Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [noun sg] [verb] up [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | BBC Radio 2 presenter Ed Stewart joined volunteers at Studland beach , near Poole , Dorset , for the operation to clear up litter from the Bank Holiday . |
| 2 | It is one thing , though no doubt foolish , for the president to hold up air traffic while he gets a haircut from a high-priced snipper on the tarmac of Los Angeles airport . |
| 3 | Arrangements were made for the deceased to take up residence in a residential home for the elderly known as Samuel Saye House , owned and managed by a Mr. and Mrs. Tinker . |
| 4 | The contra cause was fired by reverence , both among the rebel leaders and their American sponsors , for democracy in its raw form , not far from anarchy : for freedom of action and impulse , for the right to take up arms and set up companies , but not for the constraints of legislatures or even , much , for the damp blanket of different opinions . |
| 5 | With Alex James as the pivot picking up clearances from defence and passing immediately to the front-runners , Arsenal could have the ball in their opponents ' net only seconds after being packed in their own goal area . |
| 6 | There was nothing capricious about Mendoros ' choice of Britain as the place to set up shop . |
| 7 | In an effort to produce a short form the JCT has not included specific provisions for many common situations , such as the need to open up work for inspection , or loss and expense suffered by the contractors due to default by the employer and supervising officer . |
| 8 | Sue : Finally , is there any thing you can tell us about the Business Start Up Scheme and the TEC Challenge ? |
| 9 | Messrs Rudd and McGowan motored through the recession snapping up bargains and transformed Williams Holdings into a FTSE 100 company . |
| 10 | One is somebody 's walking through the door to pick up information |
| 11 | From June onward warming through the ice set up circulation currents which gradually raised temperatures to a uniform 4°C throughout the water column ( Rigler , 1974 ) . |
| 12 | Bishop Auckland friers grumbled in 1936 that unskilled rivals were coming off the dole to set up shop . |
| 13 | After a hundred miles or so , she came off the motorway to pick up fuel and drink a cup of coffee . |
| 14 | Britain 's packaging industry has been given until the end of the year to draw up plans for recycling 50-75 per cent of all packaging waste by the year 2000 . |
| 15 | The UFF vowed at the start of the year to step up attacks and warned : You ai n't seen nothing yet . ’ |
| 16 | It is misleading , therefore , of the Government to hold up Sweden as a model for its madcap rail privatisation plans . |
| 17 | When Marcus came in for supper , two hours later , Daniel 's Mum was still talking , to Stephanie , who was in and out of the kitchen dishing up vegetables and making gravy , to her son , who moved his weight cautiously from time to time on a dining-room chair and frowned and frowned . |
| 18 | We all spurred and whipped as we reached the bottom of the hill to keep up pace for the snow underfoot made the going heavy , when both Bowyer 's horse and that of Southgate suddenly took on a life of their own . |
| 19 | Thoughts of the office conjured up memories of Naylor Massingham — she was very worried about him . |
| 20 | The jerk of the rubber punched up Trent 's arm and into the right side of his chest . |
| 21 | the rest of the crowd taking up stances |
| 22 | The agenda included a discussion of a rota to set up displays in the library , policy on the acquisition of periodicals and an intended course on information retrieval to be related to the library skills already incorporated in the basic studies programme . |
| 23 | Flick of a switch opens up Europe |
| 24 | When they reached the railway station it was already plying for new hire and the sound of an engine gathering up steam could be heard . |
| 25 | ‘ During one of those desperate days when we were being attacked , I remember there was an official rescue ship which used to trail behind the convoy to pick up survivors from torpedoed ships . |
| 26 | It made no sound , and even seemed to absorb the sounds around it , like a sponge soaking up water . |
| 27 | They knew that palladium soaks up deuterium ( a form of hydrogen found in heavy water ) like a sponge soaks up water , an electrical current from a battery forcing the deuterium atoms out from a solution of heavy water and into the spaces between the palladium atoms . |
| 28 | Aunt Margaret was bird-like herself , in her hither-and-thither movements and a certain gesture she had of nodding her head like a sparrow picking up crumbs . |
| 29 | They will offer package programmes at minimal cost , in the hope of recovering their outlay and , most importantly , providing an inducement for a sponsor to put up £6 million for world-wide exposure . |
| 30 | There has in fact been a good deal of legal commentary in recent months as to the effectiveness of warranties , but it would be advisable for a tenant to take up warranties ( in a standard and acceptable form ) if they are available . |