Example sentences of "it [vb past] up [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The development was the ‘ most exciting discovery of the last decade ’ because it opened up new treatment avenues . |
| 2 | It opened up orchestrational possibilities for a small group that did n't exist before . |
| 3 | Although the case collapsed and Docherty admitted telling ‘ a pack of lies ’ in court , it opened up damaging wounds within Manchester United , and created a climate of fear and loathing among leading players that stretches to the present day . |
| 4 | This vast , and as yet unconfronted burden of loan capital is the single biggest factor in the present world debt crisis , since it chewed up vast quantities of money , raising interest rates , and keeping them high . |
| 5 | When added to the usual treatments for this condition it cleared up persistent ulcers in 40 out of 60 cases . |
| 6 | Challenging the fast-flowing stream , a black and white dipper ‘ swam ’ against the current , half-submerged as it snapped up aquatic delicacies . |
| 7 | The enormity of this lie was so great that its ripples did in fact spread out one of the lower astral planes as far as the Magical Quarter across the river , where it picked up tremendous velocity from the huge standing wave of power that always hovered there and bounced wildly across the Circle Sea . |
| 8 | It set up complex criteria . |