Example sentences of "and [noun pl] [verb] up " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Norman Towers — Entering through these it is easy to imagine the Knights of the Middle Ages setting off for battle , banners flying and a host of bowmen and falconers bringing up the rear . |
| 2 | In all over 60 parties and groups put up candidates . |
| 3 | The picture plane is further emphasized by the complete lack of aerial perspective ( the far houses are , if anything , darker and stronger in value than the foreground house ) , and by the fact that occasionally contours are broken and forms opened up into each other . |
| 4 | Sometimes the laws of physics cause the atoms and molecules to join up together like Ezekiel 's dry bones , sometimes they cause them to split apart . |
| 5 | Hardly earth-shattering stuff , but it was thought to have been a gaffe , and interviewers clock up politicians ' gaffes the way fur-traders hang up the tails of skunks . |
| 6 | With XPG4 , as part of its sworn intent to become more user-oriented , X/Open will be assembling various specific user packages and profiles made up of combinations of the existing and new XPG components . |
| 7 | Arguments such as these will weigh strongly with an inspector at a public inquiry , and there are numerous examples of local civic trusts and amenity societies working with local architects and surveyors to put up alternative schemes that will be far less damaging to their town . |
| 8 | Press with the thumbs and fingers to scoop up flesh , squeeze gently but firmly , and slowly release . |
| 9 | He detailed his expenses , listed work accomplished and projects lined up . |
| 10 | The fabric of our schools , public buildings and roads store up bigger and bigger bills for the future . |
| 11 | Not much profit came from these transactions but friends were made and contacts kept up that were to prove useful in the peace . |
| 12 | As I followed her up the pathway , every inch of her breathed that she was being a good girl , and as the driver settled her in the front seat beside him she gave him a happy smile ; almost , one felt — seeing the hat-boxes and cases piled up behind them — they might have been starting out on their honeymoon . |
| 13 | With a little wave of his hand he indicated that his officials and guests should take a pace or two backward into the aisle between the adjoining rows of pillars to clear the way between the throne and the open doors , and the next moment the ranks of singers and musicians drawn up around the walls of the courtyard outside burst into a plaintive musical chant . |
| 14 | The country 's farm-workers and labourers make up 17% of the population , yet they are ignored by the mass media . |
| 15 | I suppose there must be some records in a dusty file somewhere of how often the ground crews lost the race against time and had the aircraft and bombs blow up in front of them , but as far as I can recollect this never happened at Bourn , at least not while I was there , and we were thankful to get through each busy night without catastrophes of that kind . |
| 16 | Ahead of the opening of a new Supreme Soviet session on Sept. 10 a working group of ministers and experts set up at the end of August had been attempting to synthesise two sets of proposals [ see p. 37663 ] . |
| 17 | Interaction between arpeggios and scales makes up a big part of my personal style , and I 've included examples #5 and #6 to show a favourite approach of mine . |
| 18 | We announced in the Budget new measures to help small businesses , including full relief against Inheritance Tax on most business assets , reductions in business rates and proposals to speed up the payment of outstanding bills . |
| 19 | While these were being put out of their misery , wounded men succoured and prisoners rounded up , Ramsay went to demand of Johnstone of Lochwood and Turnbull of Bedrule what had happened to Sir Andrew Murray . |
| 20 | This is far from obvious in snowy conditions , and attempts to go up form the stance are forced off left . |
| 21 | Morton 's controversial final chapter is only a few thousand words long and attempts to sum up the marriage now but TODAY has discovered new revelations showing how close Diana came to walking out — and still might . |
| 22 | Richens 's lies and attempts to cover up the killing were not necessarily inconsistent with his defence of provocation , said Lord Taylor . |
| 23 | In the hall , a woman gloomily collecting dirty plates and ashtrays looked up as Kelly appeared . |
| 24 | Improvements and refinements of processes and products turn up but no radically new concepts . |
| 25 | The Institute is made up of two departments : Cookery , which devises , develops and double-tests every recipe featured , and Consumer Research , where experienced researchers investigate whether domestic goods and products live up to the claims made by manufacturers . |
| 26 | Great coldness and chills run up and down the back ; pains can go up the back too . |
| 27 | After the break up of the famous ‘ Emanuel ’ partnership and subsequent liquidation of the company , Alison-Jayne decided to return home and use her knowledge and skills to set up her own couture bridal and evening wear business in Northern Ireland . |
| 28 | The knowledge and skills to start up and run a business . |
| 29 | Contemporary concerns with the dangers posed to the rights of individuals by incorrect information are reflected in the laws and institutions set up on national levels to protect individuals against incorrect data and the implications that might arise from any errors . |
| 30 | THIS expanded network of popular committees and institutions making up the Unified leadership is infused by tens of thousands of activists who belong to , or identify with , the different factions of the PLO . |