Example sentences of "[pron] have [verb] up the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I have chopped up the Info in such a way as to make it Faxable on 2 sheets So I could do that too , at a pinch .
2 ‘ In any case , I have looked up the time of your flight .
3 I can remember stuff they thought too petty for Trivial Pursuit and then somedays I have to look up the instructions on my bootlaces .
4 Localisation of protein alone may identify not only producing cells , but also target cells and cells which have taken up the protein by endocytosis .
5 ‘ But Sky is a major risk which has grown largely because of the activities of the competition , which have forced up the price of the product infinitely higher than we expected or was necessary .
6 We saved the party in nineteen eighty three , the G M B saved the party in that er , a crisis time th with the formation of the S D P and today the Tory government on its knees , staggering along and we have some people in the leadership of the Party and including , we can name them now , somebody 's written , writte written to all the constituencies , Neil Kinnock , who have given up the ghost of Labour ever winning again , and that 's what 's the base and the root of what 's going on , that 's why they want these proposals going through , they want to separate the trade unions from the Party so they can do a deal with the Liberals because they 've given up .
7 At the same time , d the Tories are on their knees , some people , as I said earlier , I think it 's just as relevant in this debate , seem to have lost their way and when you took , look at what they 're proposing in terms of say , the er the fifty percent , the , the er M Ps , fifty percent of the votes for er the Parliamentary leader which of course is very consistent with , right , fifty percent of the vote , you take that along with proportional representation and what I believe you 're seeing is the number of people who have given up the ghost and are preparing to restructure the Party around coalition politics , and that 's where they 're heading , and they 're heading completely in the wrong direction because we 're more in tune with what 's going on in this country , the po opinion polls are saying fifty nine percent of the people actually I think , believe that er the Labour government is possible and will be voting for a Labour government , the alternative road is to oblivion and it 's not about modernizing , the people who 're proposing this coalition politics are n't modernizers , they 're Victorian politics , that 's what they 're about , they 're about taking us back , back before we created the Party , before we learnt the lesson that we needed to represent ourselves politically , they 're going back to , let's skil see what we get out of the Liberals , the free trade Liberals , in the nineteenth century , that 's where they 're going back , that 's not about modernization , real modernization is about making sure that the Labour Party speaks for the working people up and down this country and that 's our contribution to make to that Party and therefore we should have a role in decision making and influencing the Party that enables us as an organization to express that feeling , and that understanding of what people actually want in this country , and that 's why we 're supporting the C E C proposals .
8 It is we , after all , who have to pick up the pieces and begin again the struggle to live our lives with dignity , and in freedom from arbitrary and authoritarian policing .
9 As proved by history , women are the ones who have to pick up the pieces in the aftermath of war .
10 This season of exhibitions promises a unique and long awaited opportunity to address , at first hand , the current concerns and practices of the women artists who have picked up the gauntlet of the conventional ‘ feminism versus modernism ’ polarisation .
11 There might be no ready and easy solution to the problems that taxi drivers face , but there are those , such as the Peace Train organisation , who have taken up the taxi drivers ' case and are concerned to alter public opinion and attitudes generally in Northern Ireland .
12 A personalised scroll , a car stickers and a copy of the book Investigating the Seashore are among the benefits enjoyed by people who have taken up the offer .
13 But Mr Stewart said : ‘ You are a liar and you have made up the story about the gun and the threats to kill . ’
14 At this point you have to set up the machines CMOS memory for the new drive .
15 You have to weigh up the pros and cons .
16 Loathing the expressionism and abstractions that surround him during his time at Newcastle , where he studied in the late Sixties , he believes ‘ you have to pick up the traces .
17 All this becomes obvious once you have set up the machine to knit lace .
18 Since you have taken up the Mastership of Jesus College , what have you done to encourage this , especially young contemporary British artists ?
19 You have pulled up the prize begonias , thinking they were weeds .
20 You have to build up the excitement first .
21 ‘ You have probably done it because it is hot tonight , or maybe you have used up the trousers . ’
22 The welfare point is a little complicated , because of course you have to catch up the dogs , and many of those dogs will be killed , but the dogs can be treated well during the time they are held .
23 Once you have added up the figures in the budget planner , you will have to deduct income tax to arrive at the net spending amount available to you .
24 Please use one of the other catalogues if you have to look up the title or author of a book …
25 Of course there is no advantage in this method if you have to look up the hooks .
26 ‘ The Space study required for the national curriculum is based largely on the library , and we have built up the tasks together , with an emphasis on group work , ’ said a head of science .
27 We have made steady progress since the New Year — we have tightened up the defence and now we 're getting a little bit of luck . ’
28 We have made steady progress since the New Year — we have tightened up the defence and now we 're getting a little bit of luck . ’
29 If we are already working from an out-of-date database ( because we have moved up the hierarchy ) it is very likely our vision of tomorrow 's world is much closer to today 's , while others in the organization , whose database is perhaps more up-to-date , may well be able to see beyond us .
30 It was late when we woke , and by the time we have cleared up the mess it is later still .
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