Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] [verb] up [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | It raises funds for conservation and its concerns are with earth-bound pandas ( it has helped set up ten panda reserves in China ) rather than ocean-going whales . |
2 | The Ministry of Defence ( MoD ) has agreed to open up 600,000 acres of its extensive land holdings for environmental research , and to offer the use of some of its ships , aircraft and personnel to help in the work . |
3 | ‘ We 've got to pick up three points against Watford tomorrow or it will be more bad news . ’ |
4 | I 've got to make up three hours |
5 | I 've got to make up three hours instead of four |
6 | I 've got to add up eight coconuts and eight monkey-nuts … ’ |
7 | About ten months later , in a report to an International Congress at Paris it was stated that the Spanish Medical Aid Committee had helped to set up nineteen hospitals throughout Republican Spain , some front-line hospitals and seventy-two ambulances . |
8 | St Mary 's had notched up three points before the Westerners could reply and , at times playing inspired football , they raced into a 0–6 0–3 lead . |