Example sentences of "time [verb] up the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Staff and councillors at the town hall have praised the generous efforts of the milkmen who will inevitably have to spend extra time picking up the gifts . |
| 2 | Great carts pulled by as many as six horses at a time came up the roads from the east and waited at Ridgery Butts until a party of people who wanted to cross the forest formed up so that they could travel together . |
| 3 | It 's nearly time to give up the tights and get out the sandals . |
| 4 | She needed more time — time to think , time to weigh up the consequences . |
| 5 | A more gentle upbringing means that the animal has more time to build up the reserves of fat necessary to lubricate the meat . |
| 6 | All we have is the government time from time to time tweaking up the regulations as its er as its er it it it its doing here . |
| 7 | Isabel wondered when fitzAlan had found the time to pack up the garments . |
| 8 | The Labour Party had a merry time playing up the problems and piling up the votes . |
| 9 | ‘ Do you wish to order now , or do you need some more time to add up the calories ? ’ |
| 10 | This gives your body more time to burn up the calories . |
| 11 | They 've uncovered the remains of a first century village and graveyard … but they only have a short time to dig up the relics , before work continues on a pipeline straight through the site . |
| 12 | They 've uncovered the remains of a first century village and graveyard … but they only have a short time to dig up the relics , before work continues on a pipeline straight through the site . |
| 13 | The advantage of such an audit lies in its ability to produce a critical assessment of the organization 's marketing strengths and weaknesses , whilst at the same time weighing up the threats and opportunities posed by the external environment . |