Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] up [pron] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | For those old people who want to continue living outside institutional life , it means in many cases living alone or away from their children and grandchildren , or perhaps giving up their own homes to live in ‘ sheltered accommodation ’ overseen by a warden and social workers . |
| 4 | In between these two extremes comes the large mass of honourable and intelligent outdoor enthusiasts who listen to the frothings and bayings back and forth between the two factions with alarm , but without the detailed information from both sides which would enable them freely and democratically to make up their own minds , and if necessary bring their concerted pressure to bear on one side or the other to desist . |
| 5 | The reader apparently makes up his/her own mind about the character , or will be disposed to share the judgements of the narrator , without the guidance of intrusive narrative commentary . |
| 6 | She 's old enough to make up her own mind . ’ |
| 7 | At sixteen or seventeen many adolescents in the sample were considered old enough to make up their own minds about issues such as smoking , exercise , and diet ; it was often left entirely up to them to contact doctors , dentists , and sometimes schools for undiscovered GCSE results . |
| 8 | ‘ She 's old enough to make up 'er own mind . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ He went up north somewhere to set up his own unit , I do n't know where . ’ |
| 10 | In a study of potential nursing home residents it was observed that the old people were likely to undergo a major psychological upheaval as they realised that they must soon give up their own homes and accept institutionalisation for the rest of their lives ( Tobin and Lieberman , 1976 ) . |
| 11 | " I 've just made up my own quadratic equation , " the girl panted triumphantly . |
| 12 | She was soon to give up her own acting career — which she never took seriously — to — spoil him ? |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | The Mecca Leisure Group has already set up its own travel company to cater for and organize this kind of holiday , and others are likely to follow suit . |
| 15 | Countries in favour of whaling , such as Japan , the Faroe Islands and Norway have already set up their own whaling organisation . |
| 16 | Recognising that this was hardly fodder for mainstream publishers , he and Pope promptly set up their own publishing company , X Press . |
| 17 | And when I come to stay , that darling girl Riva — the one you met last week — always gives up her own bed and sleeps on a sofa in her father 's study … ’ |
| 18 | You had to learn each officer 's quirks personally , because they not only interpreted the rules and regulations so very differently , they also made up their own as they went along . |
| 19 | ‘ You 've clearly made up your own mind about me , ’ he said coldly . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | It also set up its own scouting organizations , clubs both sporting and social , with Irish music , Irish dancing , and Irish or Gaelic games . |
| 22 | He later set up his own business importing groceries from Europe , particularly from Spain . |
| 23 | It was here that he met his future wife , Jan , and the pair eventually set up their own practice . |
| 24 | And over 4½ million people are now building up their own personal pensions . |
| 25 | The hospital 's now stepping up its own security measures . |
| 26 | People often give up their own home to move into the home of the person for whom they will be caring but may lose that home as a result of the income support capital rules . |
| 27 | Those members of the Nikola Petkov Bulgarian National Agrarian Union ( BZNS ) who had remained in the Union of Democratic Forces ( UDF ) after part of the BZNS split off to form a separate party before the October 1991 elections [ see p. 38539 ] now set up their own separate BZNS within the UDF . |
| 28 | This statement , from two ladies as eccentric and charmingly Irish as anyone I 'd met that day , just about summed up my own feelings . |
| 29 | This is not to say that Gloucester was consciously building up his own authority at the expense of the crown — the distinction is meaningless in Edward IV 's lifetime — but by 1483 the duchy connection was Gloucester 's as well as the king 's . |
| 30 | This is not to say that Gloucester was consciously building up his own authority at the expense of the crown — the distinction is meaningless in Edward IV 's lifetime — but by 1483 the duchy connection was Gloucester 's as well as the king 's . |