Example sentences of "up the [adj -est] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ What on earth do you mean ? ’ asked her mother aggressively , picking up the nearest dress to hand . |
| 2 | But for her insistence on being free for Dickie 's holidays she could have had a ward sister 's job in Benedict 's by just picking up the nearest telephone . |
| 3 | When his pager bleeps , the members of staff being contacted picks up the nearest telephone and dials a prearranged number , such as the reception desk . |
| 4 | I picked up the nearest coil and began to gather it up , but whereas in the summer heat the pipe had been soft and flexible , it now had the consistency of a steel cable and was like trying to lift a bedframe designed by Salvador Dali . |
| 5 | At the same time you bleep the missing swimming pool attendant who responds by picking up the nearest intercom substation handset allowing you to issue instructions directly , all within a matter of seconds rather than minutes . |
| 6 | Without thinking , Moore picked up the nearest book and threw it . |
| 7 | He made a sort of ducking movement to acknowledge his orders and tipped up the nearest chair so that its burden of garments slithered to the flagstones . |
| 8 | But if it is cold , a monarch can not work up the energy to fly and can only manage to crawl up the nearest sage brush . |
| 9 | If you are in the river and pee in the water , it can sense your urine and will swim up to lodge in you , swimming up the nearest orifice and sticking out its barbs , which is meant to be excruciatingly painful — and it takes surgery to get one out . |
| 10 | My school grades would plummet , I 'd become virtually anorexic and I 'd take up the oddest hobbies to please my loved one . |
| 11 | ’ Gertrude lowered her voice as she yielded up the spiciest morsel of her story . |
| 12 | Statues were pointed at and the shattered grand piano from the drawing-room in the hope that they might help , if only a little , to shore up the weakest banks of soil . |
| 13 | The 24-year-old sweeper will lose three days ’ wages for deserting his father 's electrical business to take on the infinitely more difficult job of shoring up the leakiest defence in international soccer . |
| 14 | than a poet ever could ; picking up the smallest insects |
| 15 | Charging up the smallest rod with deuterium took only two days , the 2 mm rod took a week and the 4 mm one took a month ; an 8 mm rod took several months to charge before any detailed experimental measurements could begin . |
| 16 | That is to say , they attempt to follow up the best scoring hypothesis depth-first and back-track to earlier interpretations only if the current interpretation appears to be failing . |
| 17 | In the continuing war of words between reformers and hardliners , Mr Nemeth conjured up the best insult of the day when he referred to his opponents as ‘ Stone Age conservatives ’ . |
| 18 | At last week 's advertising awards , the Esso tiger picked up the Best Animal trophy when to me it was obvious that the Andrex puppy was the better creature . |
| 19 | With borrowed money he took advantage of an opportunity that presented itself in the 1930s when Oscar Deutch set about forming a third circuit of cinemas — after those of the Rank Organisation and ABC — by buying up the best sites . |
| 20 | American bilateral agreements that permitted fifth freedom rights especially alarmed the British , as they believed that the United States would be able to scoop up the best routes in a piecemeal fashion . |
| 21 | We tend to think that it is a modern problem , trying to set up the best lifestyle so that the need for personal commitment to the home is balanced with other social and career activities . |
| 22 | Gary Shandling , host of the ceremony in Los Angeles , warned the audience after Clapton had picked up the Best Album Grammy : ‘ If you are up in any other categories against Eric Clapton , I would go home now . ’ |
| 23 | Charles , who had been criticized as increasingly authoritarian during her 10 years in office , dismissed opposition complaints by claiming that " we have always realized that elections do n't throw up the best people " . |
| 24 | ‘ And this heap of fur taking up the warmest spot is Blue . |
| 25 | The top riders never appear to be hurrying — in fact Mark Todd often appears to be quite casual as he clocks up the fastest time of the day . |
| 26 | Two author studies made up the highest proportion of articles in both journals . |
| 27 | However , the adoption of this policy alone does not solve the problem of making optimal use of the volume , because filling up the highest part of the nave with habitable accommodation arranged on one or several storeys deprives the lower-level spinal space of the church of natural light . |
| 28 | News of their ill-luck may have dampened the post-match celebrations at Branch Road last night after Derry rattled up the highest score of the round , 61–17 against north west neighbours Omagh . |
| 29 | Participants in the Youth Training Scheme ( YTS ) make up the largest share of these , accounting for nearly nine per cent of all temporary workers , and participants in the Community Programme ( CP ) together with a small number in the Community Industry programme make up almost all the remainder , accounting for just over four per cent . |
| 30 | Mono-unsaturates ( MUFAs ) should make up the largest proportion of fats consumed . |