Example sentences of "our [noun pl] [verb] up [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our grandmothers grew up in the days when women rose at dawn , laid the sticks and lit the fire . |
| 2 | Glaxo Group Research says it does not have a career break scheme because it believes that ‘ it would be too difficult for our scientists to keep up with the pace of change if they were away from work for an extended period ’ . |
| 3 | She added that 50 years ago society tolerated things that were considered intolerable now and that many of our laws coming up in the social area were the result of pressure from families . |
| 4 | Most of our clothes ended up on the floor , and Corporal Fleicher , a tall German , went round hitting people in the stomach to see how firm their abdominal muscles were . |
| 5 | And the view should not be ruled out too summarily that all our desires grow up from the fact that certain things have been found immediately pleasurable . |