Example sentences of "they have [verb] up [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | For their tickets , and I said at the area council if they had turned up like they turned up to pay them thirty pound and eight pound , if they 'd turned up at the same time with a petition form what a difference it would |
| 2 | Donna sat in the sitting-room , glancing endlessly at the sheets of paper they 'd picked up from the bank that day and also at the notes Ward had left . |
| 3 | As they staggered out of their tepees and another faultless day came smooching in from the Pacific , they would sniff the honeyed air and ask one another what they 'd got up to the previous night . |
| 4 | Last year of course they did superbly , they beat Southend who were then in the fourth division , and look what 's happened to them , they 've gone up to the third division . |
| 5 | ‘ And they 'll never rest until they 've caught up with the States . ’ |
| 6 | In the meantime , all the genuine members who 've stayed on are livin' in the tented village they 've set up in the grounds , around the burned out house . |
| 7 | They had grown up in the same house since they were babies and were virtually inseparable . |
| 8 | Does my right hon. Friend agree that there would not be nearly so many such companies if they had to put up with the economic and industrial policies of the Labour party ? |
| 9 | They did n't show when the lectern was down , but imagine the audience 's laughter if they had popped up with the lectern and the speaker . |
| 10 | The Fontanellatesi , like all Italians , felt happy ; happy that they had stood up to the Fascists , and happy that they had helped the escaped prisoners . |
| 11 | Only the Jews and the Iranians stood up to the Romans , as they had stood up to the Seleucids . |
| 12 | Having wandered about all over the house , they had ended up in the dining room where the cabinet full of glass was . |
| 13 | The spade and the fork they had hung up among the other tools in the stables . |
| 14 | He dealt quickly with the Romanian trip until that day when they had driven up into the mountains to visit Putna . |
| 15 | By the time they came to the sharp bend at Borlick they had caught up with the McCulloch family , old Donald limping and muttering to himself , Donald hand in hand with Jean , Mary and her friend big Mary striding on ahead , their arms pulled down by heavy baskets of pies and eggs . |
| 16 | Now , in an unbelievably four short years , they had caught up with the atomic bomb which alone guaranteed the security of the much-disarmed United States . |
| 17 | Servants came , and wrapped them in soft new sheets together , and carried them to the bed which they had set up in the white room . |
| 18 | They had come up to the Buraimi for the men to look for better opportunities . |
| 19 | Not till they had come up onto the green did he realise that the figure in waterproofs pulling the doctor 's trolley was Chris . |
| 20 | They looked into one another 's eyes , and kissed with a great tenderness , as though they had to make up for the anger last time . |
| 21 | Exhibitors also complain they have to put up with the theft of their merchandise , and suspect their bills are inflated by ‘ ghost ’ workers , who are paid but do no work . |
| 22 | Agencies like this find that some people want a complete change from previous work , others like to continue using the skills they have built up over the years . |
| 23 | Both went to art school : neither needed art school to learn how to do the work they have put up in the Hayward . |
| 24 | Banks usually have mixed feelings about these kind of arrangements as the exporter controls the security — leaving the bank exposed if they have to pay up on the Credit to the supplier but the esporter fails , for whatever reason , to draw on the export Credit . |