Sentence examples for put the wind up from inspiring English sources

You put the wind up yourself, and your own memory.

Their Australian contemporaries, spearheaded by Jeff Thompson and Dennis Lillee, would also put the wind up any modern teams, as would England's feared bodyline attack of the 1930s.

But it appears to have put the wind up a lot of the foreigners who used to enjoy coming to Britain for their holidays.Tom Jenkins, boss of the European Tour Operators Association, says the image was "catastrophic the biggest public relations disaster for tourism since Tony Blair donned his chemical suit during foot and mouth.

THE five-month battle that culminated in the news late last month that the world's two biggest steel companies, Mittal Steel and Arcelor, both headquartered in Europe, were to merge, has put the wind up Japanese steelmakers half a world away.

Since being deputy speaker, he's been told that he has "put the wind up Whitehall" because officials now know they have to prepare answers to questions 16, 17 and 18 etc when he is in the chair because he demands speedy answers.

Gaining uncommon lift at times from the concrete-hard surface, to go with his easy but considerable pace, Harmison first put the wind up the opposition, then terrorised them, and finally, either side of the lunch interval, and with Monty Panesar gleefully cashing in with three wickets at the other end, blew them away as the final eight wickets fell for 29 runs in 14 overs.

Put the wind ups together and wrap elastic bands around them.

José Mourinho: putting the wind up his players with a half-time silent tantrum.

They would say that fears of a hard Brexit that were inspired by speeches at the Conservative party conference have weakened the UK's negotiating stance by putting the wind up the financial markets.

"All right, I know the Windies aren't putting the wind up anyone but England should be praised for slamming them in the first Test and batting faultlessly in this one," says Andrew Robertson, who then spoils a valid point with a stomach-churning cliche.

After surviving an accident at the local Particle Accelerator Complex, the devout Hannah (a haunted, plausibly frantic Laura Seay) had exhibited signs of telekinetic ability – rattling cutlery, levitating tinned fruit, blowing up petrol stations – that had put the wind right up the local community, who already held her responsible for the four deaths caused by the particle accelerator incident.