Example sentences of "up our [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He has the power to induce guilt by opening up our private lives for inspection , but by transforming pain and fear into illness , he can also absolve us . |
| 2 | We must keep up our good name , right Will ? ’ |
| 3 | HAVING found a school for our three children and a house to rent , my wife and I took up our new life on . |
| 4 | Before we once-and-for-all set up our new tank ( and next month look at tank decor ) , it 's a sign of the times that we have to pause and consider the single most important item in our tank — water . |
| 5 | My husband was in the fields and he saw them blow up our new house . |
| 6 | One year ago , my wife and I packed up our young son , double-locked the door and moved from New York to London . |
| 7 | ‘ We plan to use the cash proceeds to build up our environmental service business in the US particularly to expand our $42m Tropical Plant Rental business which we acquired last year , ’ said Mr Thompson . |
| 8 | IF YOU won the pools , it 's a cert you 'd celebrate with a slap-up party for friends — and that 's how we 're winding up our great series of free contests . |
| 9 | In response to a frantic waving of arms a few minutes later , I opened up our trusty Seagull motor and chugged round the harbour arm to brave the swell . |
| 10 | Come , Gertrude , we 'll call up our wisest friends and let them know both what we mean to do … |
| 11 | Of the 16 funds that made up our Global Strategy umbrella fund when it was launched five years ago , no less than four have come first in their respective sectors over this period , according to Finstat . |
| 12 | And so we still have a common struggle and to build up our international solidarity . |
| 13 | Gradually our life at Moor House lost its holiday feeling , and as we took up our usual habits and regular studies again , St John sat with us more often . |
| 14 | An increase in regional aid would benefit other countries far more than us and would drive up our net contribution to the budget . |
| 15 | Two maids were making up our nuptial bed , |
| 16 | I asked as we picked up our overnight bags and moved towards the exit . |
| 17 | But I was n't supposed to like her because her love for my father was buggering up our entire family . |
| 18 | A bit of thought indicated that , clearly , consumers , having minds , emotions , senses , and all the psychological paraphernalia that foul up our mental processes , would in some way ‘ process ’ the material coming to them in the form of advertisements . |
| 19 | Nearer the t higher up our reducing agent is carbon monoxide which is formed by partial burning of the coke , and that forms iron again and carbon dioxide . |
| 20 | What , then , to pick up our last theme , is the carry-over of this conception into the culture of society ? |
| 21 | We hung up our own coats , ordered G and Ts and settled into the menu . |
| 22 | At this point Friends of Rough Collie Rescue refused any further involvement , so we had to set up our own organisation called ‘ Rough Collie Rescue ’ ( London and South East ) . |
| 23 | ‘ We 're travelling in a van , we f—ing move our own f—ing equipment , we set up our own shit onstage . |
| 24 | So surely we got to tidy up our own act before we go further forward and as a trade union surely we are to fight unemployment . |
| 25 | It would be wise for each of us to draw up our own list and carefully think through the issues involved in each . |
| 26 | Why do the powers that be refuse to supply dental dams on the same basis as condoms are supplied , so that we can make up our own minds as to the suitability or otherwise of the dams ? |
| 27 | Do n't let them stampede us into anything , we 'll make up our own minds . |
| 28 | ‘ Being young , we thought , well , here 's an opportunity for us to set up our own business , and to take a group of staff and clients out of AY . ’ |
| 29 | It 's excuse me ca n't we make up our own language |
| 30 | And we 're also going to set up our own site , which we 'll be able to carry on on a daily basis throughout the year , so obviously the schools ca n't do it during the holidays . |