Example sentences of "that they [verb] up the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Ever the professional , he silently directed his men with hand signals , ensuring that they took up the correct positions . |
| 3 | And then of course erm would it be later that they took up the English miners ? |
| 4 | It is true that they set up the great caring institutions for the poor , the handicapped and the sick — forerunners of the welfare state . |
| 5 | 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 . |