Example sentences of "[to-vb] up the [noun] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To sum up the position so far : expenditure on the health services has increased substantially since the last war and with it the volume , range and quality of the health services . |
| 2 | Morton 's controversial final chapter is only a few thousand words long and attempts to sum up the marriage now but TODAY has discovered new revelations showing how close Diana came to walking out — and still might . |
| 3 | Even before the debate took place , The Times was able to sum up the situation accurately : |
| 4 | And Stefan , try to write up the Luxembourg so that the emphasis is on that and it detracts from the fact that we 're resurrecting those three tired old numbers we 've so often done before . |
| 5 | At the slightest sign of disturbance , the termites drum out a warning on the earth , which causes the whole foraging party to disappear up the tunnels back to the nest . |
| 6 | He 'd never once forgotten to lock up the hens when she 'd asked him . |
| 7 | Mr Marland wants action to clean up the mess once and for all . |
| 8 | Ana seemed to pick up the vibes very quickly and tagged along with Mitch , laughing at his humour , turning her head from time to time in Maggie 's direction as if she could hear steam coming from her ears . |
| 9 | The sounds mingled in her mind with the harsh cries of the birds as she waited for Sybil to pick up the phone again . |
| 10 | From the Brigadier 's office the Captain telephoned Maxwell at the Excelsior , sending Bacci through to the communicating duty room to pick up the phone there . |
| 11 | The assumption was that the police had been given enough information to pick up the terrorists quickly . |
| 12 | As this trip was taking much longer than planned , due to many orbits and several beautiful parts of the coastline flown as slowly as possible , we expedited lunch , and were soon airborne heading north to pick up the coast again . |
| 13 | Smack , smack and you end up going to school to pick up the wreckage anyway . |
| 14 | It was Mellor , as junior Home Office Minister , who was left by Mrs Thatcher to pick up the pieces when the last government went badly over the top in its determination to reshape television by deregulation , irrespective of quality . |
| 15 | A particular type of credit and money-management education is that needed for the people who unfortunately have to pick up the pieces when consumers get into difficulties over credit use : consumer and community advisers , citizens ' advice bureaux staff , social workers , even probation officers . |
| 16 | GPs also complain , quite rightly , that hospital staff making , for example , discharge plans for a group of patients to a new home or hostel sometimes neglect to discuss the plans with the primary care team — normally the local general practice together with its team of doctors , nurses and other specialists — yet expect the GPs to pick up the pieces when something goes wrong . |
| 17 | Niall might be free as far as the law was concerned , but he had been the injured party , the one left to pick up the pieces when the woman he must have loved walked out . |
| 18 | He is keen to pick up the pieces again . |
| 19 | You may be worrying about such people because you are left to pick up the pieces afterwards . |
| 20 | The separation of to and the infinitive by introducing an adverb or phrase : I want you to gently pick up the box instead of I want you to pick up the box gently . |
| 21 | The thugs pounced as Tony McLoughlin prepared to open up the school shortly after 7am . |
| 22 | The initiative to set up the relationship often comes from the client though , at times , this is difficult because he has to approach someone in a very different social position . |
| 23 | It is so frustrating to consider a sample to be exactly what you are looking for and then need to set up the card again to discover just how you arrived at it , while labelling as you go is only the work of a moment . |
| 24 | Yet , as we shall see , what individuals choose to censor has an important impact , because the individuals not only cover up that they are censoring something they also strive to cover up the cover up . |
| 25 | This is easy to do but please do not try to hurry up the process up as ‘ slow and steady ’ seems to give the best results and takes less time than trying to hurry . |
| 26 | I want you to draw up the will exactly as I 've said , and let me have it as soon as possible . ’ |
| 27 | The units are small enough to fill up the space almost as a liquid would fill it . |
| 28 | Momentarily undecided as to whether to go on looking or to give up the chase there and then , her eyes lingered on the stranger 's face , and for a heart-beat , or less , his features blurred , and in their flux , caught as if by the sun off a wing in the stratosphere , she saw Gentle , his hair swept back from his high forehead , his grey eyes all yearning , his mouth , which she 'd not known she missed till now , ready to break into a smile . |
| 29 | When my injured back threatened to give up the ghost completely after 17 steady miles , I could n't have bought more encouragement and warmth from the people of Harlem and the Bronx who spotted the slogan on my T-shirt and never stopped yelling ‘ All the way , Linda , looking good Liverpool maternity hospitals , you can do it , go … ‘ |
| 30 | Cunningham ( 1982 ) reports that if parents decide to give up the baby permanently , it is ‘ for the parents who make it , the right decision , . |