Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] up their " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Then the conifers would have long since given up their job as nurses to the beeches and ended in a timber yard . |
| 2 | Moving to the ‘ library of the future ’ , many libraries have long given up their comprehensive collecting aspirations : they purchase selectively and rely on access , for example through interlending and document supply , and also on access to bibliographic and other electronic information sources . |
| 3 | The beasts had obviously picked up their scent and were now following their trail . |
| 4 | The popes had to come to terms with the nobles and those who came from the noble families of the city naturally built up their own families and factions in order to survive . |
| 5 | I could not go back for some time as the Germans had obviously built up their air force to great strength , so I threw in my lot with Fulham church in my rare off-duty times . |
| 6 | Lewis and Maloney so played up their own virginal roles during negotiations for a fight with world heavyweight champion Riddick Bowe , that you wonder whether , in the words of Muhammad Ali , these boys ai n't as dumb as they look . |
| 7 | For their part , the Muslims had already given up their claim to reunion with Syria as their price for participation in government under the Covenant . |
| 8 | Apparently they have already made up their minds , to separate one of the odder , although at times stimulating , hybrids of the museum world : the Tate as the gallery of British art and the Tate as the gallery of modern art , and they may well unveil their decision then . |
| 9 | The problem was that in reality it was not so much the Danes who had to decide — they had already made up their minds — as the remainder of the EEC partners who had to face the consequences of the Danish decision . |
| 10 | He said the survey also showed that people believed ‘ the experts ’ had already made up their minds and were not interested in others ' views . |
| 11 | They did n't , did they , just made up their minds and went . ’ |
| 12 | EC foreign ministers , meeting today , have already drawn up their battle-lines over the much-vexed topic of safeguarding European culture on television . |
| 13 | They 've no sooner packed up their waltzers into 150 segments than there 's another bloody Bank Holiday and they 've got to wheel round and reassemble 'em again . |
| 14 | My Lords , is my Noble Friend aware that many parents and teachers who have been deeply dissatisfied and disillusioned by local education authority schools in fact just set up their own new schools which are providing excellent education and really meeting those parental wishes , often with very strong er spiritual and moral values . |
| 15 | Countries in favour of whaling , such as Japan , the Faroe Islands and Norway have already set up their own whaling organisation . |
| 16 | In the meantime , the Hercules of RAF Lyneham have already stepped up their workload to the war zone . |
| 17 | Milly , their maid , always picked up their toys and made their beds and put their clothes away . |
| 18 | Of course , by the time someone comes to see me they have usually made up their mind that hypnosis will be beneficial for them and so this is not a situation I encounter very often . |
| 19 | The completeness of the Woodville collapse casts doubt on any suggestion that Edward IV had deliberately built up their power as a bulwark for his son — something which would have been tantamount to a conscious factionalization of politics . |
| 20 | The completeness of the Woodville collapse casts doubt on any suggestion that Edward IV had deliberately built up their power as a bulwark for his son — something which would have been tantamount to a conscious factionalization of politics . |
| 21 | Recognising that this was hardly fodder for mainstream publishers , he and Pope promptly set up their own publishing company , X Press . |
| 22 | Dogs gasped and changed places ; long ago cushions and covers had placidly yielded up their colours ; Aunt Tossie 's parrots fainted into their backgrounds , curtains dangled the edges of their rotten linings in the glare ; the evening was brimmed with lassitude . |
| 23 | They now take home just £50 a week each and have also given up their company cars . |
| 24 | The ironmongers also built up their businesses by using the human and material resources of their families . |
| 25 | They have also set up their own television production company , WTTV , developing projects including ‘ NEWSHOUNDS ’ with Alison Steadman and Adrian Edmondson , which won the top prize in the Best Television Film category at last year 's BAFTA awards . |
| 26 | It was here that he met his future wife , Jan , and the pair eventually set up their own practice . |
| 27 | Clare knew that women often made up their minds very quickly , and without enough information , about other people , particularly those who were physically attractive : she had just seen Kathy do so . |
| 28 | That just about sized up their differences , Ruth thought miserably . |
| 29 | It was for injured hedgehogs he and his wife Sue originally set up their wildlife hospital , St. Tiggywinkles — and now he 's made a video with all you need to know about taking care of the hedgehog which despite their reputation , he says performed beautifully : |
| 30 | They have even given up their company cars and now tout for business in the firm 's delivery van . |