Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [to-vb] up a [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 asked me to set up a buffet for a press launch , then they said it was for me ! ’ |
| 4 | You want me to blow up a railroad station ? ’ |
| 5 | When you 've finished with the reptiles , I want you to round up a group of humans . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Another has been tested by P T Breuer ( 1991 ) , who used it to speed up a game playing program . |
| 8 | ‘ My brother is but an earl , and yet you expect us to give up a king in exchange . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | However , she seemed to have forgotten all about it , because she told him to pull up a chair and warm himself by the fire . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | ‘ 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 . |
| 17 | Common Law allowed us to cut up a freehold estate into successive estates , each recognized by Common Law . |
| 18 | The idea is to get them to trust the staff and their peer group and get them to open up a bit . |
| 19 | Arithmetic not only took my mind off the leg , but also spurred me to keep up a pace of four miles an hour . |
| 20 | This would enable them to set up a business on a more settled and permanent trading basis . |
| 21 | " 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 " . |
| 22 | Rout out Annunziata , would you , Comfort , and get her to bring up a tray of breakfast . |
| 23 | I will wish you to draw up a deed of gift in Mr Beckenham 's favour when once probate is granted , if you please . ’ |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Labour-controlled Great Yarmouth is being threatened with government action to force it to draw up a plan to recycle its rubbish . |
| 30 | The European Council reaffirmed its willingness to help the Soviet Union but referred back to the Commission the task of submitting before the next Council meeting proposals for decisions to be taken , and also asked it to draw up a plan for a major commercial , scientific and technical co-operation agreement with the Soviet Union . |