Example sentences of "[to-vb] up [pos pn] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The prosecution was allowed to sum up its evidence in secret hearing as part of it had been given in camera . |
| 2 | Winston Churchill was to sum up his appraisal in a contemptuous phrase : ‘ He came , he saw , he capitulated . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ If you had to sum up our philosophy in a few words , it would be : ‘ Do as you would be done by ’ , ’ says Margaret . |
| 4 | Prom there he was to work up his cover as a rubber man and make the contacts that would get him into Germany . |
| 5 | Today 's issue is perhaps a landmark of sorts , the 400th issue of Unigram.X to roll off the presses ( or to scroll up your screen for electronic subscribers ) . |
| 6 | Admiral Scowcroft 's visit at the head of a senior delegation including the Deputy Secretary of State , Mr Lawrence Eagleburger , seemed to offer China 's leadership a face saving way to patch up its rift with Washington , with whom China 's relations have been at their lowest ebb since Mr Nixon 's trail-blazing 1972 trip to Beijing . |
| 7 | It 's the 5th time in 4 years that Margaret Jebbit has had to clean up her kitchen after flooding . |
| 8 | DIESEL fuel needs a new PR agent to clean up its image in the minds of the public if it is to take its place as the efficient , environmental fuel of the future that many would like it to be . |
| 9 | He never got to clean up his act at the Betty Ford Clinic then bore us all stupid with tales of his past self-abuse . |
| 10 | SOCCER bad boy Ian Jolosa , who was ordered by a judge to clean up his act by watching Gary Lineker videos , has been banned from the game for three years . |
| 11 | FOOTBALL ‘ bad boy ’ Ian Jolosa is in trouble again … just days after a judge ordered him to clean up his act by watching Gary Lineker videos . |
| 12 | TOUGH Leicester defender Steve Walsh is planning to clean up his act after serving a three-match ban already this season . |
| 13 | We can begin to clean up our act by eating whole , fresh food and by working for a high-quality , environmentally benign food supply ’ . |
| 14 | Stopping to pick up her mail from the box on her way out a few days later , she noticed the white envelope with the Andorran postmark straight away . |
| 15 | She said no more , but went to pick up her portmanteau from the Corn Exchange colonnade . |
| 16 | Sows were brought from miles around for mating , while settings of eggs were supplied for broody village hens , who were never fed but had to pick up their food from the village or the rice field . |
| 17 | THOSE of our readers who drop into a branch of W. H. Smith 's to pick up their copy of New Scientist may not have realised what hotbeds of intellectual ferment these unassuming stores can be . |
| 18 | Because today 's mail had already been sorted before the dispute began , local residents and companies were able to pick up their post from the sorting office . |
| 19 | ‘ I 've got to pick up my stuff from the pub , ’ he said . |
| 20 | So she went to her other detention and there was another note saying , had to pick up my child from school . |
| 21 | One day , waiting in the car in Albion Street to pick up my brother-in-law from work ( he looks like Norman Lamont , incidently , but she loves him dearly ) , she suddenly saw me , her brother who 's supposed to be living in exile down south , walking along the road in the company of a glamorous lady . |
| 22 | Then she tumed to go to Simon 's house but half-way along the street she remembered that he had gone , with his mother , to pick up his Dad from the airport . |
| 23 | He guessed that the mikes were near enough to pick up his discussion with Stevie and relay it to several million viewers . |
| 24 | How nice it was when we could leave the back door undone for the baker to put the bread on the table , the butcher to walk in and even put the meat in the pantry safe and the insurance man to pick up his money from the table . |
| 25 | The original line-up has also been reunited , drummer Mark Brzezicki rejoining after leaving in 1989 to pick up his career as a session drummer . |
| 26 | There were two Jamaican boys in there and they made a point of crowding the counter , holding their elbows akimbo , so that Shiva was unable to pick up his paper from the pile in front of them . |
| 27 | Phil Mitchell , ex-FYT field officer for the North West , and his wife Lyn , decided a few months ago to open up their home to young people . |
| 28 | HARTLEPOOL South made the most of nearest Marske Eppleton being on cup duty to open up their lead at the top . |
| 29 | I made one in trusting you enough to open up my heart to you about my ex-fiancé . |
| 30 | He has no plans to open up his hallway for public viewing . |