Example sentences of "that [pron] [verb] up [art] " in BNC.

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1 I blow out so hard that I mist up the windscreen .
2 ‘ Yes , ’ she replied tersely , ‘ I 'll make sure that I draw up a balance sheet next time .
3 I asked Alan to fish the first drift , in order to settle down , and towards the end he suggested that I put up the dap .
4 You want that I turn up the sound ? ’
5 Alas , they had no high chairs for nine month old Daniel , and it was with a sinking heart that I picked up the menu , while trying to hold the baby and prevent toddler Michael from pulling off the tablecloth .
6 Does my right hon. Friend know that I gave up the opportunity of becoming a solicitor like the hon. Member for Glasgow , Garscadden ( Mr. Dewar ) because accountants put the losses on the right and the profits on the left ?
7 It is likely that someone taking up a post direct from library school will have far less practical or quasi-practical experience of book selection than of the two preceding activities , and this may mean that the manager needs to introduce his staff to the basic elements of book provision work in addition to the special features of a particular system .
8 After the first few months , George was insistent that she give up the market stall .
9 The Moon was so angry with the hare 's evasions that she picked up a hatchet to chop off his head , but missed her aim and cut the hare on the mouth .
10 Less than 48 hours after the world No.1 had lifted her third French Open title , doctors in Paris revealed that she picked up the injury towards the end of her quarter-final win over Jennifer Capriati .
11 That piece of information shook her so much that she put up no resistance to being led off , except to say , ‘ Where are we going ? ’
12 Please use it as a reminder to ensure that you keep up the good work and the resolutions you have started .
13 ‘ I recall that you brought up the suggestion and positively hammered at it . ’
14 The most important pre-flight check is to ensure that you pick up the handles so that right and left align with the correct bridles .
15 But you need to be careful that you set up a scheme that actually works , and it would be sensible to take professional advice to avoid making a mistake in its tax or National Insurance implications .
16 This is analogous to a script language or batch file , in that you set up a file transfer transaction which can be repeated every day , short-cutting the need to highlight and copy individual files .
17 IDE drives are intelligent , that is provided that you set up the CMOS to show the new drives capacity you do n't have to worry about drive type .
18 Erm fact that you set up the scene for the introductions and you asked for it that you , you know , took and reduced those people to an image of which was good .
19 This means that you drag up a documents giving directions about how you wish to be treated if later on you can not make your wishes known because you have suffered a serious accident or are very ill .
20 Can I suggest that we wind up the meeting and er .
21 Us kids were highly amused at all this , but I was distracted from the fun by Frankie who suggested that we gather up the bottles and hide them in the washhouse before they all got broken .
22 All we in fact observe is that h is regularly followed by B. This consistent association leads us to connect the two in our own minds , to expect A always to be followed by B , and this we then express by saying that A is the cause of B and B the effect of A. This is all perfectly in order , and indeed it is through such links and associations that we build up an ordered and coherent conception of the world around us and make sense of our experience of it .
23 Sometimes the skilled were actually a species of sub-contractor , paid by output , who hired their unskilled assistants at a flat time-wage and saw to it that they kept up the pace .
24 Therefore a physical interpretation of vector components is that they make up a tangent .
25 Ever the professional , he silently directed his men with hand signals , ensuring that they took up the correct positions .
26 And then of course erm would it be later that they took up the English miners ?
27 There were so many journalists covering the Orkney story that they set up a pool system and took it in turns to go in .
28 It is true that they set up the great caring institutions for the poor , the handicapped and the sick — forerunners of the welfare state .
29 Mine become so tame that they climb up the inside of the wire mesh when I approach the hutch and are clearly pleased to see me .
30 The Princes will rue the fact that they passed up a wonderful chance to finish off the match on the 18th , for they were one up on that tee from which both the sons hit long and straight down the fairway .
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