Example sentences of "their [noun pl] [verb] up [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | The Nayar case also illustrates my earlier comments on the anthropologists ' use of the term " society " and of their attempts to set up typologies of societies of various kinds . |
2 | Once their children are old enough they migrate to town and with their savings start up businesses , often forming a syndicate with other women . |
3 | Four baby elephants are trundling along the dry ground in the blazing African sun , their feet brushing up clouds of dust . |
4 | Many officers resigned their commissions to take up jobs with the new company . |
5 | Their hosts drew up chairs on the other ; the one who was apparently the senior of the two said , ‘ Julia , I think we could manage some more coffee … ’ |