Example sentences of "up [coord] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Joint compensation schemes use funds collected through charges and contributions to clean up or restore the environment . |
| 2 | The Americans , in particular , were self-confident and well educated , and their solidarity was in stark contrast with the disunity of the United Kingdom representatives , who were attending as individuals and had no national body to back them up or to formulate a national policy . |
| 3 | ‘ They ’ do n't like the food , ‘ they ’ wet their beds , ‘ they ’ get in the way when staff are trying to tidy up or lay the table . |
| 4 | So you 've got you 've got things which set up or stimulate the behaviour or the decision . |
| 5 | The physical process of tendon repair is now well documented and efforts are being made to find drugs which speed up or modify the repair process . |
| 6 | Readers interested in doing experiments involving ultrasonics can buy the basic matching transmitters and receivers quite cheaply but they will need to look up or develop the circuits needed to make them work . |
| 7 | • If you ca n't get to sleep , do n't get up or have a meal or snack ; relax and read quietly instead . |
| 8 | They also manage to muddle up or confuse the issue of which Alice is speaking on , for example , |
| 9 | If Cohen showed the slightest inclination to get up or cause a commotion , he 'd have to knock him out — swiftly and silently . |
| 10 | Tough , consistent , and versatile , Golden Chip is effective on all types of ground , held up or blazing a trail . |
| 11 | Lastly , the Government was obviously concerned about the way the press and radio could , by their manner of reporting , either build up or damage the reputations of political figures . |
| 12 | Julian ( 4.5 ) and David ( 4.2 ) stood them up and played a game with them as rockets going up to the sky . |
| 13 | Well with this stuff , they could n't do that and then they they they their stomach used to get compacted the they they they could n't er could n't er get their cud up and caused a lot of stomach trouble . |
| 14 | Well what , what are you gon na do , go up and ask the bloke oh can you buy me a cake ? |
| 15 | Everyone buckled up and braved a face to see everyone and say their goodbyes as it was a parting for many good friends , both teachers and pupils . |
| 16 | But he had to restrain himself from leaping up and switching the light off and peering out into the street from behind the curtains . |
| 17 | Bishop West arrived back in Rangoon on 9th July to find that army chaplains and volunteer workers from the forces were hard at work to clean up and restore the cathedral , which had been used throughout the occupation as a factory for sauce and saki . |
| 18 | Edouard thought of Isobel 's family , of her grandfathers , uncles , cousins , who had propped up and maintained an empire , who had fought , and ruled , in India , in Africa . |
| 19 | Benny was laughing to cheer them up and raise the mood again . |
| 20 | Then Frank arrived one weekend with a team of his workmates to wire the place up and install the plugs and light fittings . |
| 21 | An aerial on the distant receiver then picks them up and converts the information firstly into electrical signals then into sound which is reproduced by the loudspeaker . |
| 22 | Some of these may offer opportunities which lean more towards science , technology or maths work — drawing up and costing a cleaning contract for a historic building ( How exactly does one clean that crystal chandelier ? |
| 23 | I think I , get up and go the thing |
| 24 | Instead , she sat up and looked the big rascal right in the eye . |
| 25 | At these heights , the first turn or so generally dictates whether you go up and get a climb , or go down for a landing . |
| 26 | then take them back up and get a two . |
| 27 | She says a massage will help loosen you up and get the blood flowing normally and warm up those aching muscles . |
| 28 | Go up and get the anchor |
| 29 | so that 's how it works , open it up and get the mast . |
| 30 | Go up and get the old and see if . |