Example sentences of "[vb past] up the [noun pl] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | Taking the roll of plaster from Sophie , Robert placed it in the water , then , pulling the broken limb out straight , he lined up the bones and set the arm . |
| 2 | Before initiating an incident , you weighed up the pros and cons of the costs in time . |
| 3 | I weighed up the pros and cons of doing it , and there were no other pros other than it might be fun . ’ |
| 4 | Eventually , the young officer weighed up the pros and contras and made the correct decision , for him and for yours truly , by delivering us to our front door . |
| 5 | And they put all those factors together and they weighed up the alternatives and you 've heard some of them already . |
| 6 | In Monet 's The Gare Saint-Lazare pigment and cross-section analyses have shown how he built up the layers and how he achieved the dark tones using the bright colours of the impressionist palette ; no black was used . |
| 7 | She phoned up the doctors and said she 'd make an appointment for me . |
| 8 | and er filled up the lamps and all that you know . |
| 9 | came unto the workmen and beat and terrified them , threatening to kill them , if they would not leave their work , threw some of them in the river and kept them under water with long poles , and at several other times , upon the Knelling of a Bell , came to the said works in riotous and warlike manner , divided themselves into companies , to take the workmen and filled up the ditches and drains , made to carry away the water , burned up the working tools and other materials of the Relator and his workmen , and set up poles in the form of gallows , to terrifie the workmen and threatened to break their arms and legs , and beat and hurt many of them and made others flee away , whom they pursued to a town with such terror and threats , that they were forced to guard the town . |
| 10 | Frequency of the trains had been increased but the swollen crowds filled up the tunnels and the escalators at the interchanges . |
| 11 | He took a calculator from his wallet , added up the marks and divided them by 8 . |
| 12 | He went over to the bed , lifted up the skirts and the separate bodice and draped them over his arm , pushing Meredith in front of the ornate Venetian gilt mirror complete with cherubs and vine leaves that occupied a good twenty feet of wall space . |
| 13 | We did it in our style — sped it up , turned up the guitars and rattled it out , ’ Gedge told NME . |
| 14 | He collected up the coins and put them back into his trouser pocket . |
| 15 | As she collected up the plates and covers herself and went without Miss Vine 's twelve p , the face of Timothy Gedge appeared in her mind , causing her to feel sick in the stomach . |
| 16 | She collected up the letters and stuffed them back , higgledy-piggledy , into their brown paper and cardboard nest . |
| 17 | I collected up the pipes and made my way through the trees in the direction of NO. 3 Commando . |
| 18 | Mina piled up the plates and took them outside to wash , and the dog rummaged round the floor in search of bones . |
| 19 | When Sargent covered up the stripes and surface with a transparent film , the moths no longer lined up correctly . |
| 20 | He packed up the mails and er tackled the to have a go . |
| 21 | And she pulled up the weeds and she pulled up the teasels . |
| 22 | Stooping , he grabbed up the letters and stuffed them down behind the chair cushion just as the door opened and his sister walked in . |
| 23 | Feeling the cold more than ever in my nakedness , I had , reluctantly , dismantled a poor looking cloth-bound work titled A Victorian Psalter , scrunched up the pages and stuffed them into the spaces around my body . |
| 24 | Following Fiver , he scrambled up the lumps and shelves of peat to the overhang of gravelly earth and thin grass that topped them . |
| 25 | Eventually the majority of Cook 's excursionists were women ; they climbed the Alps , negotiated glaciers , scrambled up the Pyramids and crossed deserts , dressed always as if they were about to take afternoon tea with the vicar . |
| 26 | They should have rushed back here , started up the engines and dashed out to sea , and we 'd have sent a police launch or the local equivalent of the Customs and Excise after them . ’ |
| 27 | I started up the bagpipes and was soon under way , marching up and down the church hall . |
| 28 | I went up the shops and changed a pound . |
| 29 | Only the young Swede and the attendant took a sympathetic interest and pointed helpfully as I gathered up the meatballs and deposited them in the ashtray . |
| 30 | As soon as he 'd hung up the phone , he gathered up the toys and slung them , Hamleys bag and all , under the bed . |