Example sentences of "have [verb] up all " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ability of ion exchange resin to remove calcium and magnesium ions is finite ; that is to say , when it has given up all its sodium ions it can no longer soften the water . |
| 2 | In effect , country has picked up all the old paraphernalia of the pop world : slick videos , stage shows , merchandising , fanzines and so on . |
| 3 | This is only true when the fish has taken up all the slack of the link and has met considerable resistance from the lead . |
| 4 | We 've waited so long , I 'd given up all hope of ever having a bairn . ’ |
| 5 | She 'd given up all hope of having children , you see . |
| 6 | ‘ If you 'd like to know the truth , I 'd given up all thought of trying to persuade you to visit Bertha . |
| 7 | ‘ I once had a plaster on my finger , ’ said Lydia , ‘ and I was making duck pancakes because an editor and his wife were coming to dinner , and when I 'd rolled up all the pancakes I found the plaster was missing . ’ |
| 8 | Because of course he 'd used up all his energies , everything in dealing with this , he was completely drained . |
| 9 | They 're restricted And twenty four hours before flying to Fairford they 'd used up all their practice time . |
| 10 | He 'd soaked up all the motherfucking atmosphere he wanted , thank you very much . |
| 11 | Having given up all hope of getting hold of a man for herself alone , she would be prepared to share one as the next best thing . |
| 12 | Ruth thought her aunt would have sat up all night to prolong the time with them , but her uncle — who had tried bravely all day to behave as though nothing untoward was happening — put his arms around his wife 's shoulders and led her away to bed . |
| 13 | I 'll have to stand up all day Friday |
| 14 | Still , she 'd have to clean up all the puddles of water dotted across the old linoleum floor . |
| 15 | ‘ He ca n't have made up all that stuff about the army … or the train — ’ |
| 16 | It 's erm if you 've used that lots and lots of times it may have used up all the . |
| 17 | You could do okay you could do that and then you would have used up all the oxygen and you 'd just have nitrogen left , but burning something in a liquid in liquid air is gon na be a bit awkward , it could n't be done . |
| 18 | Fears that the fast-talking Glaswegian may have used up all his best material during last week 's opener soon proved unfounded . |
| 19 | Just a bit left on her legs so the baby must have used up all if the baby carries on like this she 'll be anaemic I think . |
| 20 | It would have bought up all of USL last year if it could have got it , Novell executive vice president Kanwal Rikki previously told Unigram . |
| 21 | With a little more nerve and experience Manchester-based Swail might easily have mopped up all four frames |
| 22 | Having weighed up all these factors , you are ready to make a preliminary capital budget of the costs of fencing , drainage , water supply , access , fertility , buildings , and farmhouse ; then of the purchase of livestock , machinery , and equipment . |
| 23 | Do n't have to stop up all night and |
| 24 | Such as disaster may well result in the pondkeeper 's first introduction to fishkeeping periodicals and specialist clubs , when they really should have read up all they need to know on the subject and taken specialist advice beforehand . |
| 25 | Now being late , the headmaster always dealt with you fro being late , that was n't a teacher 's responsibility at all.You used to have to line up all those boys that were late , you used to have to line up outside the the headmaster 's room , one at a time , I I jus on each hand , you used to have a cane on each hand . |
| 26 | Tolby seemed to have buttered up all the Devenishes for what he could get : the father took him into the firm and launched him on his career ; Clare darned his socks and cooked him meals ; and Hubert — if Henry was right — had put some business his way . |
| 27 | They seemed to have burned up all their lust rather rapidly in their undergraduate years . |
| 28 | ‘ Now I 've given up all hope ( of returning to Formula One ) . ’ |
| 29 | erm This has a knock-on effect insofar as if they 've once given up the physical sciences , then it means that they 've given up all hopes , when they leave school , of following a , a job or a profession , of courses in further or higher education , in technological , engineering subjects . |
| 30 | I was gon na but I , I thought , I thought if sees me when I come in , cos I had make up all down my face cos I 'd been so upset , I got so angry with the whole thing |