Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] up [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If your capital or income goes up you may be required to contribute a greater share of the costs of your care . |
| 2 | It 's afternoon keep saying that it 's afternoon it 's morning to me this afternoon pick up your phone and give me a ring now O nine O four six four one six four one . |
| 3 | So everyone continues to use the Ridgeway in a fairly easy truce — while the men from the ministry make up their minds . |
| 4 | The West builds up its metals mountain |
| 5 | His presence made up her mind for her and she turned , brushing past him and heading towards a newspaper vendor who sat shivering behind his stall at the nearby entrance to a Metro station . |
| 6 | Over half the men around him spent the crossing bringing up what little food they had eaten for breakfast . |
| 7 | ‘ You do not know , ’ said Lili , ‘ how many women would gladly put away for ever their suspender-belt and stockings — put them away with the relief of the weary warrior hanging up his shield after battle . ’ |
| 8 | His tongue and lips and breathing rose up her body to her breasts , her neck , her shoulders , her ears , her stifling hair . |
| 9 | The Company was not powerful enough to go inland and kidnap slaves , and had great difficulty keeping up its coastal garrisons in the unpleasant and unhealthy conditions in which they lived , but in any case , military expeditions to capture slaves were unnecessary . |
| 10 | As she arched her foot , her hand automatically flexed and a strand of hope flickered up her arm and across her back . |
| 11 | He did an eight month fitter/armourer course ending up his training with top marks and a corporal 's stripes , and then did several months ' instructing before being sent to a ground crew on a Bomber Command airfield . |
| 12 | ‘ There 's a rock sticking up my arse ! |
| 13 | ENGLAND , warned Disraeli while wind ing up his Budget speech of 1852 , does not love coalitions . |
| 14 | As Ken told John Lahr , author of the official Orton biography Prick Up Your Ears ( Lahr also edited the Orton diaries ) : ‘ He ( Orton ) had this capacity to have a sexual adventure and tell you the conversation that went on as well . |
| 15 | It is today — professionals such as Mr Peter Mandelson and Sir Gordon Reece believe — that the electorate make up their minds . |
| 16 | The first year of my research made up my pilot study and from that I decided to carry out a full scale research project . |
| 17 | She watched the vibrator disappear up his rectum ; and heard his gasp as he tried to move his swollen prong inside her . |
| 18 | It may be a bit tiresome for some people , but I think it 's better than getting loads of bounced mail bunging up everyone 's mailbox ( it does happen … ) |
| 19 | The two volumes of her so-called biography were received unenthusiastically by reviewers who could not know the extent to which it was Hardy 's own attempt to sum up his views on lifelong preoccupations such as the nature of art , life , and man 's cruelty to man and the other animals . |
| 20 | You did n't have to have the soul of a poet to conjure up what could have been ; in my mind 's eye I had a vision of Templars in their faceless conical helmets , red and white crosses on their black cloaks , moving across the island at the dead of night , the barges being soundlessly poled whilst , at prow and stern , huge cresset torches spluttered and flared in the darkness . |
| 21 | The success of the programme built up her self-esteem and improved her general relationship with Luke . |
| 22 | DIESEL fuel needs a new PR agent to clean up its image in the minds of the public if it is to take its place as the efficient , environmental fuel of the future that many would like it to be . |
| 23 | It would then be up to the employee to set up his own business and exploit the patent if he is able to attract venture or loan capital to do so . |
| 24 | They spent 10 days here recently in an attempt to patch up their stormy two-year romance . |
| 25 | It were this greyish thing you know , if I got , as long as I got my car warmed up it took frost , i ice off of window . |
| 26 | Stuck for the precise word , the Colonel made a small gesture with his right hand which then efficiently used the momentum to pick up his claret . |
| 27 | Its flame showed up her hollow cheeks , the haunted eyes . |
| 28 | The priest screwed up his eyes . |
| 29 | The pig turned up her nose . |
| 30 | She pretended not to see the light in his eyes ; she pretended it was the wind going up her skirt that made her suddenly shiver with apprehension . |