Example sentences of "[to-vb] up the [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On this last day I want to sum up the things we have discussed . |
| 2 | Having declared the new music to be — incomprehensible on the basis of traditional aesthetics ' , Nietzsche at once went on to sum up the task he saw before him : " the thing above all is to get beyond Lessing 's Laocoon " . |
| 3 | Neither of those sums of course has to be taken into account in any of the mathematics which now have to be done to total up the awards which I would make . |
| 4 | feeling as it were ready to come up the way you were swallowing it you could feel it . |
| 5 | Jackson Chatterton stirred as though he proposed to clean up the mess himself , but I waved him down and kept my eyes on Rickie . |
| 6 | A project to clean up the Ganges which had started in 1985 had so far cost US$115 million and was due to be completed by the end of 1991 . |
| 7 | As soon as she stopped struggling and stood motionless he let her go and bent to pick up the shoes she 'd dropped . |
| 8 | The principal of the public high school happened to pick up the telephone himself . |
| 9 | Saturday morning , and once again a fair and breezy day , so fair that I decided to give myself a holiday from writing , and go straight after breakfast to pick up the supplies I would need for the weekend . |
| 10 | He bent down to pick up the photograph which was what had fallen . |
| 11 | ‘ What are you doing up here anyway ? ’ he demanded , leaning over to pick up the towel he had left on the seat . |
| 12 | Several contractors have had it and it 's never been right and eventually a few days or weeks later a man comes round to pick up the grass which has already flown everywhere so it 's too late and a wa total waste of money . |
| 13 | He bent to pick up the card he 'd been carrying then scowled at the deserted foyer . |
| 14 | Could my night-time visitor have called in here to pick up the key he had shown me , and left the back door open at the same time ? |
| 15 | She reached down to pick up the sweater she had thrown on to her own oilskins . |
| 16 | And do be careful if you decide to open up the box yourself to have a rummage around . |
| 17 | Since Rita has been sent to Coventry , she has not been told that it is physically possible for her to open up the incubator herself and put her hands in . |
| 18 | If you actually want to set up the society yourself , find ten little friends , come along , ten people giving the number you need to form a society one pound each for membership , I shall give you all the er relevant data and you can start up your side in whatever it be as long as it does n't contravene union policy on sexism , racism etcetera . |
| 19 | So , to cover up the way I truly felt , I tried to alienate you . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ How tactless of me , ’ she said to herself , and to cover up the awkwardness she felt she pointed at the statue . |
| 21 | Unionist reactions were twofold , first to play up the war itself as a unifier of classes , and second to exploit divisions in the Labour movement in the hope of carrying them over into peacetime . |
| 22 | To pile up the runs you must get over 40 with three darts — any excess is added to your score . |
| 23 | There are , of course , all sorts of chandeliers available for traditional rooms in brass , iron , wood , wrought iron and crystal , but again the effect can be enhanced by recessed downlights set in the ceiling to light up the chandelier itself . |
| 24 | The piste groomers work around the clock to grind up the snow which , because it possesses a denser molecular structure than the real thing , compacts easily into ice . |
| 25 | For example in studying the Peasants ' Revolt of 1381 the analysis of the causes is further refined by their division into long-term causes and short-term causes : To encourage the analysis of evidence pupils must be asked to weigh up the sources which may contradict one another . |
| 26 | It 's impossible to generalise and it 's up to each farmer to weigh up the options which suit him best . |
| 27 | We had to weigh up the bid which the managers put forward against outside bids and they 're never in exactly the same terms . |
| 28 | Mr Clarke has to weigh up the strains which would be caused in our nation by admitting more refugees . |
| 29 | All I 'm asking is that you take time to weigh up the deal I 'm offering and — Do you have a licence ? ’ |
| 30 | But this depends in practice , even though not in theory , on the current aggregate value of property transactions ; and the conveyancing monopoly is under attack from non-solicitor conveyancing firms ( who use a solicitor only to draw up the conveyance itself ) . |