Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] up a [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I referred to Yorkshire six minutes ago — it has taken the hon. Gentleman that long to work up a head of steam . |
| 2 | Labour wants to set up a Parliament in Scotland , where public spending is 23 per cent . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The bus stopped to pick up a passenger off one of the first terraced streets of the town . |
| 5 | Norman Dale , 50 , was struck down as he tried to pick up a cup of tea . |
| 6 | Next , I want to set up a couple of special features which will probably be planted in containers . |
| 7 | Want to set up a table in document ? |
| 8 | ‘ I want to set up a club for keen fly fishermen , all those anglers who pursue game fish like trout and salmon . |
| 9 | ‘ Look — the next time you want to set up a surveillance in London , do remember that we 're here to help . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | God , it 's simple to understand , a child could do it , but old Mike has to put up a resistance to everything . |
| 13 | Once the budget is decided , the retailer needs to draw up a plan of how that money is to be spent . |
| 14 | On the rare occasions when the Indian does seek to build up a reserve for himself , he squanders it at once . |
| 15 | Most PR executives will need to build up a repertoire of photographers who are skilled in the various areas covered by the media relations programme . |
| 16 | Not only do we need to build up a collection of RBGE staff publications , but we should also ensure that external researchers given significant access to RBGE facilities agree to deposit copies of their publications , reports and theses within the Library as a condition of use . |
| 17 | Suffice it to say that a company may use public relations activities , and what is called " corporate advertising " to try to build up an image in the minds of target individuals and groups who are likely to be influential in purchase decision-making . |
| 18 | A WOMAN passer-by who tried to break up a fight outside a Chinese take-away restaurant was punched in the face , Brain-tree magistrates heard yesterday . |
| 19 | The police were attacked as they tried to break up a crowd of about 10,000 people gathered in a field at Sidlow Bridge , near Reigate , Surrey . |
| 20 | I can therefore understand why at that awful moment he should seek to summon up a talisman of words , a secret defence against abomination , or perhaps even an excuse in the form of some kind of precedent that a word expresses and so takes the edge of uniqueness off the contemplated evil . |
| 21 | Get cook to make up a tray of coffee will you ? ’ |
| 22 | State Papers and other sources indicate that Stringer ran a large foundry business , owned ships for exporting and importing metals and ordnance , and planned to set up a company for colonizing West Indian islands . |
| 23 | The conference agreed to set up a base in Kurdistan , including a broadcasting station . |
| 24 | ‘ We originally agreed to set up a group for mothers whose children were being dealt with in a child protection context , ’ explains the counselling project co-ordinator Hazel Hickson . |
| 25 | The government met in emergency session on May 22 and agreed to set up a commission of inquiry to investigate the assassination . |
| 26 | The government in January 1990 agreed to set up an investigation into political murders in the states of Michoacán and Guerrero . |
| 27 | If it is intended to set up an exhibition in the foyer at ( note address omitted ) , it is necessary to book the foyer area , and to ensure sufficient display boards will be available : |
| 28 | The captain showed them a rough map drawn crudely on tough , brown vellum and with a stubby finger and guttural comments pointed out the coastline of Fife , the manor of Kinghorn and the possible place where the French could dock to pick up a party from the beach . |
| 29 | The little room seemed to conjure up a scene from the past , an almost timeless memory . |
| 30 | As Welsh coal became available he also purchased this and from his Truro base endeavoured to set up a monopoly of the local fuel business . |