Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [to-vb] up a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mrs Putt might want a stall cleared out and fresh straw put in for some company she 's expecting , or she 'll want me to hitch up a carriage so she can go visiting . |
| 2 | Help your children to make the most of their leisure time by encouraging them to take up a sport or join a local youth club |
| 3 | They asked me to set up a buffet for a press launch , then they said it was for me ! ’ |
| 4 | The patient 's requirement for frequent repetition of the Phosphorus led me to make up a 5ml dropper bottle as the stock bottle i.e. the LM granule dissolved in 5mls of water and alcohol instead of 100mls . |
| 5 | You want me to blow up a railroad station ? ’ |
| 6 | When you 've finished with the reptiles , I want you to round up a group of humans . |
| 7 | It is the only course in the United Kingdom which will qualify her to set up a dance and fitness college in the province — a business , she believes , which will afford her children security for the future while fulfilling their mother 's lifelong ambition . |
| 8 | Another has been tested by P T Breuer ( 1991 ) , who used it to speed up a game playing program . |
| 9 | ‘ My brother is but an earl , and yet you expect us to give up a king in exchange . |
| 10 | At 8.30am on his first day on the job , Mr Lobov summoned senior officials in his ministry and told them to draw up a plan for re-establishing state control over the economy . |
| 11 | However , she seemed to have forgotten all about it , because she told him to pull up a chair and warm himself by the fire . |
| 12 | Again Ted demurred , but the Parliamentary Party 's unease over the procedure for new leadership elections caused him to set up a review committee under Alec Home . |
| 13 | I told her to make up a list of the contents now for her deposition the next day as I had forgotten to mention much of what was in my bag . |
| 14 | This holds the pressed plant material in place allowing you to build up a design without dislodging any of the flowers you have already arranged . |
| 15 | I took on additional work in the Council , bullying them to set up a committee to draft out statutory requirements for caravan sites — which later became the basis for a Private Member 's Bill — and still had time to dig the vegetable garden and walk miles with the children , just for the pleasure of it . |
| 16 | Daphne had indeed introduced her to Guy , only a few weeks before , when Daphne had persuaded her to make up a party to see La Boheme at Covent Garden . |
| 17 | ‘ He said he would be seeing Mr Moi in Bonn the following week , and asked if I would like him to set up a meeting with the president . |
| 18 | Common Law allowed us to cut up a freehold estate into successive estates , each recognized by Common Law . |
| 19 | The idea is to get them to trust the staff and their peer group and get them to open up a bit . |
| 20 | Arithmetic not only took my mind off the leg , but also spurred me to keep up a pace of four miles an hour . |
| 21 | This would enable them to set up a business on a more settled and permanent trading basis . |
| 22 | " Princes cede towns , even provinces , but all the ability of the most adroit negotiators can not decide them to give up a rank which they believe to be their right " . |
| 23 | Rout out Annunziata , would you , Comfort , and get her to bring up a tray of breakfast . |
| 24 | I will wish you to draw up a deed of gift in Mr Beckenham 's favour when once probate is granted , if you please . ’ |
| 25 | Instead , ClarisWorks has a toolbar running down the side of the screen , containing special icons which allow you to call up a worksheet or a graphic . |
| 26 | The function keys allow you to call up a variety of viewpoints but , despite this , it was sometimes hard to tell what was going on . |
| 27 | Clear cross-references , supplemented by a thorough index , allow you to follow up a line of enquiry and to move easily from the text to the line drawings , maps and colour plates — each chosen to represent a particular design or type of rug typical of those currently available — offering instant visual access to the information you need . |
| 28 | But Palmer 's connection with the Union enabled him to build up a link with leaders of the advanced wing of the high church party . |
| 29 | This command tells it to set up a storage area called Employees and to allocate space for Employee Number , Name , Department and any other items specified . |
| 30 | Labour-controlled Great Yarmouth is being threatened with government action to force it to draw up a plan to recycle its rubbish . |