Example sentences of "up [noun sg] in [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In another passage of the interview he referred to the " arrogance " of the European Commission of " 17 unelected reject politicians " , adding : " I 'm not against giving up sovereignty in principle but not to this lot . |
| 2 | My dad used to take two sugars , and when I said I was giving up sugar in tea and coffee , he reduced it to one . |
| 3 | They are to store up treasure in heaven and not on earth . |
| 4 | And so the Devil is quite happy as long as we dream our lives away , or become antiquarian , seeking to dredge up history in order that we can live out our lives in a museum of our own making . |
| 5 | But I have also caught myself locking up energy in resentment or guilt or ‘ if onlys ’ . |