Example sentences of "[prep] they [vb base] up [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Children whose parents set firm limits for them grow up with more self-esteem and confidence than those who are allowed to get away with behaving in any way they like . |
| 2 | For a moment Trent thought of letting the whole damn lot of them go up on the reef . |
| 3 | None of the Indian girls complain , because they are afraid of being beaten up , so none of them go up to the headmaster and complain . |
| 4 | The fireworks — £3,000 worth of them go up in 60 seconds on the final whistle — have been dubbed ‘ a pyrotechnic holocaust ’ by killjoy critics . |
| 5 | They managed to get some ones on the sea , but they did have a try erm a lot of them come up with the erm barking up the wrong tree said the dog , you know , things like that with a bit of help . |
| 6 | It would n't do any harm , either physically or financially , to have the two of them come up to London , possibly put them up for the night . |
| 7 | Few sufferers are able to stop and many of them end up with multiple amputations . |
| 8 | A significant number of them end up in jail for long prison terms , often at an age when less adventurous corporate executives are retiring to the golf course . |
| 9 | ‘ A lot of them look up to the likes of Johnny Marr and say : ‘ That 's what I want to sound like ! ’ |
| 10 | Pyramids of paper have been piled up on the subject of faunal provinces in the fossil record , but very few of them stand up to critical examination and even the latest symposium on the subject has produced very little that can be regarded as concrete evidence . |
| 11 | But most of them finish up against the scaffolding . |
| 12 | ‘ Most of them finish up against the bridge these days , apparently . ’ |
| 13 | And I warn you , if any of my designs or anything like them turn up in the showroom at the House of Oliver I shall sue — and win the sort of damages that will put your little friend out of business for good . |
| 14 | This music , something like they serve up in supermarkets and American elevators , is an ‘ experiment , ’ and Tottenham Court Road is the first station to feel the ‘ benefits ’ of a new system that ‘ customers ’ can actually hear and , according to London Underground , the racket is intended to ‘ calm people awaiting their train . |
| 15 | It will be mainly concerned with pensions , education and health care , because there are well-developed private and occupational services in all three areas and because state services in them make up about three-quarters of state welfare spending . |
| 16 | I mean we , we said to them ring up on the day |