Example sentences of "[vb -s] up the [noun] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To help out , the second player holds up the mirror so that the first player can see his reflection . |
| 2 | Compared with the exchange of data on magnetic tapes , EDI speeds up the process dramatically . |
| 3 | In this way one goes up the scale gradually instead of in leaps as in the centesimal scale . |
| 4 | And the smoke goes up the chimney just the same |
| 5 | And the smoke goes up the chimney just the same . |
| 6 | And the smoke goes up the chimney just the same |
| 7 | But a car battery it stores up the energy so , okay , that produces energy , the fuel , erm what other types of energy have we got now ? |
| 8 | Tim takes up the story thus far . |
| 9 | To lift the patient off the bed onto a chair or commode , one carer takes up the position already described , while the other stands behind the patient on the bed and guides the patient 's seat up and round onto the chair . |
| 10 | If mum takes up the game again , then why not her children in future years ? |
| 11 | But director John Badham keeps up the momentum successfully , carrying the action all the way to an improbably happy end . |
| 12 | GUIL : ( Lifts his foot , squats ; picks up the coin still squatting ; looks up ) You were right — heads . |
| 13 | Hare , a one-time apprentice cricket professional with Notts , a 1985 Lion in New Zealand and Barbarian committee member , picks up the reins reluctantly laid down by Alan Davies after 14 ( unpaid ) years with the club . |
| 14 | She sighs and picks up the envelope again . |
| 15 | ‘ SEEMS LIKE Morrissey himself gives up the songs half-way through when he stops the vocal and uses up the rest of the needletime with yodelling . ’ |
| 16 | This phrase , ‘ you ca n't win really ’ sums up the problem well . |
| 17 | Craig Stadler , as befits someone whose fuse appears permanently primed , sums up the hole more succinctly : ‘ It 's a pain in the ass . ’ |
| 18 | Erikson sums up the situation well : |
| 19 | The man lifts up the woman so that she can wrap her legs round him . |
| 20 | A separate sole plate heats up the steam even more , producing a much more powerful jet . |