Example sentences of "[vb past] up a " in BNC.
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| 1 | He turned his head and spat , then buckled and retched up a thin stream of vomit . |
| 2 | Another racking fit of coughing seized him , doubling him over and ending only when he retched up a gush of phlegm and blood . |
| 3 | Thus , their solicitor drew up a document detailing joint responsibility for communal maintenance of roofs , courtyards and external paintwork . |
| 4 | The liberals , for their part , drew up a petition asking King Fahd for a consultative assembly , modernisation of the legal system and controls on the mutawa . |
| 5 | Buick also sorted out its muddled product line and drew up a marketing plan that helped it sidestep the most intensely competitive part of the American market . |
| 6 | Mr Browning drew up a chair for her , as nice as could be , and sat down himself . |
| 7 | As a result of the unprovoked attack by Magharba they decided to raise the stakes , and drew up a new list of candidates who were all Zuwaya , and all possessed of doctorates . |
| 8 | He drew up a work schedule dedicated ‘ to providing holes which would be reachable with two good shots , when the ground is soft and there is little or no run , rather than cater as regards length for the summer conditions ’ . |
| 9 | I sat in the café as the rain showed no sign of letting up and drew up a short list of people I had met with whom I could air my perplexity . |
| 10 | The entire ZTT organisation drew up a blueprint for world domination which was a product of the desire to change the pop star syndrome . |
| 11 | The League drew up a scale of reductions whereby players on £5 a week ( the maximum ) took a 15 per cent cut and these on £3–4 a 5 per cent cut , the money saved going into a fund to help clubs in financial straits . |
| 12 | From all this information the team drew up a matrix of crafts , materials and local resources , analysed technologies applied locally and attempted to order skills development in level of difficulty and in relation to social custom as a preliminary to curriculum design . |
| 13 | ELISABETH LUARD DREW UP A CHAIR |
| 14 | Wills , drew up a religious curriculum for Taunton School . |
| 15 | We quickly drew up a children 's broadcasting legend hitlist . |
| 16 | At the time of the last election , he and Douglas Hurd , then the Home Secretary , drew up a list of the jobs they would seek not to do after the election . |
| 17 | The Champagne houses were naturally outraged at the government 's ineptitude and drew up a vociferous protest , signed by eighty participants , condemning the publicity given to the ministerial communiqué . |
| 18 | In an attempt to put the house back in order , Paul drew up a list of jobs to be done and employed a local architect to oversee the work . |
| 19 | At the request of an Abu Dhabi representative , PW drew up a report to help the majority shareholders decide whether to continue to support the bank . |
| 20 | In 1989 , the United Nations drew up a convention on these rights , signed by 74 countries . |
| 21 | She drew up a second chair and came and sat by him . |
| 22 | They drew up a detailed proposal and submitted it to the Basic Energy Research Programme of the DOE ( Department of Energy ) in Washington DC , which has it dated ‘ 23 August ’ . |
| 23 | Constanze 's guardian accordingly drew up a document that Mozart was required to sign , promising to marry her within three years , or else pay a large sum as compensation . |
| 24 | Seven of them , including the Archbishop and Ken , drew up a petition to this effect ; the bishops presented it in person to the King , who exclaimed in anger , ‘ This is a standard of rebellion . ’ |
| 25 | Newman in one of the Tracts for the Times drew up a form of service , to be used on the anniversary of Ken 's funeral , whose central message was ‘ He gave to Caesar the things that be Caesar 's and to God the things that be God 's . ’ |
| 26 | Eric Pendry himself drew up a long list of recommendations for making these exercises safer . |
| 27 | They drew up a UN resolution agreeing to use force if needed . |
| 28 | What he had already done at Bec and Caen , he would do at Canterbury : he rebuilt the cathedral church and monastic buildings ; he fought pertinaciously and successfully to defend the ancient properties of the cathedral church against the rapacious invading nobility , who scoured the land for what they could pick up ; he drew up a new code of monastic practice , and he introduced new men who would know how to implement it . |
| 29 | During the next few years he drew up a similar body of monastic observances for use in his cathedral church . |
| 30 | In 1944 representatives of every allied government met in Chicago and drew up a convention containing ninety-six articles which were to provide the framework upon which civil aviation could be rebuilt after the end of the Second World War . |