Example sentences of "[verb] up [adj] [noun sg] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | McQuaid had either struck true by pure chance or had picked up reliable gossip at the Mohill Fair . |
| 2 | They aimed to help the community overcome its physical deprivation and build up social communication at the same time . |
| 3 | He may seek to clean up military malpractice at the lower levels of command , while not jolting the top too much . |
| 4 | He was using my car to pick up another girlfriend at the airport . |
| 5 | However , in 1851 his health again gave cause for serious anxiety and he was compelled to give up full-time activity at the early age of forty-two . |
| 6 | It was set up last year at the behest of the Labour leader , John Smith , but has an independent life under Sir Gordon Borrie , former director-general of the Office of Fair Trading . |
| 7 | Yeah , this was brought up last night at the meeting at of Old Harlow and Potter Street er forum . |
| 8 | That it was signed by a partner called Hugh Jarse would lead the wary to conclude that the CV Society was as adept at pinching stationery as at extracting money out of fun-loving freshers : after only an hour it had sold four presidencies , six other posts and had about 40 names on a list headed ‘ I 'm interested in your society but do n't want to cough up any money at the moment ’ . |
| 9 | Apart from the fact that polite letters of rejection are a matter of common courtesy there is also the more pragmatic point that something may go wrong with the new arrangement — the employee may change his/her mind , become ill , move away unexpectedly , take up another job at the last minute . |
| 10 | It does n't matter if the cumulative amount is temporarily less than what you owe , because you 'll be asked to make up any shortfall at the end of the year ; and money overpaid will be returned . |
| 11 | Mark picked up another car at the London plant and drove up the M1 to his home in north Buckinghamshire . |