Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [verb] up the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And where she blows up the lorry . |
| 2 | Or you went up the fire escape , which had fifty two steps , to go up . |
| 3 | No , last week you probably would have got the little joining letter with map , but you probably talked to people in the branch who may have been there , or you talked to your manager , or you picked up the phone and said , how do I get here , you may have even got the map out if you were driving , to actually see what junction you came off the motorways and things like that . |
| 4 | Instead , they may receive a reduced pension or one based on their husband 's contributions ; or one topping up the other . |
| 5 | ‘ The tree in the forest , where he sealed up the dybbuk … ’ |
| 6 | I blow out so hard that I mist up the windscreen . |
| 7 | I asked Alan to fish the first drift , in order to settle down , and towards the end he suggested that I put up the dap . |
| 8 | You want that I turn up the sound ? ’ |
| 9 | Alas , they had no high chairs for nine month old Daniel , and it was with a sinking heart that I picked up the menu , while trying to hold the baby and prevent toddler Michael from pulling off the tablecloth . |
| 10 | Does my right hon. Friend know that I gave up the opportunity of becoming a solicitor like the hon. Member for Glasgow , Garscadden ( Mr. Dewar ) because accountants put the losses on the right and the profits on the left ? |
| 11 | The lump is not ready to answer , so I turn up the pressure : ‘ He ai n't gon na say nothing . |
| 12 | I did n't offer an opinion on that since I did n't have any , so I took up the time admiring the surroundings . |
| 13 | Then I remembered the location of a luxurious caravan a relative has near Perpignan , so I looked up the guide , and found that there are a number of crags nearby — even better . |
| 14 | When Nicklaus did finally track me down he told me the bag was still mine if I wanted it , but I told him I 'd already committed myself , so I gave up the chance . |
| 15 | After the first few months , George was insistent that she give up the market stall . |
| 16 | Less than 48 hours after the world No.1 had lifted her third French Open title , doctors in Paris revealed that she picked up the injury towards the end of her quarter-final win over Jennifer Capriati . |
| 17 | ‘ I recall that you brought up the suggestion and positively hammered at it . ’ |
| 18 | Erm fact that you set up the scene for the introductions and you asked for it that you , you know , took and reduced those people to an image of which was good . |
| 19 | Jane found it cold , but her visitors found it freezing , so she turned up the thermostat to seventy . |
| 20 | Can I suggest that we wind up the meeting and er . |
| 21 | Then she had to go back to the shop to get our fish and chips , so we bundled up the rest of the wood and , as it was dark , ventured out to see if Dad could find some customers for his new business . |
| 22 | This could have had unfortunate consequences , so we started up the motor and went on towards the beach . |
| 23 | Sometimes the skilled were actually a species of sub-contractor , paid by output , who hired their unskilled assistants at a flat time-wage and saw to it that they kept up the pace . |
| 24 | Mine become so tame that they climb up the inside of the wire mesh when I approach the hutch and are clearly pleased to see me . |
| 25 | In 1908 the Standard was not printing photographs and , although it took up the art form in the 1920 's and it is a curiosity to learn that the first photograph it published to do with the Club was in fact of the Opening Match , but 50 years after the event . |
| 26 | Nevertheless , the greenhouse effect is so efficient that this energy becomes trapped to the extent that it drives up the surface temperatures to the observed values . |
| 27 | The United States expert sought to re-assure the Commission that pre-trial discovery procedures in his country were all after the commencement of proceedings ( the relevance of this being , presumably , that it picks up the requirement of Article 1(2) of the Convention ) and were under the control of a judge . |
| 28 | Another is that it opens up the risk financing options available . |
| 29 | The natural way to interpret the EPR experiment is not that it shows up the incompleteness of quantum theory but that it manifests the falsity of naive locality . |
| 30 | When he says of Bilbo that he gave up the Ring ‘ of his own accord : an important point ’ , he may be saying only that Bilbo ca n't have become too badly addicted , or more moralistically that Bilbo 's good impulse will help his cure . |