Example sentences of "they [verb] up [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Charles did n't tell Jacqui about their new ally in investigation when they met up that evening to report progress . |
| 2 | They were doing in that shop exactly what they intended to do and in all probability , what they intended to do from the moment they got up that morning . |
| 3 | ‘ Did they make up all those pictures of blondes , brunettes , redheads , hanging on to your arm ? ’ |
| 4 | More Sinhalese Buddhists were hired ; by 1900 they made up more than one-quarter of the force . |
| 5 | Often sleeping four to a bed , they made up this rhyme : |
| 6 | I do n't know what the programmers were on when they made up this game , but as Boy 's Own once said about liquid E , if it comes in pints , I 'll have two ! |
| 7 | They made up half the electorate . |
| 8 | Though the Sinhalese accounted for over two-thirds of Sri Lanka 's inhabitants , they made up less than one-third of the force . |
| 9 | They make up half your face in colours to suit you , advising you on technique , and you make up the other half of your face to match . |
| 10 | Writing on land settlement is much preoccupied with men ; women rarely feature although they make up half the population . |
| 11 | So they make up this game with negative numbers but it works very well it 's very useful . |
| 12 | how do they think up those answers in such a |
| 13 | That 's right , well that 's where it , and they drew up that old road , with their caravans you see . |
| 14 | They drew up some papers which said they legally owned it . |
| 15 | They used up all their goals against Oldham did n't they , two weeks ago when they did n't force any corners at all in the match ; scored five goals nevertheless . |
| 16 | To the right and a ten by eight to the left and then they went up a grade and they drove up same on both . |
| 17 | They ate up all the knives and forks and then they asked for more . |
| 18 | But as they do , they give up some of their own energy ; so the atmosphere in turn modifies the radiations . |
| 19 | That 's where they finish up these days . ’ |
| 20 | I always do sit with my hands in my pockets , except when I am in the company of my sisters , my cousins , or my aunts ; and they kick up such a shindy — I should say expostulate so eloquently on the subject — that I have to give up and take them out — my hands I mean . ’ |
| 21 | As I was saying : they dig up that and also Francis 's moment of passion when he made himself a father — which must have been more than twenty years ago ! |
| 22 | The Germans were highly organized , she said , pushing the blue-and-white enamelled iron back and forth : they hunted up all the Jews they could find . |
| 23 | So they set up this fund to compensate victims in serious cases of abuse . |
| 24 | The Oakley gave her the brush of the only fox they broke up that day . |
| 25 | So they packed up some pears and pineapples — set off well before the light hours |
| 26 | Just as they clean up all the trash and litter , they also clean up the earth and the sky , transmogrifying cars , turning tools , parts , weapons , bolts into carbon and iron . |
| 27 | Oh do n't they go up that way then ? |
| 28 | They lay up all the following day , expecting to be attacked at any moment , but no enemy showed up . |
| 29 | She argues that it enables speakers to produce language in a more efficient way , so that they use up less mental energy , and speak more fluently — perhaps even more emphatically and persuasively . |
| 30 | That same year they took up that old chestnut , the inspection of laundries attached to Roman Catholic ( and now Anglican ) nunneries ; they were annoyed that these had been excluded from the Factory Bill then before Parliament . |