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 | Mr Marland wants action to clean up the mess once and for all . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The sounds mingled in her mind with the harsh cries of the birds as she waited for Sybil to pick up the phone again . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | The assumption was that the police had been given enough information to pick up the terrorists quickly . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Smack , smack and you end up going to school to pick up the wreckage anyway . |
| 12 | He is keen to pick up the pieces again . |
| 13 | You may be worrying about such people because you are left to pick up the pieces afterwards . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | The thugs pounced as Tony McLoughlin prepared to open up the school shortly after 7am . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | I want you to draw up the will exactly as I 've said , and let me have it as soon as possible . ’ |
| 19 | The units are small enough to fill up the space almost as a liquid would fill it . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 … ‘ |
| 22 | Cunningham ( 1982 ) reports that if parents decide to give up the baby permanently , it is ‘ for the parents who make it , the right decision , . |
| 23 | She would not be sorry to give up the job there . |
| 24 | He became so desperate at one stage that it crossed his mind to give up the game altogether . |
| 25 | Given that we are attempting to reach the point where the patient no longer benefits from the remedy then it is appropriate to use up the medicine as quickly as possible . |
| 26 | I 've never forgotten the lessons of that night : the abseils from doubtful anchors , my refusal to stop when the torch packed up , our failure to coil up the rope properly , and the lack of faith in our ability to survive a bivouac . |
| 27 | In this , the scene is divided into three sections both horizontally and vertically , and the idea is to line up the shot so that the main features are made to come at the intersections of the imaginary dividing lines . |
| 28 | Then I was taken back home to my mother 's and tried to build up the relationship again . |
| 29 | The prevalent westerly winds on the Norfolk coast are probably of considerable importance in this connection , as once the end of the island starts to recurve , they will tend to build up the laterals roughly at right angles to the main ridge . |
| 30 | ‘ I 'm going to run the business myself , I have plans for paying off the bills of each creditor in instalments and then trying to build up the business again . |