Example sentences of "[noun] [be] [adv] [verb] up [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Other areas such as the shop , supermarket or hairdressers are often set up and , if not permanently established like the Home Corner , are used and replaced , to return again months later and be enjoyed with renewed enthusiasm . |
| 2 | A bat is a machine , whose internal electronics are so wired up that its wing muscles cause it to home in on insects , as an unconscious guided missile homes in on an aeroplane . |
| 3 | Such views are often picked up and repeated by non-finance specialists ( e.g. Hill , 1985 ) . |
| 4 | Even this latter source of funds is now drying up as the property market slides into an ever deeper slump . |
| 5 | The big fella is more keyed up than I 've seen him for a long time and he is channelling all his energies into one final world cup fling . |
| 6 | The cost of keeping a horse is constantly going up while prize money is static . ’ |
| 7 | erm it was around fifty-four thousand last year , and the figure 's just going up and up . |
| 8 | The trophy was even cleaned up and refurbished before being returned to the course for the race . |
| 9 | That particular day 's sailings between England and Ireland were delayed owing to bad weather so the mail was accountably held up and delays caused . |
| 10 | And there arose a fierce gale of wind and the waves were breaking over the boat so much that the boat was already filling up and he himself was in the stern asleep on the cushion . |
| 11 | Fall-rise and rise-fall tones , however , can be quite difficult to recognise when they are extended over tails , since their characteristic pitch movements are often broken up or distorted by the structure of the syllables they occur on . |
| 12 | Second team bowler Robert Powell is also called up as Builth look to halt their recent decline . |
| 13 | A baby visiting committee was immediately set up and in 1909 , with cooperation from the Public Health Committee , an anti-TB exhibition was organised in Canning Town Public Hall attended by over 30,000 people ( Canning Town Health Society 1911 ) . |
| 14 | One pub regular told the Echo : ‘ The pub was all locked up and it was obvious that something was wrong . |
| 15 | He found one near the exit where the checkout girl was just opening up and Mum wheeled her trolley into the space . |
| 16 | The ‘ lady ’ in question was heavily made up and dressed in a tight sheath of black and gold lurex that ended provocatively at mid-thigh . |
| 17 | The arm and post are then lined up and the mortise marked off on the arm from the post . |
| 18 | The hostels are also filling up because people do n't move on . ’ |
| 19 | These carers were then followed up and details extracted about their caring responsibilities and the effects of caring . |
| 20 | Foaming bamboos of rice wine were being copiously consumed by every level of society , and the two litters were furiously bounced up and down along their journey . |
| 21 | This , together with the fact that the whole town is well kept up and bustling with life , seems to hint that the people of Wainfleet have a strong community spirit and pride in all their town 's endeavours and achievements . |
| 22 | That cash is already drying up as Japan concentrates its resources at home . |
| 23 | In other words we have to be able to demonstrate that we can do better by some sort of synergy in the group ; if we ca n't do that then the group is better broken up and the individual parts allowed to fly free and attract their own shareholding . |
| 24 | The porcupine fish ( opposite , top ) inflates itself by gulping in water ( or air if it has been removed from the sea ) until its body is so puffed up that its spiny scales stand out rigidly from its body and defy any killer to devour it . |
| 25 | BCCs are often set up as branches of Dutch companies to obtain the benefit of the Dutch tax treaty network , the income being effectively exempt from Dutch tax under domestic rules . |
| 26 | Quorum also found 80% to 85% of its potential audience are interested simply in running off-the-shelf Mac packages of Word and Excel : this is what Quorum is currently polishing up and will be showing . |
| 27 | Quorum also found 80% to 85% of its potential audience are interested in running just off-the-shelf Mac packages of Word and Excel which is what Quorum is currently polishing up and will be showing . |
| 28 | But Stewart said that even before he was convicted , vital information from other pilots about near-misses was already drying up because of fears of reprisals . |
| 29 | Hill 's slashed Pursuit of Love 's price to 8–1 from 33–1 , while the first offer of 10–1 by Coral 's immediately after the race was quickly snapped up and they now offer 7–1 . |
| 30 | But the authorities did little to identify those responsible ; eyewitness evidence was never followed up and no autopsy was performed . |