Example sentences of "[pron] [to-vb] up a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jahangir 's irritation was with the refereeing which , he reckoned , had hindered him throughout the tournament and yesterday he said it ‘ made it hard for me to catch up a couple of points ’ . |
| 2 | This would enable them to set up a business on a more settled and permanent trading basis . |
| 3 | They asked me to set up a buffet for a press launch , then they said it was for me ! ’ |
| 4 | The schools were given six weeks in which to draw up a register of parents , but decisions had first to be made about what constituted a parent . |
| 5 | When you 've finished with the reptiles , I want you to round up a group of humans . |
| 6 | A little background knowledge will make you more confident and help you to draw up a list of really relevant questions . |
| 7 | I will wish you to draw up a deed of gift in Mr Beckenham 's favour when once probate is granted , if you please . ’ |
| 8 | This holds the pressed plant material in place allowing you to build up a design without dislodging any of the flowers you have already arranged . |
| 9 | The function keys allow you to call up a variety of viewpoints but , despite this , it was sometimes hard to tell what was going on . |
| 10 | Clear cross-references , supplemented by a thorough index , allow you to follow up a line of enquiry and to move easily from the text to the line drawings , maps and colour plates — each chosen to represent a particular design or type of rug typical of those currently available — offering instant visual access to the information you need . |
| 11 | At 8.30am on his first day on the job , Mr Lobov summoned senior officials in his ministry and told them to draw up a plan for re-establishing state control over the economy . |
| 12 | ‘ Princes will cede towns , even provinces , but all the ability of the most adroit negotiators can not persuade them to give up a rank to which they believe themselves entitled . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Would you like me to fix up an audience with the King here ? |
| 14 | Ought we to put up an exhibition in the local library , or outside the CEO 's office ? ’ |
| 15 | Arithmetic not only took my mind off the leg , but also spurred me to keep up a pace of four miles an hour . |
| 16 | This permits them to build up a picture of how the weather is changing virtually anywhere on Earth . |
| 17 | Granny-Liz would always stop fanning herself to drink up a glass of iced water . |
| 18 | I knew that she would be feeling timid , and it was rather a climb in any case : comforting for her to come up a flight of steps passing a trellis of gloriously flowering wistaria . |
| 19 | ‘ He said he would be seeing Mr Moi in Bonn the following week , and asked if I would like him to set up a meeting with the president . |
| 20 | Dutta said Guppy also asked him to set up an account in Geneva which he used to channel nearly £500,000 following the fake robbery and insurance payout . |
| 21 | But Palmer 's connection with the Union enabled him to build up a link with leaders of the advanced wing of the high church party . |
| 22 | It was important for him to build up a body of allies to ensure his succession on his father 's death , but he overreached himself , was regarded as a rebel and was killed , after being defeated in battle by Chlothar . |
| 23 | As to what would have happened without the event of the accident in her A level year by way of results , I regret I have to find as a fact that she would not in the year of her accident , have achieved the grades necessary for her to take up a place at Norwich City College . |
| 24 | Rout out Annunziata , would you , Comfort , and get her to bring up a tray of breakfast . |
| 25 | I told her to make up a list of the contents now for her deposition the next day as I had forgotten to mention much of what was in my bag . |
| 26 | Will he also allow it to set up an embassy in London ? |
| 27 | The European Council reaffirmed its willingness to help the Soviet Union but referred back to the Commission the task of submitting before the next Council meeting proposals for decisions to be taken , and also asked it to draw up a plan for a major commercial , scientific and technical co-operation agreement with the Soviet Union . |
| 28 | He reached the cocktail cabinet and leaned over it to scoop up a couple of two-hundred-year-old goblets . |
| 29 | You know what these publishers are like : they 'll do anything to whip up a bit of interest in a book . |
| 30 | ‘ My brother is but an earl , and yet you expect us to give up a king in exchange . |