Example sentences of "[be] [verb] up [conj] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In order to display particular native features , the traditional circle , chain and couple dance formations must be broken up and opened outwards so that the steps are seen clearly by the audience . |
| 2 | The company were unable to sell the redundant equipment and finally had to resort to paying for it to be broken up and taken away for scrap : a sad end to a long and honourable career . |
| 3 | There was a gulph [ sic ] between slavery and freedom which could neither be filled up nor closed over and across which the slave must leap ere he alighted on the other side and found himself a free man . |
| 4 | The sheep will have to be gathered up and brought down as soon as possible ! ’ |
| 5 | Houses had to be boarded up and rendered both impenetrable and inaccessible as soon as the inhabitants moved out , so that squatters and wreckers could not move in . |
| 6 | Bearing in mind the rate of growth , these are not a fish to be fattened up and passed on quickly , living well in excess of ten years and hopefully being given the respect during this time that any animal deserves . |
| 7 | The worms crawl onto the sticks , which can then be picked up and dipped directly into the fry tank . |
| 8 | When I designed the L.game it seemed obvious from the rules I had written that the pieces could be picked up and placed anywhere on the board . |
| 9 | The stable , dry pedal boats can be picked up and dropped off at any of 5 moorings in the heart of the City . |
| 10 | The following practices have been noted and should cease forthwith : Missiles thrown at the police should not be picked up and thrown back as once the missile has hit the ground it is deemed ‘ out of play ’ . |
| 11 | He wanted to be picked up and wrung out like a floor cloth to get the stuff out of his system . |
| 12 | Charlotte was not a commodity to be picked up and put down at will , and so he would find . |
| 13 | As areas of concern emerge , information packs will be made up and sent out , again free of charge . |
| 14 | After discussion , a care plan will be drawn up and written down . |
| 15 | An alternative is to take a data feed electronically from an established computerised accounting database , such as Extel Financial 's MicroEXSTAT , allowing full company analysis within seconds and tables of main customers to be drawn up and monitored automatically . |
| 16 | Therefore , if this backward boy was to get a good education , he must somehow be crammed up or taught up to scrape a scholarship at one of the big independent schools where most of the fees would be paid for scholars . |
| 17 | Once complete , the turnings can be wrapped up and put away . |
| 18 | The cell inlet ducts are designed so that they can be opened up or closed off to match the cell heat . |
| 19 | The " golden rules " for such an approach might be summed up as Do not work alone Argue the case on educational grounds Present a professional report |
| 20 | This research can be set up and carried out very quickly by a competent research agency , and will cost ( 1992 prices ) some £1200 per group or £110–125 per individual interview . |
| 21 | Designed for use by engineers on PCs or workstations , its graphical interfaces enable problems to be set up and analysed rapidly . |
| 22 | Systems will be set up and maintained whereby progress reports in terms of technical achievement against plan and cost expenditure against budget within the same timespan are collated and integrated for regular submission to the Project Committee and IEATP 's Monitoring Officer . |
| 23 | The essential qualities of a tenant 's fixture are that it may be removed without causing irreparable damage to the building and that it may be set up and used again in another building or place ( Webb v Bevis ( Frank ) Ltd [ 1940 ] 1 All ER 247 ; Young v Dalgety plc [ 1987 ] 1 EGLR 116 ) . |
| 24 | When the Module Version Management facilities are required , the configuration file should be set up as described below . |
| 25 | There are some who argue that sovereignty or ultimate authority can be sliced up and shared around . |
| 26 | He breathed the air deeply , hauling it into his broad chest as if this particular air on this exact spot could be stored up and carried around as a reserve and reminder : for minutes on end he stood there , resisting any move which would lift the spell , gazing into the hidden valley as if in there lay the treasure he wanted . |
| 27 | It came a cropper in 1990 and had to be cut up and sold off , with the remains ending up at Amstral Workstation Solutions Ltd , a value added reseller operation . |
| 28 | It can be cut up and glued together . |
| 29 | Should we , or should they just be rounded up and locked up ? |
| 30 | But not so long ago they were actually sails and had to be put up and taken down like the sails of a ship . |