Example sentences of "[coord] [adv] [verb] up [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Last week , when he had left Joe Hyde in the bookshop , he had more or less made up his mind not to attend the meeting of the Irish sympathizers planned for this night . |
| 3 | You have a reasonable period of time to decide whether or not to give up your job , but it is not easy to forecast what will be regarded as ‘ reasonable ’ . |
| 4 | The illustrations are replete with husbands who forced wives to wear chastity belts or even sewed up their labia . |
| 5 | Chapter III will help you to choose a rug suited to your individual needs — you may want to make a worthwhile investment , or simply brighten up your home . |
| 6 | But be quick : pick up your phone or else gird up your loins , grab your staff and hie you like blazes , sprinting as though pursued by the fires of hell , to the Arts Theatre or the Festival box office , whereupon you should pawn your handbag or your jock strap — even your jewels , just as long as you succeed in laying claim to a seat . |
| 7 | Take the whole interview into account or instead make up my mind too soon without proper evidence ? |
| 8 | Other researchers think it is more likely that the fish remember the chemical composition of their home stream , and so pick up its scent in the open ocean . |
| 9 | And so throwing up its hands in horror and resignation it turns to the priests and pastors of religion — of a more primitive world order — and tells them to get on with it . |
| 10 | It saddens me to think that as the elitists worry about the ‘ wrong ’ people getting into their clubs , and so tighten up their door policies , the indie kids , the hooligans , the ‘ lilac clad youths ’ are all denied the chance to hear the music that could damage their lives . |
| 11 | Lucille took a last look in the mirror , decided there was nothing that could be done to make herself any more elegant or beautiful , and so picked up her small bag that contained the precious pasteboard ticket . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Some criteria and methods for ‘ assessing ’ and ‘ accrediting ’ what had been learned would gradually emerge , serving to validate the teaching contract , regulate entry to the emerging ‘ discipline ’ and generally build up its identity and status . |
| 14 | ‘ If you have nothing better to do than prop up buildings , will you kindly go and find yourself a street corner and not clutter up my department ! |
| 15 | Talking to someone about how she was feeling and not bottling up her worries . |
| 16 | He would n't have admitted it to Jo , but deep down he resented it when she was out of town and not picking up his calls . |
| 17 | The water was shallow and hardly came up their knees . |
| 18 | Melissa was shocked at the lack of sensitivity and promptly made up her mind to use Eleanor as the model for a future victim . |
| 19 | So , start with a stem and gradually build up your design from that . |
| 20 | Apart from the obvious aviation interest , reading this book is like watching a travelog on the USA , and once picked up it proves to be difficult to put back down ! |
| 21 | These will enable you to get straight in there and hopefully smash up your opponent 's force before he knows what 's hit him . |
| 22 | I sighed with relief and quickly snatched up her jesses , wrapping them securely round my bottom two fingers . |
| 23 | ‘ We 'll be finished in a minute ’ , one says apologetically , and quickly gathers up her paper towels and Windex . |
| 24 | I consider that poor taste , ’ she said tartly , getting to her feet and shakily picking up her evening bag from the chair next to her . |
| 25 | The outcome of these processes is that the official portrait of crime and criminals is highly selective , serving to conceal crimes of the powerful and hence shore up their interests , particularly the need to be legitimated through maintaining the appearance of respectability . |
| 26 | There , behind the high green doors of his mews home near Harrods , the supreme politician of motor sport had talked about confidence , recited his answers carefully and faced the television cameras with practised ease , all the time picking nervously at his sleeves and repeatedly pulling up his socks . |
| 27 | Some people , and you may be one , slowly and partially pick up their lives after losing their love . |
| 28 | And here give up ourselves in the full bent To lay out service freely at your feet , To be commanded . |
| 29 | I may give away everything I have , and even give up my body to be burned — but if I have no love this does me no good . |
| 30 | Ten o'clock — we come in from the park and then write up what we saw and do a project on it . |