Sentence examples for purse up from inspiring English sources

Elsewhere, the memo advises: "Don't take your purse up to the podium".

Ministers said spending £1 on helping a child during their formative years can save the public purse up to £7 later.

If it is approved, Magnox North said it could bring 150-200 extra jobs to Trawsfynydd in the short term and save the public purse up to £150m in reduced costs.

We (the drivers) were hoping a new television deal might push the winner's purse up to $1 million.

Every now and then in the cosseted world of $5 million purses, up pops an unlikely story of resilience.

In her fourth year riding in the US, she's earned almost $1.4m in purses, up from $97,000 last year.

Humpty Dumpty, asked whether he might not be safer on the ground, "pursed up his lips, and looked so solemn and grand that Alice could hardly help laughing".

The collection of bags put together in the name of Isabella Rossellini, the house "mascot," is beyond price, because the craftsmanship of the Italian artisans aims to take the purses up to the level of fine jewelry.

Now he was nodding that long narrow head of his, Glass could see it clearly in his mind, the lips pursing up, the little blond goatee wobbling, those startling eyes furiously agleam.

One thing is for sure: With a dominant international field running and one of horse racing's largest purses up for grabs, all 24 jockeys will be pushing their horses the full 3,200 meters and right across the finish line for a chance to be enshrined in racing history.

Nevertheless, the reflection of his face in the window of a shop is frightening: he sees a red nose and bloodshot eyes, lips pursed up tight over stained and uneven teeth, an expression so lugubrious and so pained it resists his efforts to smile.