Example sentences of "the [adj] [verb] up the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Browne knew the Masai well and understood how alien such a proposal was to their consensual system of politics , but nevertheless this was the beginning of a long and unavailing effort by the British to set up the laibon as chief of the Tanganyika Masai , until at last in 1933 the current occupant asked to be relieved of his office . |
| 2 | In desperation the British gave up the Palestinian mandate in May 1948 , while trying to rescue what they could of their relationship with the Arabs . |
| 3 | says the Marquis ' ‘ They were not convinced , but the Japanese took up the idea a few years ago and they are now industry leaders . ’ |
| 4 | What changes in the 1970s set up the forces , working through the world market and multinational corporation networks , to generate a new international division of labour ? |
| 5 | When Peter the Great gave up the first Russian fleet in southern waters after being disastrously defeated by the Turks in 1711 , he said that " The Lord God drove me out of this place , like Adam out of paradise " . |
| 6 | In Britain the ILP and the Communist Party were naturally the first to take up the call for united action . |
| 7 | SATURDAY , AM Neighbourhood clean-up patrols gather by the thousands to sweep up the mess . |