Example sentences of "[verb] [noun sg] [verb] up a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alan Smith ( Thornaby ) beat the 70-string field ledgering bread to pick up a trio of chub totalling 7.12.0 from the willows on the buff length . |
| 2 | Note that this may conflict with requirements of efficiency given above for example , a chain of subroutines takes longer to obey than the expanded code and the liberal use of remark statements to aid readability uses up a lot of valuable memory . |
| 3 | THE new British motor racing season moves up a gear at Silverstone today with the first big meeting of the year — and five young Ulster drivers will be part of it . |
| 4 | At each stage , if they pass , the employees name badge moves up a colour and their pay increases accordingly . |
| 5 | Just as in his rotation of Party officials to areas with which they had no connection and where they would have difficulty building up a power-base , so now Ceauşescu was transferring people into new places of work , forcing them to move from their old homes . |
| 6 | Not like doing it by remote control , having Jem set up a trip-wire . |
| 7 | Franklin placed his own hopes on the idea that the Westminster Parliament would pass legislation to set up a union . |
| 8 | For any effective right of tax-diversion would require legislation to set up a Peace Tax Fund ; to prescribe the uses to which tax resources diverted into the fund might be put ; and to authorise the Inland Revenue Commissioners to take into account a person 's conscientious beliefs in determining which account that person 's taxes should be paid into . |
| 9 | From the File menu , selecting VIEW opens up a window full of thumbnail representations of the images resident in the current directory . |
| 10 | The wide , chiselled mouth tilted up a fraction at one side as he detected her dismay . |
| 11 | Academically , he did reasonably well , picking up three ‘ O ’ levels at the first attempt , then adding three more plus two ‘ A ’ levels before leaving school to take up a trainee manager 's position at Fine Fare supermarkets , continuing his studies on a day-release business studies course . |
| 12 | Together they barely had time to take up a position at the far door , seize a loaded gun , drop to one knee , and aim as , with a final heave , the bulging mass of bodies exploded into the room , followed by the living . |
| 13 | Det Insp Gordon Williams has recently been involved with raising money to set up a suite in Darlington where child abuse and rape victims can be interviewed in pleasant surroundings . |
| 14 | Britain is now wondering whether to copy France and oblige industry to set up a recycling scheme of its own . |
| 15 | Indeed , he had urged Heath to set up a policy group on crime , writing : |
| 16 | After their dismissal the first and sixth defendants drafted a business plan for the purpose of raising finance to set up a Bureau de Change business in competition with the plaintiffs . |