Example sentences of "[vb -s] [to-vb] up the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She has to carry up the children , her shopping and any other goods coming into the household . |
| 2 | ‘ I had hoped that I might be able to find you some accommodation around here , but apparently it 's the duty of your local council in London to rehouse you and nobody else wants to pick up the bill . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Someone always has to pick up the bill . ’ |
| 4 | What I , I intend to do is to , I think it would be unfortunate if , as the result of a major development which is actually funding this new junction , the County Council then has to pick up the bill for other ameliorating effects a little bit further on the network . |
| 5 | However , she just has to pick up the phone and a friendly voice at The Wool Shop is always there to help . |
| 6 | John Cleese wants to clean up the town — and he 's as good a sheriff as we 've got . |
| 7 | Congestive headache worse ( < ) stooping , lying down ; wants to wrap up the head . |
| 8 | The City loves to play up the fact that even the giant ogre , Deutsche Bank , came to London to buy its merchant banking arm , Morgan Grenfell . |
| 9 | If ivy starts to grow up the trunk of a tree with attractive bark , it may be worth removing the ivy , but only to preserve the appearance of the tree , not its state of health . |
| 10 | He has to weigh up the possibility of a conviction for something , as opposed to the accused walking free . |
| 11 | The Bosnia Aid Committee of Oxford has to weigh up the risks and the costs of each convoy . |
| 12 | Mr Clarke has to weigh up the strains which would be caused in our nation by admitting more refugees . |
| 13 | Each assistant/checkout operator has to cash up the contents of the till . |
| 14 | So impressed was the forward-thinking Murray with the two games against Leeds that he wants to speed up the introduction of a British Cup . |
| 15 | The government wants to speed up the vetting of new materials in dentistry . |
| 16 | These are mixes which are designed for the horse owner who still wants to feed traditionally ie oats etc , but wants to make up the deficiencies with a specific mix . |
| 17 | It would require two million for the costs to be covered , so the Spanish government has to make up the shortfall . |
| 18 | ‘ The county council has to make up the remainder but it has already limited the amount it intends to spend . ’ |
| 19 | Someone starts to wind up the pace . |
| 20 | Following a critical report about screening , the Imperial Cancer Research Fund plans to tighten up the programme to catch victims earlier — saving up to 1,000 women a year . |
| 21 | She stoops to pick up the leaves , then drops them as ( by a cut ) they transform into a knife . |
| 22 | The EPA also plans to speed up the selection of clean-up strategies and to standardise methods for eliminating toxic waste . |
| 23 | Tindal C.J. in that case gave as examples of permissible retaking by A from the land of an innocent person , C , ( a ) where the goods have come there by accident ; ( b ) where they have been feloniously taken by B and A follows them to C's land ; ( c ) where C refuses to deliver up the goods or to make any answer to A's demand for them . |
| 24 | In Moonraker , beautiful specimens queue to join Sir Hugo Drax 's space stud farm , unconcerned that he plans to blow up the world . |
| 25 | In what was in effect a mini-budget , Wilson announced on Dec. 19 , 1989 , a reduction in the proposed GST from 9 per cent to 7 per cent but announced further measures to make up the revenue loss . |
| 26 | He said the council intends to tighten up the by-law on dog fouling making it an offence for owners not to clear up after their dogs . |
| 27 | This is partly because the word itself tends to conjure up the picture of performing some type of vigorous sport . |
| 28 | The two sentences are not ‘ equivalents ’ of each other , but they are quoted here to show that , in spite of the fact that the last mention of the particular participant being traced is by pronominal reference in the English version and by a proper noun in the Portuguese version , English still prefers to pick up the reference in the new paragraph by means of a pronoun while Portuguese prefers lexical repetition . |
| 29 | Brazil 's Environment Secretary , Flavio Perri , has announced that the government intends to open up the Amazon to economic exploitation in a " sustainable , nondestructive way " and that cattle-raising , mining and agriculture would all be considered . |
| 30 | In his programme article for that Leicester v England match , Tony Russ of Leicester predicted that the new law , which intends to free up the game and lessen the effect of kicking , would have the opposite effect . |