Example sentences of "and [vb -s] up the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The strength of neo-elitism is best seen against the background of pluralism ; as a critique of pluralism it introduces the concept of non-decision-making and points up the failure of pluralist methods to define properly what is meant by the term ‘ key issues ’ . |
| 2 | The floor scissors exercise is an all-rounder which stretches and tones up the abdomen and the whole of the lower body . |
| 3 | This exercises and tones up the muscles to the side of your tummy , helping not only to improve your waistline but also to flatten your tummy . |
| 4 | If , however , the motor trader defendant is not responsible for turning back the mileometer and covers up the reading , the motor trader should be able to escape from liability on the basis that no false description was in fact applied to the goods ( s1(1) ( b ) ) . |
| 5 | ‘ SEEMS LIKE Morrissey himself gives up the songs half-way through when he stops the vocal and uses up the rest of the needletime with yodelling . ’ |
| 6 | Throw away all the books that give a stable routine which starts at 7am with morning feed and fills up the rest of the day with activities like quartering and setting fair — most of which none of us have time for ! |
| 7 | However , Cézanne very often goes further and tilts up the top of an object even more towards the picture plane , so that it appears sometimes as if seen almost from directly above , while continuing to show the rest of the object from a more normal , slightly lower point of view . |
| 8 | Eventually the track emerges from the woodland onto open moorland , and climbs up the hillside . |
| 9 | Or as Marshall P. Knutt , the conscientious sanitary engineer who gets mistaken for a hot-shot and ends up the hero of Carry On Cowboy . |
| 10 | Teclis returns to Ulthuan and takes up the position of High Loremaster in the Tower of Hoeth . |
| 11 | It is critical at this stage , though , that the head conveys positive messages and takes up the opportunities on offer . |
| 12 | The box with the question mark — ? — operates only with boxes 3 or 4 highlighted and calls up the technique numbers or cast on numbers as lists . |
| 13 | This creates charitable understanding and opens up the way to conversion through ‘ a constant appeal to the head and the heart . ’ |
| 14 | Every time the child makes demands the parent provides a retort and opens up the possibility of more interaction about the demand . |
| 15 | This carries up to eight channels of sound for each vision channel and opens up the prospect of broadcasting a soundtrack in several languages simultaneously . |
| 16 | This opens the weave , shortens the length and opens up the diameter of the braid . |
| 17 | Announcing the normalization of relations , Jiang Zemin said that the meeting " concludes the past and opens up the future " and that normalization would have " a profound impact " on the development of bilateral relations . |
| 18 | She stammers a kind of apology and wriggles up the bed so her face touches mine . |
| 19 | George was second out of the hat and picks up the £100 second prize , while Yvonne is £50 better-off in third place . |
| 20 | Sleepily a hand reaches out and picks up the receiver . |
| 21 | He clucks his tongue again and picks up the script . |
| 22 | If its enemy is still not daunted and picks up the toad in its teeth , the poison acts so swiftly and powerfully on the mucous membranes of the mouth that the attacker drops the toad almost immediately . |
| 23 | She sighs and picks up the envelope again . |
| 24 | So the plan for the afternoon is , it 's now five to four so if David goes out and tidies up the hut . |
| 25 | In fact when the cleaning lady has an ‘ audit ’ of his desk and tidies up the heaps , it is a ‘ nightmare ’ , taking him up to half a day to get back on track . |
| 26 | ‘ Aqua Fortis ’ intros with a gentle lapping of waves before thickening into a pulsing yet controlled hypno-technological dream and is supported by the scary ‘ Asylum 3 ’ , which involves a story about some magic toys and sets up the rest of the track for a chilling rollercoaster ride into a spooky world that you really do n't want to enter . |
| 27 | I am beginning to doubt our sanity when he finds good ice and sets up the belay . |
| 28 | They contain a natural antiseptic which fights spot-causing bacteria and dries up the blemishes . |
| 29 | Then , as your write a letter the computer interprets it and pops up the letter it thinks you have written . |
| 30 | Judi Goodwin drops in for a mince pie and soaks up the atmosphere of this warm , family home . |