Example sentences of "and [verb] up [noun] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fellow director Eryl Morris underlined the need for productivity improvements : ‘ We have to put programmes in place to drive down costs and push up return on sales . ’ |
| 2 | I know there , there was quite a lot of encouragement to actually leave your dividend in and build up interest on it . |
| 3 | David and Greg were still at the front of the plane , so , beckoning to the white-haired man , she said , ‘ Would you please come here and keep up pressure on this man 's leg ? |
| 4 | Such revision could increase the value of friendships , autonomy and other forms of creativity , and open up discussion on the pleasures of celibacy , masturbation , shared sex . |
| 5 | Type the letter ( see appendix letter 1 ) and look up information on Head Lice ( no pun intended ! ) |
| 6 | We have , however , received considerable support and encouragement from Michael Fallon , who visits us regularly and takes up issues on our behalf with Government Ministers , seemingly with considerable success following the recent announcement with regard to European Grant Aid . |
| 7 | The Cumbria emergency planning system outlined above can , for instance , be used as an experimental tool , permitting police and emergency planners to simulate a hazard event and to call up information on resources , to identify possible areas for evacuation , to plan routes through the transport network , and so on . |
| 8 | The troops gathered the Croats in the Franciscan monastery on Tuesday after Muslims overran the area and took up position on all sides . |
| 9 | Money was bad , but he was still working for Liberty and picked up work on Pageant magazine . |
| 10 | It is widely thought that they are descended from genes , or groups of genes , of higher organisms , which have somehow escaped and set up life on their own . |
| 11 | By December Gould had crossed the Liverpool Range and set up camp on the banks of the Mokai . |