Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [to-vb] up [art] [noun sg] " 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 had gunpowder and very sophisticated engineering devices well before the west , but one can document the fact that the Chinese gave up science , rather dramatically , erm in subsequent centuries , simply because they lost faith that there was any underlying order in nature to be discovered , that it was their background religion and philosophy which led them to give up the idea of unravelling the structure of the universe . |
| 4 | They asked me to set up a buffet for a press launch , then they said it was for me ! ’ |
| 5 | ‘ You want me to pick up the tab . ’ |
| 6 | You want me to blow up a railroad station ? ’ |
| 7 | Phone if you want me to saddle up the mare and I 'll have her ready for you by the time you get down here . ’ |
| 8 | This is a unique chance for them to retain the use of this line and I urge them to keep up the pressure . |
| 9 | Georgina wants me to tidy up the manuscript before she lets Gasset and Lode have it . |
| 10 | Once all the letters are found , the object is to unscramble them to make up the phrase and you can make the first person the winner . |
| 11 | You were staying at the Imperial when I phoned you to set up the interview last week . |
| 12 | I want somebody whose sitting there listening to the radio sort of er just relaxed and I I just want you to pick up the phone and ring . |
| 13 | The separation of to and the infinitive by introducing an adverb or phrase : I want you to gently pick up the box instead of I want you to pick up the box gently . |
| 14 | When you 've finished with the reptiles , I want you to round up a group of humans . |
| 15 | I want you to draw up the will exactly as I 've said , and let me have it as soon as possible . ’ |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Another has been tested by P T Breuer ( 1991 ) , who used it to speed up a game playing program . |
| 18 | Used it to patch up the hole in our roof . |
| 19 | He balled it , and used it to wipe up the mess . |
| 20 | ‘ You can trust us to wake up every day remembering the people we saw in the bus trips , the people we saw in the town meetings , the people we touched at the rallies , the people who had never voted before , the people who had n't voted in 20 years , the people who 'd never voted for a Democrat , the people who had given up hope , all of them together saying we want our future back . |
| 21 | ‘ You can trust us to wake up every day remembering the people we saw in the bus trips , the people we touched at the rallies , the people who had never voted before , the people who had n't voted in 20 years , the people who 'd never voted for a Democrat , the people who had given up hope , all of them saying we want our future back . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ My brother is but an earl , and yet you expect us to give up a king in exchange . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Tonight it 's my turn ; he 'll expect me to take up the story where he left off , but I 've no intention of doing that . |
| 25 | ‘ Everyone told me to give up the womanising at my age . ’ |
| 26 | However , she seemed to have forgotten all about it , because she told him to pull up a chair and warm himself by the fire . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Custodio , who had been in charge of his security , said during the trial that the former armed forces Chief of Staff , Gen. Fabian Ver , who left the Philippines with Marcos in 1986 , had instructed him to draw up the security plan for Benigno Aquino 's arrival . |
| 30 | Clive uses the Chevvy like a normal family car … he takes it to work and uses it to pick up the shopping . |