Example sentences of "[vb -s] up [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When God forgives us he tears up our unfavourable information folder . |
| 2 | Sitting in the living room of her Gothic house in Highgate , North London , she holds up her 1991 diary and points to the entry for May 6 . |
| 3 | And so he turns aside under a pine tree , lays his sword and oliphant under him and lies down to die : he makes his confession , holds up his right glove to God and angels come and carry his soul to Paradise . |
| 4 | The meanness of his voice makes it particularly appropriate to his audience , because Bauthumley holds up his own discourse as a model for the voices of those who are normally rendered silent : |
| 5 | ‘ Because I 'm b aadd , ’ he clowns , but them holds up his shaking hand , spreads his fingers and says : ‘ It 's because of this . |
| 6 | This messes up our whole routine , especially when we have to make numerous trips to the pigeon holes to see if the mail has arrived , not to mention putting the post room in a turmoil . |
| 7 | IT INCREASES YOUR METABOLIC RATE — Aerobic exercise such as brisk walking speeds up your metabolic rate . |
| 8 | And that that fills up my hard disk . |
| 9 | The animal gathers up its intended cushion between its chin and chest and then makes its way to the sett , backwards . |
| 10 | The saxophonist is an outstanding musician , and spices up his favoured bop register with exotic touches drawn from swing through to free jazz . |
| 11 | It shows up your receding hairline . ’ |
| 12 | In September 1965 , Walter Legge told readers of Musical America : ‘ The American public will have no idea of Karajan 's full stature as a conductor until it has heard how this Klingsor of operatic conductors conjures up his magic gardens . ’ |
| 13 | The hungry eye hoovers up her stout jugful of brushes , her bottled solvents — xylene , propanol , acetone — her jars of vivacious pigment , her special picture restorer 's cotton wool which with teasing banality turns out to be mere Economy Pleat from Pretty . |
| 14 | Merton here really plays up his loutish commoner pose : the gloomy tabloid man , violently opposed to Hislop 's irritating broadsheet smart alec . |
| 15 | It is a visual equivalent of flowering , she thought , as the last petal jerks back and the calyx lies open , defenceless , the pollen blown , come to its end ; and of the flowering of the body as it lets go , and offers up its clenched treasure , in the rush through narrow flight , in the relief of its settling , falling , dying , coming to its end . |
| 16 | 500 up : A food safety registration scheme in Middlesbrough signs up its 500th customer today Chinese restaurant The Jade Garden . |
| 17 | But the Haig Avenue boss is refusing to take anything for granted as he lines up his first game as a manager in the first round proper . |
| 18 | DISCOVERING plant names is a bonus for Julie Weedon when she opens up her one-acre riverside garden in Goring , Oxfordshire . |
| 19 | and there 'll be talk of another Grand National in Gloucestershire on Sunday when David Nicholson opens up his new stables at Jackdaws Castle for the very first time … they 'll be off and running there at half past ten … and its a sure winner for a good day out |
| 20 | What we see here is some of the work which backs up her important argument ( published elsewhere ) that the popular and fragmented nature of postmodern culture yields itself to a more positive interpretation than most of the pessimistic ( and male ) theorists of postmodernism would have us believe . |
| 21 | They are present before a living organism takes up its physical form and suggest a potential state of the developing system . |
| 22 | She takes up her new duties on May 4 . |
| 23 | Mrs Andrews takes up her new role in August when the present headmistress Dr Carolyn Higginson retires . |
| 24 | The 38-year-old superintendent is married with two young children , and takes up his new post on Monday . |
| 25 | He takes up his new post on Monday 24th May . |
| 26 | Terence Flanagan , who has been principal of the flagship college for the last six years , takes up his new post in September . |
| 27 | He was appointed by postal ballot and takes up his new responsibilities in July . |
| 28 | Murray , who will be closing his own commercial operations when he takes up his new appointment at the beginning of July , faces the daunting challenge of restoring the Fruitmarket 's critical fortunes . |
| 29 | As soon as the female begins to lay , the male leaves her ; he returns to another part of the wood where another female — his first mate — is about to hatch her eggs , and takes up his parental duties . |
| 30 | On the one hand we have Prince Charles and Lady Di encouraging us to do voluntary work , telling us how noble it is and on the other hand we are told it might actually go against us because it takes up our valuable time when we should be looking for work . |