Example sentences of "[vb infin] up [verb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When his son and Devraux arrived at his side , however , he was still squinting through the sights of his raised rifle , watching the herd break up to enter the jungle . |
| 2 | If he could give up smoking the Army in Sri Lanka would benefit by another one hundred and thirty dollars a month . |
| 3 | Newtown Coaches , from Reeth Place , Newton Aycliffe , was told by Durham County Council it must give up running the route from Darlington to Bishopton after complaints about the service . |
| 4 | Accordingly the court decided that VAT was payable on these charges and could not be reclaimed from Customs and Excise if the customer did not show up to claim the room . |
| 5 | They may land up building the centre outside Europe — in Silicon Valley or Tokyo . |
| 6 | I bet he did n't even look up to see the goalkeeper coming at him and a defender closing in ready to clatter him when he scored . |
| 7 | For example , if you are embarking on Julia in Two Gentlemen of Verona and her Proteus letter , it is as well to have a sheet of paper that you can tear up to make the scene start with a dramatic focus and give the lines some action . |
| 8 | Hailsham , in an article in the Daily Express , of 3 September , called for an election , to be fought on party lines , with the aim of securing a Conservative majority for protection , The government , Hailsham said , should hurry up to complete the purpose for which it was formed , namely the balancing of the budget , and then go to the country on party lines . |
| 9 | Workers in the nuclear industry could face up to double the risk of contracting leukaemia than the rest of society according to a report published today . |
| 10 | He would reach up catch the chain on the left hand side with his hook — a quick pull — a plop and on came the light — and the poor chap had to circle the city again in the morning and pull down the right hand side to extinguish them . |
| 11 | Posters will go up to advertise the reward scheme and the animal lovers hope some of the shocking facts and figures included would spur the public into action . |
| 12 | Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp shares jumped almost 8.5% on Friday on hopes that the government will spend heavily on a major new communications network : Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa said on Thursday that an economic stimulus package , widely expected to include funds for a network of high-speed fibre optic cables , would be even larger than 1992 's supplementary budget ; if the government steps in with new funding , the state-controlled phone company would likely end up laying the cable and providing services ; the project is the one first mooted back in the early 1980s to connect every home and business in Japan . |
| 13 | But , as the Institute 's Council found last month , when it considered a preliminary paper on the subject , openness could actually end up destroying the effectiveness of the disciplinary process altogether . |
| 14 | He 'd most likely end up eating the grain he 'd nicked from Mrs Wright for the pheasants . |
| 15 | You would go in there planning to discuss , say , her habit of ogling men in restaurants or her inability to repay money she had borrowed , or her ability to disseminate confidences throughout the whole of Wimbledon about five minutes after they had been imparted to her , and you would end up discussing the state of affairs in Europe , the merits of Beethoven , or , more usually , your own deficiencies . |
| 16 | It was said that Ago and its ancillaries would end up costing the taxpayer £1.5 billion . |
| 17 | ‘ We have to take advantage of other countries ’ experiences to the greatest possible extent , ’ said Mr Vedernikov , ‘ but we have to make sure we do n't end up inventing the bicycle . ’ |
| 18 | I would say for people attending Day Centres , the majority of people will end up paying the charge , or a reduced level of charge , because it 's not all or nothing , we can waive part of the charge as well . |
| 19 | After another penny tram ride Charlie was beginning to wonder where he would end up spending the night . |
| 20 | If you just want to give the ball a tonk with your new Krypton-shafted driver , you 'll end up spending the day knee-deep in heather . |
| 21 | For one thing your own troops will probably end up blocking the line of sight . |
| 22 | Do they end up working the way we 've got to bloody work here on this tiny pension or the pension that they 've earned as an MP |
| 23 | There is a long catalogue of people who will queue up to write the Secretary of State 's epitaph . |
| 24 | For some reason she found herself obsessed with the idea that she should get up to lay the table . |