Example sentences of "[verb] up [verb] the [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have said before — and I say again — that unless the organisations and individuals concerned are prepared to stand up to resist the aggression of developers , we will lose many , many more aerodromes . |
| 2 | Well Laura and Gemma wanted to make these pasties and she 'd asked me at the weekend and I did n't have the time because I think Irene came down cos I asked Irene whether she 'd looked after , you know I 'm at college until three , and she said yeah I 'll pick them up and er I could n't get her out at then so I promised she could make them so , I said alright you and Gemma make them , anyway they did very well they made them in about fifteen minutes because we had to go and get Emily at four from school , I said hurry up , hurry up put the water in Emily quick stick them together shove them now and put them in the oven |
| 3 | Regulations have now been issued to improve disclosures by trustees of pension funds and to provide that a deficiency in a pension scheme that is wound up becomes the debt of the employer ( p 111 ) . |
| 4 | The section provides that a deficiency in a pensions scheme that is wound up becomes the debt of the employer . |
| 5 | Maggie woke up to hear the sound of voices , one of which was raised in anger , John 's , she now realized . |
| 6 | Since 1977 a case law has been built up to define the limits of the availability of this remedy , which proved very popular . |
| 7 | An extensive chemistry is being built up involving the use of carbon monoxide , hydrogen , and other simple building block molecules in interconversions catalysed by metals . |
| 8 | BCG also argued that a company with a balanced portfolio of products would use cash flows generated from the cash cows to invest in selected problem children , which would be built up to become the stars of the future . |
| 9 | If he could give up smoking the Army in Sri Lanka would benefit by another one hundred and thirty dollars a month . |
| 10 | Newtown Coaches , from Reeth Place , Newton Aycliffe , was told by Durham County Council it must give up running the route from Darlington to Bishopton after complaints about the service . |
| 11 | Two brick arches put up to channel the waters of an underground river have been uncovered for the first time in nearly two hundred years . |
| 12 | If they , if they do n't become media personalities and do all the things they do on the telly and visit the hospitals , then we might very well get fed up paying the money for them when you consider the Queen is the richest person in the world is she not ? |
| 13 | His wife 's hair was straggling over her eyes , and she had not made up to hide the ravages of the night 's events . |
| 14 | They may land up building the centre outside Europe — in Silicon Valley or Tokyo . |
| 15 | ULSTER 'S soccer fanzine writers were lining up to put the boot in today — with not a typewriter in sight . |
| 16 | In fact , it seems no ship without a charter party could be loaded ( ’ freighted ’ ) ; and bills of lading were supposed to be drawn up to declare the nature of the cargo and to bind the master of the vessel to deliver in accordance with the charter party . |
| 17 | Astrologers , psychics and crystal-ball gazers ministered to the North Shore passion for prophecy , and elaborate charts detailing the movement of the moon and planets could be drawn up to ascertain the prospect of waves on any given day of the year . |
| 18 | TOUGH new rules are being drawn up to end the danger of killer gas fires . |
| 19 | Exclusive by Mark Davies TOUGH new rules are being drawn up to end the danger of killer gas fires . |
| 20 | Plans are being drawn up to enhance the pavements between Wakefield and Rennie Houses . |
| 21 | Yet Mr Major turned up to watch the cricket at Lord 's yesterday looking like a man without a care in the world . |
| 22 | Hailsham , in an article in the Daily Express , of 3 September , called for an election , to be fought on party lines , with the aim of securing a Conservative majority for protection , The government , Hailsham said , should hurry up to complete the purpose for which it was formed , namely the balancing of the budget , and then go to the country on party lines . |
| 23 | Eyes light up , the conversation becomes more intense , team spirit takes on all the zeal of an ideology , facts flow , and one ends up getting the impression of being a part of … a Great Dawn . |
| 24 | Other problems were also experienced , including the damage of saplings during the logging phase of TSS , which opened the habitat to colonisation by secondary species , and the availability of light as the canopy was opened up encouraged the growth of unwanted climbers and weeds . |
| 25 | Profits from the British Grand Prix have virtually been used up to redeem the mortgage on Silverstone , but there is still no sign of a new deal . |
| 26 | A slow retrieve , occasionally stopping to allow the bait to sink back to depth , then speeding up to run the bait to the surface working the bait as a lure or wobbled bait would be , the difference is that on this occasion you could be doing it at 150 yards from the bank and an area never covered by bankside wobblers . |
| 27 | She had given up counting the number of marriage proposals she had turned down over the years . |
| 28 | Instead of concentrating on the lines of the dance — which they will need if they ever dance in Ashton 's Symphonic Variations or Monotones , MacMillan 's Requiem or Bintley 's Consort Lessons — students spend more time loosening up to meet the demands of modern choreographers . |
| 29 | Workers in the nuclear industry could face up to double the risk of contracting leukaemia than the rest of society according to a report published today . |
| 30 | If the right hon. Gentleman wants more and more bureaucratic institutions set up to do the work of existing institutions , he had better say so . |