Example sentences of "[verb] up [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 It was the 1730s before the government stumped up compensation for those whose houses had been damaged or destroyed and among them was one James Sharp , ancestor of Jane , my great-grandmother , whom I still remember being taken to visit as a child .
2 You 're a right mixed up fucker .
3 The Christian Bible with its progression from a wholly imaginary Garden of Eden to an authentically historical Roman Empire by way of a geographically very mixed up Land of Egypt and Land of Canaan is prototypical of a species of origin saga which can be encountered in all parts of the world among all kinds of people .
4 Furthermore , he adds , the division is in a good position to drum up work in co-operation with or via its connection to BT 's facilities management firm , Syncordia , and its international network services organisation , Global Network Service .
5 It was the first time that the men 's and women 's championships had been combined and I think that Marea Hartmann , the Secretary , was trying to drum up publicity for her side of the event .
6 Alarmed by inner-city tensions in reaction to mass immigration from the Commonwealth , in June 1955 the Home Secretary asked Sir Anthony Eden to set up a committee of inquiry , to drum up support for immigration controls .
7 This story had been used extensively by the Americans to drum up support against Gadaffi in the tame sections of the Western media even though they knew it was untrue .
8 Now the organisers are hoping to drum up support from local businesses to beat the threat of closure and keep the Playday alive .
9 The idea is to get Western hi-tech companies to sponsor the events , and X/Open is about to begin on a 90 day roadshow to drum up industry support .
10 All the shopkeepers there have chipped in and hired a promo agency to drum up Christmas trade .
11 Cheltenham & Gloucester and the Yorkshire are taking the discount route to drum up business .
12 ROGER Rance , owner of a turf supplier in Hemel Hempstead , has resorted to shock tactics to drum up business with the slogan Sod It heading his local newspaper advertisements .
13 To save money it is moving out of London to Newport in South Wales and has been running roadshows to drum up business from industry .
14 These days the ‘ Sale ’ signs seem to up permanently in many High Street stores as they try desperately to drum up business .
15 In face of spending cutbacks in the Japanese private sector , NEC Corp is trying to drum up business for its SX-3R supercomputers by cutting monthly rental rates on 10 models in the family by up to 38% : it says it sold only eight of the things last year , down from 14 in 1991 .
16 The yacht will also host a number of ‘ sea days ’ , used by the Government and trade associations to drum up business for Britain , before and after the tour .
17 The Royal Yacht Britannia will be used for part of the tour and also to host a number of ‘ sea days ’ , used by the Government and trade associations to drum up business for Britain , before and after the tour .
18 The organisation is using the event to drum up business by running a St Valentine 's Raffle .
19 AN MP has called for immediate action to stop finance companies using ‘ blatant political scare tactics ’ in a bid to drum up business .
20 After a disappointing first round of sales in Texas , where half of the affordable housing is located , the agency extended its offer and advertised a sealed-bid auction to drum up interest .
21 If there was plenty of off-the-croft employment , and a reasonable balance between the cost of living in town and country , there would be no need to drum up interest in agriculture through schemes like the IDP .
22 Saltburn/Marske and New Marske parish council wants to form a junior version of its council and is to write to the headteachers at Bydales , Marske and Huntcliff , Saltburn , schools to drum up interest .
23 Shoring up Monopoly Catholicism
24 And in fact there 's one that , a daughter of one , lives up way somewhere .
25 ‘ When we get home , go up to bed , and later I will have them send up gruel , ’ said Dinah .
26 A previous rights issue in 1991 raised some £25 million and helped the company buy up development land at bargain prices .
27 not to let them get out of the pov that 's what I 'm saying , it suits them because they can buy up property much cheaper than if that two hundred pounds a week that 's being spent on bed and breakfast , that , they were spent on helping them with the problems as they are at the moment .
28 This flat had to be sold by the council , and the ADC states that by allowing tenants to purchase such dwellings , the Government will ensure that over time younger households will buy up accommodation formerly occupied by older people ;
29 As the carriages were successively condemned , the ‘ receiver ’ , who ran the railway , would buy up job lots and you never knew if you would be travelling in something from the Brecon & Merthyr , the London & South Western , or the Cockermouth Keswick & Penrith .
30 Yeah , I think there 's is n't there in there really ? plain white bag I 'm going to hopefully put out in there to protect that , those groups I do n't know why that suddenly can fall up side down , but it 's alright .
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