Example sentences of "it [verb] up a " in BNC.
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| 31 | I mean , if you 've got a fuzzy-sounding guitar running through everything it takes up a lot of space in the mix . |
| 32 | One eye shifts right round the body so that it takes up a position alongside the other . |
| 33 | In addition it takes up a lot more room than its rival although , even in copy protected form , it can be installed on a Winchester without needing a key disk . |
| 34 | It is n't a large place , but it takes up a lot of your time . ’ |
| 35 | But anyway I know it takes up a lot of time and a lot of our columns . |
| 36 | Apparently they have had people calling in saying , ‘ please could I speak to Sue ’ , and that could be anybody , and then the switchboard has to go through the rigmarole of saying , ‘ what 's it all about , do you know where the person works , can you give me a bit more information ’ , and it takes up a lot more of their time , so please , if you 're leaving a message for somebody to call you back , leave your full name and your extension number . |
| 37 | The European Council reaffirmed its willingness to help the Soviet Union but referred back to the Commission the task of submitting before the next Council meeting proposals for decisions to be taken , and also asked it to draw up a plan for a major commercial , scientific and technical co-operation agreement with the Soviet Union . |
| 38 | Labour-controlled Great Yarmouth is being threatened with government action to force it to draw up a plan to recycle its rubbish . |
| 39 | Watch out for them when you buy it and it opens up a whole world of experimenting . |
| 40 | ‘ It opens up a wealth of exciting new opportunities . |
| 41 | It lies below and beyond the distinctions between subject and object which are inbuilt in ordinary experience at the level of knowledge and action ; so it opens up a direct awareness of the God on whom our existence hangs as given in and with our deepest awareness of ourselves . |
| 42 | It opens up a lot of interesting possibilities for the crack , most of which involve adopting a fake French accent . |
| 43 | Such a widening of perspectives obviously leaves no place for the by now out-dated claim concerning the objective nature of linguistic analysis , but it opens up a whole range of stimulating opportunities for the exploration of the ways texts function in society . |
| 44 | Played softly it sounds clear and well-balanced , and if you dig in really hard then it shifts up a gear and becomes well funky . |
| 45 | Because obviously it 's , they are going to some of the paving , we do n't wanting it running up a small onto the next lot . |
| 46 | It worked up a fair frenzy over the Tory leadership contest , describing Herself 's terribly threatening opponent as , variously , a ‘ dotty baronet ’ ( November 29 ) ; ‘ the Bufton Tufton of the Tory back benches ’ ( November 30 ) ; and ‘ The fossil ’ ( December 1 ) . |
| 47 | In addition , it throws up a syntactic-semantic distinction which is important in its own right and which will make its presence felt in the other adjectival positions also . |
| 48 | It whacks up a massive 17 points for all this . |
| 49 | Although it weights up a little with speed , it still seems more concerned with the easy life than confidence-inspiring weight and feel . |
| 50 | But I mean it brought up a lot of things that we perhaps |
| 51 | pick up , pick up your , your right foot what happens to your pelvis , does it go up a bit ? |
| 52 | The holes are formed by transferring one stitch to the next needle to the right or left , leaving the empty needle in working position so that it picks up a stitch on the following row . |
| 53 | However erm one thing I think that 's got to be borne in mind and it picks up a point that erm Leeds have made , is that they 're looking towards trendy migration , they say . |
| 54 | Another has been tested by P T Breuer ( 1991 ) , who used it to speed up a game playing program . |
| 55 | And then it eased up a bit at dinner time and then it started again about two o'clock . |
| 56 | It took up a lot of space , but the facts were few . |
| 57 | That occurred although it took up a large slice of their already-depleted income , and they also ran the risk of getting lung cancer and other smoking related diseases , and placed the health of their children in jeopardy . |
| 58 | It was Gre he was out at the Caithes and it blew up a a gale a Westerly gale and blew him across to Norway you see . |
| 59 | ‘ The reason we did a video for ‘ Dipping ’ was because it conjured up a lot of images . |
| 60 | If the cylinder spins in a fluid medium at rest , under ideal conditions , it sets up a circulatory profile ( Figure 2b ) . |