Example sentences of "[vb -s] up some " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( It is difficult for him … the incoming mail has become inaccessible until he frees up some of his allocated disk capacity ) . |
| 2 | Here in Canada we are badly isolated from regular contact with soccer , so when it comes time for the World Cup , the cable sports network dredges up some living bodies to do the commentary . |
| 3 | Sweeps together some classical music , polishes up some ( as yet ) undiscovered Medau movements , adds extra power to the performance and sparkles with fun |
| 4 | The Jam and Lewis soundtrack powers up some fairly physical action sequences , and there is a surprising amount of killings . |
| 5 | Howards ' Way star Jan Harvey appears in the new series as the mother of an abused child while Rula Lenska whips up some action as the ringmaster of a circus . |
| 6 | As the chairman also said , the table points up some interesting questions . |
| 7 | This in turn opens up some fascinating questions about the role of consciousness itself in memory and perception . |
| 8 | Walking : There are several pleasant walks around the resort , while the Patscherkofel cable car opens up some spectacular hiking trails . |
| 9 | The form in which a need is met ( say , the need for shelter or the production of very basic goods or services ) opens up some human possibilities and closes down others . |
| 10 | Howell ( this volume ) takes up some of these issues in her paper where she argues against the interpretation of ritual as catharsis among the Chewong . |
| 11 | The fact that the collection takes up some 8M of disk space may also be regarded as something of a stumbling block … |
| 12 | Zoe goes for it and plucks up some courage while Leonard asserts himself and makes a decision . |
| 13 | A new study ** throws up some interesting answers . |
| 14 | The colouring of the prints throws up some great names , for it was an apprenticeship training undergone by artists of the calibre of Girtin and Turner . |
| 15 | This applies not only to the small number of the very old who live in three-generational households , although that throws up some particular issues and problems , it is equally relevant when there are triangular interactions , such as husband , wife and old person , or to situations when the old person lives alone but is closely supported by kin . |
| 16 | Property Department 's Shona Jennings eyes up some of the plastic cups collected at Drummond House . |
| 17 | The wind picks up some snow , or it is snowing gently , as I snow hook the dogs to sort her out . |
| 18 | picks up some medicine . |
| 19 | It seems that every time Robin sets sail in his venerable old craft he picks up some award or other . |
| 20 | The head picks up some papers . |
| 21 | For example , if the accused was reconnoitring a home preparatory to burglary , he may not be guilty of this offence if he picks up some ladders which he has found in the garden . |
| 22 | ‘ You assume it slams up some kind of barrier around you . |
| 23 | No child to save the marriage , so he sets up some fishing straight away instead . |
| 24 | Even if a " bill " succeeds at this stage , there is no further time allocated for the remaining stages and so , unless the Government gives up some of its time , the bill will not proceed further . |
| 25 | Participative — the leader gives up some power and authority to subordinates . |
| 26 | The state 's version of ‘ I do n't know what you do all day , dear ’ is to ignore what women do all day until they do n't ; then the state puts up some money . |
| 27 | For example , if one branch of a lineage puts up some ‘ core land ’ ( i.e. land of substantial symbolic meaning for the lineage 's patrimony ) for sale , another branch will buy it instead of some more fertile outlying land in order to maintain intact the honour ( or symbolic capital ) of the lineage . |
| 28 | Immediately after her portrait is completed Nicholas woos her in a typically crude , fabliau manner , presented by the narrator in appropriately marked , fabliau language : Alison puts up some resistance to this rude assault ( 3282 – 7 ) but as Nicholas persists , crying mercy and speaking fair , she seems in the end to be a relatively easy conquest for him ( 3288 – 93 ) . |
| 29 | However , normal mass spectrometers are not sensitive enough to detect 14 C and to reject all other elements or molecules of very nearly the same weight , such as 14 N. As this nitrogen isotope makes up some 80 per cent of the atmosphere it is very common relative to 14 C. The techniques of nuclear physics were brought to bear on this problem in the late 1970s , and it was shown that 14 C could be detected using what is now referred to as accelerator mass spectrometry , AMS . |
| 30 | Notice how discussion of lack of sufficient time brings up some standard primitives and metaphors : |