Example sentences of "up [pron] [noun pl] [verb] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She could cancel the bank loan and salt away her redundancy money and pick up her plans to start her own business as soon as the eighteen months were up . |
| 2 | CADBURY Schweppes stepped up its efforts to strengthen its position in the continental chocolate market with the purchase of a 70 p.c. stake and an option to buy the balance in privately owned Piasten , one of the biggest companies in the German boxed chocolate market . |
| 3 | The Foreign Secretary is urging local firms to step up their efforts to sell their products abroad . |
| 4 | By giving up their lives to protect their nest mates , they are promoting their own genes through their relatives . |
| 5 | The crimson rope-light snaked out and Nuadu saw the nearest slaves cower and put up their hands to shield their faces . |
| 6 | And yet the process that produces that hoppy , hearty , malty , mellow flavour , that dark ruby gleam and smooth rich creamy head has hardly changed at all since Arthur rolled up his sleeves to mash his first brew . |
| 7 | Her hands slid up his arms to grip his shoulders , her fingers digging into the soft material of his shirt as though he alone could anchor her . |
| 8 | Jerome crept to the foot of the steps , and there halted , baulked , rather , like a startled horse , drew hard breath and assayed to mount , and then suddenly threw up his arms to cover his face , fell on his knees with a lamentable , choking cry , and bowed himself against the stone of the steps . |
| 9 | Last night he stepped up his efforts to broaden his appeal to floating voters by promising that a Labour government would seek consensus and willingly listen to the voice of the people . |
| 10 | There is growing evidence that bottling up your emotions weakens your immune system ’ . |