Example sentences of "and [vb base] up [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On offer at the shop is a full design and make up service for cots , cribs , Moses baskets , bedding and curtains . |
| 2 | Fellow director Eryl Morris underlined the need for productivity improvements : ‘ We have to put programmes in place to drive down costs and push up return on sales . ’ |
| 3 | I know there , there was quite a lot of encouragement to actually leave your dividend in and build up interest on it . |
| 4 | It was largely due to her that Fred had been able to secure the leasehold of the cafe and build up trade by extending the seating arrangement and brightening up the fare on offer . |
| 5 | When hardened , refix fittings and buff up paintwork with a silicone polish . |
| 6 | One of the few draw-backs of computer faxes is that they treat all faxes as bitmap files and gobble up memory at an alarming rate . |
| 7 | Drake easily told by greatly elongated central tail feathers , 4 in. of total length , combined with striking pattern of dark head and throat and white breast and stripe up side of neck . |
| 8 | Such revision could increase the value of friendships , autonomy and other forms of creativity , and open up discussion on the pleasures of celibacy , masturbation , shared sex . |
| 9 | Type the letter ( see appendix letter 1 ) and look up information on Head Lice ( no pun intended ! ) |
| 10 | ‘ Perhaps I 'm hoping to meet a man rich enough to keep me in comfort so I can indulge my every whim and fancy and give up work for good , ’ she said drily . |
| 11 | They would sit in the lavatories and brew up tea in a can by holding a candle underneath . |
| 12 | We will give people a new right of access to open country , create new national parks and step up protection for special sites . |
| 13 | ‘ We had been escorting a convoy from Halifax to the UK and were ordered to leave the convoy , refuel in Reykjavik and take up patrol of the Denmark Strait , 150 miles west of Iceland . |
| 14 | I run to the house , creep back up to the Roombed , and take up position at the window . |
| 15 | Cissie had been most reluctant to surrender her independence and take up employment in Moll Sutton 's flower shop . |
| 16 | He can come within us , and take up residence within our very beings . |
| 17 | She was only disturbed by the fact that , once the funeral was over , her mother-in-law made no attempt to leave the Manor and take up residence in the dower house . |
| 18 | Joan had accepted without reservation her half-sister 's suggestion that she go with Prince Richard and take up residence in the Tower . |
| 19 | Paradoxically however the demand for better films saw the American film industry move away from its natural habitat and take up residence in a suburban section of what was essentially a southern Californian oasis . |