Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] up [noun] 's [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Qualix Inc has picked up Adobe 's TransScript software for distribution : the software allows Unix programs to print to Postscript devices . |
| 2 | Information from the French , American and Russian experts who helped set up Iraq 's air defences will have helped in their defeat or circumvention — a jammer which knows how the enemy radar ‘ thinks ’ has a great advantage . |
| 3 | He could only have shored up Labour 's establishment in Scotland and Wales by fragmenting its UK establishment , and betraying the north of England component . |
| 4 | Benny had picked up Eve 's handbag , a small cheap plastic one which Mother Francis had bought for her in Peggy Pine 's shop as a going-to-Dublin present a few weeks ago . |
| 5 | But Curtis in his eagerness to catch up with his man , had momentarily overlooked the fact that the Prophet had picked up Foster 's gun . |
| 6 | He had picked up Jamie 's helmet and put it on , the sides hanging well below his ears , his eyes hardly visible . |
| 7 | She had only been mad at Dan , because he had brought up Patrick 's name when she wanted him to be a secret . |
| 8 | No one had taken up Sylvian 's work , despite the ominous ruler and ink . |