Example sentences of "they [adv] [verb] up a " in BNC.
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| 1 | And and or or remained stationary but they mostly went up a copper or so every and this was er a real thorn in the side of the employers you know , they wanted to get rid of this and they could n't . |
| 2 | It is important that they slowly build up a historical vocabulary , and learn some of the technical terms that will allow them to talk about what they can see . |
| 3 | These publications are very valuable , even when they require correction , but they only make up a tiny part of the huge body of statistical information now available in print . |
| 4 | Could n't they just ease up a little ? |
| 5 | Courses in the humanities may encourage a personal response from the students , but do they always open up a full range of rival positions ? |
| 6 | Thus one liaison group teacher commented that when lower attaining pupils are abroad on school journeys they quickly pick up a feeling for the conversion rate of the local currency . |
| 7 | They also set up a light-engineering works ( one of a number throughout the Prussian east ) at Dirschau ( Tczew ) . |
| 8 | They also set up a programme of constant monitoring of the overall environment , both within the mine and for some miles around ’ . |
| 9 | They also open up a breach with scholarly orthodoxy which BT was to make final . |
| 10 | Quite apart from the publicity such incidents provided , they also tied up a lot of ships and manpower . |
| 11 | Sometimes they even set up a physical image very close to conventionally-desirable femininity as an implicit goal ( Diamond 1985 ) . |
| 12 | They even set up a neat military system of two-man sentry duties , to make sure they stayed alert . |
| 13 | After discussing what led a girl to become a prostitute they then set up a series of dramas showing some of the stresses ( including poverty ) a fictitious character had had to face in her early life . |
| 14 | They accordingly set up a UK based team of design engineers briefed to develop a range of high fidelity products that would offer outstanding sound quality at affordable prices . |
| 15 | Back in the late seventies Ernie was a regular in the Island and he achieved his ‘ ton ’ on the Lightweight class but he also rode as passenger for his brother Wallace as they too put up a three figure lap . |