Example sentences of "[verb] [art] [noun pl] [verb] up [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A LAW allowing the courts to lock up child criminals as young as 12 has been given the go-ahead by Home Secretary Kenneth Clarke . |
| 2 | Mr Miller uses the buses to pick up medication from Loftus for his heart condition . |
| 3 | It is selling its 20% stake in American cellular communications group McCaw to AT & T and there is speculation that it will use the proceeds to mop up Cellnet . |
| 4 | These were the years of the infamous ‘ American Plan ’ , which advocated the use of blacklists , spies , injunctions and propaganda , and the ‘ Mohawk Valley Formula ’ which urged employers to use the police to break up meetings and organise vigilante groups to protect strikebreakers ( Fox Piven and Cloward , 1977:120 ) . |
| 5 | Stirling ordered the crews to take up formation and , bumping over the rough ground in the moonlight , they headed for the airfield . |
| 6 | But the key technological advance that has allowed the Soviets to speed up construction is the automation of welding . |
| 7 | The Act also empowers the police to set up roadblocks to discover whether vehicles contain anyone who has witnessed , committed or is about to commit a serious crime . |
| 8 | Either the afternoons are as endless as those in old folks ' homes , which prompt the matrons to pin up Reality Orientation charts ( ’ When is your birthday ? |
| 9 | Adoption of Resolution 8 will authorise the directors to set up share option schemes for employees outside the UK . |
| 10 | People nicked the records and left the mags clogging up WH Smith 's shelves . |
| 11 | Courts at the moment are inclined to ask the police to give up information which is compromising our ability to tackle crime . |