Example sentences of "it [verb] up the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The next developments involved spectroscopy. the study of the sharp coloured lines resolved by a prism when it splits up the light emitted by a heated specimen . |
| 2 | doctrine of original sin under the guise of a genetically determined bio-grammar of cultural values , by colleagues who would clearly like to think of themselves as hard-boiled scientific rationalists , both amusing and disconcerting ; but it points up the difficulties of the problem ! |
| 3 | The programme does not apportion blame , or claim a conclusive link , but it points up the lack of long-term monitoring on people working with the chemicals , and suggests warning labels on the products do not always make clear what type of protective clothing is suitable . |
| 4 | It points up the importance of admissions , and suggests that the assessment of a course may ‘ wash back ’ on its content and aims . |
| 5 | and put your heel down and it clips up the back , it was like |
| 6 | But I do n't drink very much — it slows up the reflexes and I play squash and tennis two or three times a week . ’ |
| 7 | Nevertheless , the greenhouse effect is so efficient that this energy becomes trapped to the extent that it drives up the surface temperatures to the observed values . |
| 8 | Undramatic in its effect and narrow in its scope , highly forgettable and often forgotten by historians , it made up the bulk of parliamentary business . |
| 9 | It builds up the foundations of the grammar system and essential vocabulary , as appropriate to the learner 's needs at this level . |
| 10 | An onshore wind will also be difficult since it builds up the waves into difficult chop which can break on the beach with mast-breaking force . |
| 11 | How large were the , were the classes with these influx of all these , di did it boost up the numbers in the ? |
| 12 | But , because it tones up the muscles and firms the body , you may well lose inches . |
| 13 | It was low and cracked to begin with , then it rose up the scale , eerily , and shook out its top notes across the damp , half-lit glade until I really did think that my father had come not from the hospital but from some horribly , cold , empty region that lies in wait for us instead of all the heavens we have dreamed up to make things bearable . |
| 14 | After this it heads up the 600ft Berrow Hill to go on to Berrow Green and then Ankerdine Hill . |
| 15 | And no , I do n't think it holds up the action . |
| 16 | ‘ It mangles up the clothes , she says . |
| 17 | It speeds up the game and takes controversy away ’ . |
| 18 | Used it to patch up the hole in our roof . |
| 19 | Now before you do anything , if we set set it to pick up the Panasonic K X P Eleven Twenty Four |
| 20 | Clive uses the Chevvy like a normal family car … he takes it to work and uses it to pick up the shopping . |
| 21 | We are not in the business of expecting other people who can ill afford it to pick up the cost of a single person 's discount for the rich . |
| 22 | You can teach it to pick up the broom , but how does it avoid knocking over the potted plant ? ’ |
| 23 | On the contrary — it uses up the time we 've saved with the dishwasher and the vacuum cleaner . |
| 24 | When the paper was removed it lifted up the wax-ground where the pencil had been and exposed the metal . |
| 25 | ‘ It gobbled up the bird in one go , ’ said a mournful bird-watcher yesterday . |
| 26 | Hello my name 's Winsy insy spider climb up the spout , down came the rain and washed Winsy out , when the sun came out it dried up the rain , insy , winsy spider climbed up again thank you , oh thank you , oh thank you , I know , thank you , well , today , at midday today it 's going to be tipping down with rain and winsy , winsy , winsy , spider will fall down the rain , |
| 27 | Sometimes a mass of viscous lava gets intruded near the surface , but does n't actually manage to break through ; instead it forces up the surface of the ground on top , forming a considerable hill where there was no hill before . |
| 28 | They buy a cot , a changing table , a convertible buggy/pram , a baby seat to go in the back of the car , a changing mat , a night-light , a sterilizing unit , five large bottles plus teats , five small bottles plus teats , five baby-grows ( newborn size ) , three undervests ( newborn size ) , three pairs of socks ( newborn size ) , a mobile with four fluffy ducks dancing around a clockwork mechanism that plays the Brahms Lullaby , a wallpaper frieze with chickens on it which Paul has to put up in the nursery , a van-sized packet of newborn nappies , a tub of cream to put on the kid 's bottom , a bucket of white emulsion to freshen up the nursery walls , a lampshade with more chickens on it to brighten up the nursery light , a parasol to go on the buggy and a breast pump for expressing milk . |
| 29 | He balled it , and used it to wipe up the mess . |
| 30 | And it cuts up the grass in wee bits and instead of er making the roads better it makes them worse . |