Example sentences of "[verb] up a [adj] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is sometimes very difficult indeed not to be very cross , and there have been some occasions when I have had to go and chop up a few logs in order to abate my own aggression before replying . |
| 2 | He 'd obviously picked up a few tips from the paperbacks , because he spun these stories out like a kid pulling on chewing-gum . |
| 3 | There was only one person to whom Jerome would be reporting with so much fervour ; Bénezet , naturally curious about anything that might serve his turn or redound to his profit , was not averse to picking up a few crumbs of useful information by the way . |
| 4 | ‘ Being used as cheap labour to break Alejandro 's ponies , ’ said Luke , taking Perdita 's suitcases from her , ‘ in return for picking up a few tips from the master . ’ |
| 5 | She leaned closer and reached out , to pick up a few strands of dark hair . |
| 6 | SMALL investors could use any spare cash to pick up a few holdings in carefully chosen smaller companies . |
| 7 | Thus provided with capital and having gained almost a decade of experience in the iron industry , he resolved to set up a similar ironworks with the assistance of his two elder sons , John and Archibald . |
| 8 | The river has curved round and Odd-Knut has drawn up a few metres from the edge of a very steep drop . |
| 9 | I only know that he turned up a few hours after the accident and got into some row with the head copper . |
| 10 | You said he turned up a few hours after the event , so it seems likely he left London at short notice . |
| 11 | This huge chamber is reached by a short spiral staircase which leads up a few feet beyond the gallery door in room 64 . |
| 12 | At least confident that Spouse will enjoy , and probably pick up a few tips from , biography of Hitler . |
| 13 | As soon as it is well open , and perhaps already dropping pollen grains on to its own stigma and petals , pick up a few grains with a small paint brush , and transfer them to the stigma of the female . |
| 14 | Surely it could not take this long to gather up a few baskets of food ? |
| 15 | Taylor pressed up a 1,000 copies of the single in a fold-out sleeve . |
| 16 | The original entrance foyer on the main road behind the square was barred and boarded and papered over with layers of handbills ; Carson walked up a few steps near the end of the alley and pushed open the door of a tradesman 's entrance . |
| 17 | The Down 's Syndrome Association desperately need volunteers to give up a few hours before or after work on Thursday June 24 to help them collect donations at mainline stations . |
| 18 | I pulled up a few tufts of grass and covered the blood . |
| 19 | ‘ George Graham says they can go up a few gears for the replay , but we 'll wait and see . |
| 20 | Nesad Causevic , a policeman , was changing shift last November when a grenade blew up a few metres from his car . |
| 21 | He would be treated to the kind of service his carrier is struggling to achieve and might even pick up a few tips on how an airline should be run . |
| 22 | At the same time they might even pick up a few tips from Waqar Younis and Wasim Akram instead of trying to put them down . |
| 23 | But did n't you come up a few days before us ? |
| 24 | Or go back to HQ , and try to think up a few lines of enquiry for the staff there to pursue — men and women looking progressively more unwashed and unkempt and incompetent as the small hours of the morning gradually wore on . |
| 25 | Together , by getting their fingers in the rat-holes , they managed to tug up a few feet of rotten chestnut boarding , tindery at the edges . |
| 26 | The knife sprang into the air , arced up a few inches as if powered by a small spring . |
| 27 | No no i if it was if it was the likes of a say for instance , and I owned the book , it was my black book , and I ran up a hundred pounds on it . |
| 28 | He picked up a few tricks of the trade as he progressed . |
| 29 | LONDON & SOUTH-EAST : There were few glimmers of encouragement for Mr Kinnock as the party picked up a dozen seats in the capital and a handful outside , writes David Millward . |
| 30 | ‘ I was just clearing up a few points with Dr Blake . ’ |