasons for depression , and one of the large things that society is having to address just now is child sexual abuse |