Example sentences of "[verb] up [prep] a [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anxious that his client might be mixed up with a terrorist organisation . |
| 2 | One retired to Beirut after going bankrupt , one got mixed up in a betting scandal , and the third was convicted of tax-dodging . |
| 3 | He says over the last five years it 's got far more popular … it 's a sport which is developing … it 's just opening up as a competitve sport … |
| 4 | A female clerk in the advertising department owned up to a cream skirt ; Tavett to cream trousers ; and Linley to a cream shirt . |
| 5 | THE NORTH-EAST is gearing up for a bumper celebration of European arts and entertainment . |
| 6 | In Sargent [ 1990 ] The Guardian , 3 July , Boreham J at Leeds Crown Court is reported as saying : " You were so negligent as to be reckless as to this woman 's welfare " , by pumping so much oxygen into her during an operation that she swelled up like a Michelin man . |
| 7 | Airacomet 44–22633 flew out of Edwards in the late 1940s , finally ending up on a target range along with some sister ‘ 59s . |
| 8 | In any event , Heinz was off work for two months before embarking on a steady descent of menial jobs , ending up as a kitchen cleaner . |
| 9 | This ex-dealer was shunted next through various clerical jobs , ending up as a training officer . |
| 10 | It all added up to a hotel bedroom . |
| 11 | ‘ As an example , we have come up with a de-sulphurization system to prevent damage to natural gas pipelines and a North Sea gas rig has had the equipment installed . |
| 12 | After long deliberations , the UIAA 's Alpinism Committee has come up with a draft code of practice which , while largely common sense , has the welcome bonus of strong presumption in favour of conservation . |
| 13 | I sent her a brochure I had picked up at a travel agent , together with a bouquet of roses and a letter . |
| 14 | I could either meet him near there or he 'd have me picked up as a material witness and see how I enjoyed sharing a cell with Jack Scamp . |
| 15 | It is worth noting that although the children produced passages which facilitated greater learning , the changes which they made were not necessarily ones which would be picked up by a readability formula . |
| 16 | His choice of words , perhaps , was unfortunate , especially as they were picked up by a TV microphone and broadcast clearly to the nations . |
| 17 | Within minutes he had been picked up by a patrol car on the M5 in Gloucestershire . |
| 18 | I was picked up by a taxi driver once and we were going along and he said , ‘ Oh , I know that voice — oh , do n't tell me — you 're Jeremy Pascal , are n't you ? ’ |
| 19 | He was picked up by a rescue boat , but onlookers say THAT craft was then involved in a second accident . |
| 20 | Expedition organisers confirmed the two men had arrived safely at the Patriot Hills base on the Chilean side of the Antarctic after being picked up by a rescue plane . |
| 21 | •The letters and telephone calls were so numerous that Curtis Strange feels he owes golf fans an apology for an outburst of profanity , inadvertently picked up by a television microphone during an American event this summer . |
| 22 | It 's nice of the Persil people to come up with a washing-up liquid . |
| 23 | ‘ Because it seems they 've managed to come up with a bone marrow donor . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Generally , if I 'm playing on a track , I 'll listen to the lyrics and then I 'll try to come up with a guitar part that suits the song in terms of imagery . |
| 25 | The workshop had looked certain to shut down after the local authority withdrew its funding , but now it 's been given two months to persuade the private sector to come up with a rescue package . |
| 26 | Another resolution would force Mr Urban to come up with a merger proposal involving Pirelli 's tyre business in time for Continental 's annual general meeting in June . |
| 27 | After dinner that evening , Cocello instructed Randy Mueller to set up a task force team from Detroit to come up with a phase-out plan for vehicle manufacture , and a phase-in plan for supplying the UK market from imports , |
| 28 | And what do you do when to come up against a brick wall ? |
| 29 | Check your existing lender 's redemption charge before signing up for a replacement loan . |
| 30 | It adds up to a drag factor that is 13% ‘ slippier ’ through the air , which helps economy and reduces wind noise . |