Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [to-vb] up the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Brian Gayle did n't defend well for the first goal and Gage did a Val Parnell act in the middle of the park to set up the lad for his second . ’ |
| 2 | BIRKENHEAD 'S Queensway tunnel will be closed for major electrical works this week and Mersey Tunnels staff are taking the opportunity to spruce up the tube . |
| 3 | When old Mother Jacobsen had unlimited time at her disposal and the opportunity to take up the strands from where she had laid them down the previous day or week , she embroidered her stories with meticulous and colourful detail . |
| 4 | Erm I 'm er rising to take the opportunity to sum up the debate er for those of us on this side of the house and to say that on this side of the house we do welcome these orders actually coming through , delayed though they are and er besmirched though they are by the usual examples of government incompetence in failing to send them to the scrutiny committee in the proper manner to allow the usual processes to take place but wi that 's par for the course these days . |
| 5 | He said he had bumped into Shildon on Monday evening and urged him into a pub , taking the opportunity to make up the quarrel begun on Friday . |
| 6 | It was for the juy to tie up the loose ends , unemotionally . |
| 7 | But I could n't get the support to set up the business . ’ |
| 8 | The Art Newspaper is delighted to be one of this year 's winners and will use the award to build up the paper 's archive . |
| 9 | In order for the vast pressure vessel ( the one we had seen being manufactured in France ) to negotiate the narrow village streets , it was necessary for the Board to buy up the frontages of over thirty houses . |
| 10 | The rustling of packaging caused him to sigh and ask the computer to turn up the sound . |
| 11 | As he waits for the computer to load up the programmes , he scans the rolls of newly arrived faxes . |
| 12 | Almost the last act of the decade was the decision to wind up the Artisans , originally planned to be by December 1984 ; although in 1980 it was brought forward to 1981 . |
| 13 | Then back to the kitchen to clear up the mess before Dad got back off the night shift . |
| 14 | This problem is common with fine lines when you tie any type of knot which entails pulling the line above the hook to tighten up the knot . |
| 15 | A touch of Wella High Hair Soft Wax was rubbed through the hair to break up the texture and smooth down the coarseness of the hair . |
| 16 | The Composers Pen instrument screen enables the user to set up the basic layout of the score . |
| 17 | It took two years for the Bureau of the Census to draw up the list of 106m households to which , on March 23rd , it posted its questionnaires . |
| 18 | As I said , it is a pleasure to speak in the debate , despite the rhetoric and the attempt to whip up the masses outside the House by saying that the Labour party comprises anti-patriotic pacifists . |
| 19 | The implementation of the recommendation to set up the Crown Court is recounted in a later chapter , but we should note here the implications for the Lord Chancellor . |
| 20 | The client may feel the deal has been negotiated and merely wants the lawyer to tie up the loose ends . |
| 21 | But immediately the plan to carve up the boardroom of Bell Resources ran into trouble with Australia 's corporate watchdog , the National Companies and Securities Commission ( NCSC ) . |
| 22 | ‘ But I followed orders , did all the work to build up the muscles and feel great . |
| 23 | There are , of course , all sorts of chandeliers available for traditional rooms in brass , iron , wood , wrought iron and crystal , but again the effect can be enhanced by recessed downlights set in the ceiling to light up the chandelier itself . |
| 24 | Because then when it 's been er finished I 'm going to repaint the ceiling to cover up the |
| 25 | Each day at low tide these extraordinary microscopic plants glide up through the sand to soak up the sun 's energy for photosynthesis . |
| 26 | We have also set up a couple of microphones in the real of the hall to break up the echoes which would otherwise bounce off that wall . ’ |
| 27 | The first stanza of the poem concentrates on a small incident and is specific about the power of the sun to wake up the dead soldier as it used to when he slept in a field . |
| 28 | Usually it is a smudge of product rubbed on the back of the hand , a lot of agonising , and some advice from the consultant to speed up the sale . |
| 29 | Mr Ian Prestt , director-general of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds , said the most contentious part of the bill was the proposal to break up the Nature Conservancy Council . |
| 30 | It is against this background of restricted choice that one should initially view what was really a middle-class pressure group for women 's rights : the campaign to open up the compositor 's trade to women . |