Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] up [art] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We do n't want to go up the ass of that flour lorry in front . ’ |
| 2 | Well the problem about , er two two does include , two does include going around drumming up customers , but the difficulty with that is it seems to me that that you 'll need to drum up the customers in year one and only get the money |
| 3 | Sometimes , when she had been to a romantic film , or had been kissed good-night by Pogo , she had sat on the edge of her bed , staring at that dark , handsome , boy 's face and tried to conjure up the memory of his living presence . |
| 4 | Staring at his back , she tried to conjure up the image of him lover-like , tender , and failed . |
| 5 | I referred to Yorkshire six minutes ago — it has taken the hon. Gentleman that long to work up a head of steam . |
| 6 | He bent to pick up the curl of hair , which he put carefully in his pocket , next to his heart . |
| 7 | As George bent to pick up the halter of the horse which the boy had been holding , he looked round the yard with interest , noting how his father 's voice , though by no means a shout , had penetrated every corner . |
| 8 | Labour wants to set up a Parliament in Scotland , where public spending is 23 per cent . |
| 9 | Bruce Armitage , Grampian Enterprise 's director of training , stressed that the £100,000 grant had been designed to set up a framework in which other agencies could work . |
| 10 | The bus stopped to pick up a passenger off one of the first terraced streets of the town . |
| 11 | Fran turned to leave , then stopped to pick up the photograph of her father . |
| 12 | What I , I intend to do is to , I think it would be unfortunate if , as the result of a major development which is actually funding this new junction , the County Council then has to pick up the bill for other ameliorating effects a little bit further on the network . |
| 13 | He tried to set up the League of Princes , an international peace-keeping force aimed primarily against the Turks , and the exhibition shows the route of the journeys he made to other countries to promote the idea . |
| 14 | Norman Dale , 50 , was struck down as he tried to pick up a cup of tea . |
| 15 | In her motherly concerned way , she was cosseting him as he tried to pick up the pieces of his life . |
| 16 | Leith requested , and went back to her own office , where for the next twenty minutes she tried to pick up the threads of her job . |
| 17 | In addition , all water authorities spent large sums on routine river maintenance on farmland ; and still more money was spent by the Ministry of Agriculture in contributing between 30 and 70 per cent of the cost of farmers held drainage , designed to pick up the benefits of lowering the water level , a result of river engineering schemes . |
| 18 | In the more stable area people were returning to pick up the pieces of their lives . |
| 19 | Next , I want to set up a couple of special features which will probably be planted in containers . |
| 20 | Want to set up a table in document ? |
| 21 | ‘ I want to set up a club for keen fly fishermen , all those anglers who pursue game fish like trout and salmon . |
| 22 | ‘ Look — the next time you want to set up a surveillance in London , do remember that we 're here to help . |
| 23 | If the hon. Gentleman is seriously concerned about unemployment — — he ought to have a word with his hon. Friends on the Select Committee who tried to cover up the consequences of his policy . |
| 24 | He tried to cover up the flutter of surprise by leaning forward and telling the driver it was time to return to New Scotland Yard . |
| 25 | Four Ministers apparently tried to cover up the truth by hiding under a cloak of secrecy . |
| 26 | BETTY BOO and Boy George make a very Hattractive pair … even if one of them needs to cover up a lack of locks more than the other . |
| 27 | If ivy starts to grow up the trunk of a tree with attractive bark , it may be worth removing the ivy , but only to preserve the appearance of the tree , not its state of health . |
| 28 | Carrie tried to mop up the mess with the edge of the table cloth and put a mat under the worst of it to stop the damp marking the table , but her hands seemed all thumbs and she could n't stop crying . |
| 29 | 2 ) I also met Diana England who teaches at IH in Lisbon and who wants to put up a proposal for a Resource Book on Spelling . |
| 30 | God , it 's simple to understand , a child could do it , but old Mike has to put up a resistance to everything . |