Example sentences of "[vb pp] up the [noun pl] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Timber which has been properly kiln-seasoned ( which needs expensive kilns and close supervision ) is in no way worse than ‘ naturally ’ seasoned timber and indeed is rather less likely to have picked up the infections of rot during the seasoning process . |
| 2 | The marriage of Louis-Napoleon to Eugénie de Montijo undoubtedly stoked up the fires of her discontent , but the hearth was comfortably alight even before the marriage . |
| 3 | And we have speeded up the benefits of revaluation for those businesses who gain from it . |
| 4 | At two-twenty Minto 's party appeared , saying that the reason for their delay was that Liddiat , the handyman employed by Minto at The Kilns , had pumped up the tyres of the car so hard that it was impossible to drive at more than fifteen miles per hour . |
| 5 | A COMPUTER blip could have messed up the statements of millions of credit card customers , it was revealed last night . |
| 6 | As Peugeot has not pushed up the prices of these new models compared to the old , the PC 553 ERP represents pretty good value for money . |
| 7 | Match fees and bonuses for winning pushed up the wages of the best players , but travel and hotel expenses had to be met out of the £5 or £6 payment for away games . |
| 8 | Having gathered up the elements of his story from Wordsworth and John Cruikshank , Coleridge had , in a week of brilliant creativity , produced not a gothic ballad of the supernatural , but a strange and capacious metaphor of life itself-of man 's lonely voyage on a ‘ wide wide sea ’ , of his struggle with evil , of guilt and imperfect redemption . |
| 9 | With reference to the loss of WF-495 in the Atlantic I can recall some newspaper comment about a fishing boat skipper , whose boat had actually trawled up the remains of one of the crew , returning the body immediately to the deep without much thought for the relatives or friends of the deceased . |
| 10 | But is there not a case for saying that we are currently witnessing the historic counter attack of Christian Democracy , which has summoned up the traditions of Eastern Europe to redress the balance of the West ? |
| 11 | But the ambience called up the shades of Toulouse-Lautrec and Gaugin , and of Mimi , and these began to work their fermentation in my imagination . |
| 12 | When there were no Red Cross parcels at all you began to notice that people sized up the rations of margarine before they helped themselves , and though you despised them for it you were none the less sharp to do it yourself . |
| 13 | Pa has just pulled up the sleeves of his jacket and taken the Monster from Ma . |
| 14 | At about 2.15 , someone from the Cardiff side threw the first stone , then the bricks started flying : if they could n't get at each other on land , then they could always fight a missile war and there was plenty of ammo flying around : the workmen who put the fence in had not swept up the chunks of broken concrete around the supports . |
| 15 | Tony Bell has taken up the reigns of captaincy at Middlesbrough once more . |
| 16 | In fact , Mr Shiratori has been one of Japan 's representative 's on the IASC since 1984 and is well versed in all the issues ; he is also well aware that he has taken up the reins of office at a critical time for the IASC . |
| 17 | These taxes are surely indefensible , because they are not only unproductive to the country , but actually put up the costs of producing our goods and make them less attractively priced for the overseas market . |
| 18 | Officers have dug up the foundations of a garage in Goddard Avenue , Swindon , in a resumed search for Mrs Main . |
| 19 | An aviation archaeologist in Normandy has dug up the remains of what is thought to be a Seafire , naval version of the Spitfire fighter , buried some 20 feet deep in a maize field near Rauville-la-Place . |
| 20 | Keegan has paid up the contracts of Billy Askew , David Keavney , Archie Gourlay , David Robinson and Anth Cole as the first step in a Geordie clear-out . |
| 21 | Suddenly , he stood upright , held out his hands like paws , then bunched up the tails of his huge brown coat in front of his stomach to convey an impression of the kangaroo 's pouch , and began to bounce about the room . |