Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [verb] up a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Regularly , at least one day a week , he goes to one of a few chosen locations to shoot a roll of film and has been doing this now for several years and so has built up a record of places such as Trafalgar Square , Westminster Bridge and the South Bank in London . |
| 2 | Regularly , a least one day a week , he goes to one of a few chosen locations to shoot a roll of film and has been doing this now for several years and so has built up a record of places such as Trafalgar Square , Westminster Bridge and the South Bank in London . |
| 3 | The veteran Eire international is careful not to be drawn into a new slanging match with Ferguson — but one of those reasons must be to show the United manager that he is not a crippled has-been , better equipped propping up a bar than shoring up a defence at football 's highest level . |
| 4 | In fact , the CEGB only began to build up a fund for decommissioning in 1976 . |
| 5 | For many people there is an aura of mystery about dealing on the money markets but it just involves picking up a telephone , ringing two or three numbers , asking the price of something ( the interest or discount rate ) , and buying from the cheapest source . |
| 6 | The course has helped Pauline with such issues as marketing and cash flow and she already has drawn up a business plan for the next five years — confirming that she too has no plans to return to full-time employment . |
| 7 | It was a mark of her artistic intelligence and independence that she did not choose to dish up a pot-pourri of well tried favourites for the occasion , drawing attention to herself rather than the music . |
| 8 | Every time we ventured outdoors , we had to brave the ranks of these dozens of seemingly unoccupied Americans who would sit in lines on the low walls surrounding the house , wolf whistling and just waiting to pick up a girl . |
| 9 | Here , I can only think that he was saying , ‘ well , we do n't know that there 's the full authority of the city council in this view ’ , but erm I 'm not going to put up a defence , I just think that what we do is basically stress from yourself and from the chief officer that we do want this file known . |
| 10 | ONE advantage for small countries in large empires is that they do not have to think up a defence policy : their armies do what they are told . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'll just have to get up a bit earlier , that 's all . ’ |
| 12 | Other regions , which did not happen to pick up a rotation , would become oval-shaped objects called elliptical galaxies . |
| 13 | Windsor has already tried to set up a team of his own in F1 and knows the problems involved , not least of which is the mega money needed to gain a foothold , never mind putting together the technical talent needed to build his own car . |
| 14 | Rovers winger Pat Nevin said : ‘ As someone who likes to make goals , I definitely came off on Friday feeling disappointed not to have set up a goal . |
| 15 | Concerning videotapes , the Head of Department said that he only held two which were shared with another department ( i.e. were constantly reused ) and that he could not afford to build up a library of them . |
| 16 | ‘ We 're not trying to stir up a hornet 's nest but we do want to let everyone know what we 're trying to achieve , ’ campaign spokesman Steve Melia said . |
| 17 | FBI agents already have blown up a van similar to the rented vehicle that investigators say carried 1,200lb of explosives into the Trade Centre complex 's underground garage . |
| 18 | They called for the temporary suspension of activities by all political parties , who were further requested to draw up a code of conduct to regulate their activities . |
| 19 | She cares for them so much , that she even sold her home to help set up a sanctuary to look after them . |
| 20 | There is no reason , however , to suppose that Isabella had deliberately tried to build up a party amongst the bishops . |
| 21 | According to Computerwoche , not only will both companies ' support teams work together , but the two also intend to set up a Competence Centre at Pyramid Technology GmbH 's headquarters in Grasbrunn near Munich . |
| 22 | The investigator also plans to follow up a finding that having perfected the distinction between meaning and message , children may come to view reality in a new way : incoming information can be construed as offering clues about reality , whereas before it was assumed to be reality . |
| 23 | But desperation leads people into rushed decisions when one or two people are urgently needed to make up a complement of tenants for a specific property . |
| 24 | John also began building up a collection of gramophone records ; Herbert gave him pocket money to buy one a week . |
| 25 | In its response to a Scottish Natural Heritage ( SNH ) consultation paper , the RA has also proposed setting up a network of footpaths around local communities , and financial support to farmers and landowners — through reform of the Common Agricultural Policy — to help them provide better access to their land . |
| 26 | Breakfast Car will probably have to go up a grade and go to slightly posher places . ’ |
| 27 | The Council may also try to draw up a science policy for Europe , if it is serious about this it will have to soil its hands a little more with the sharp end of applied research . |
| 28 | The partners have also started to build up a consultancy operation , offering advice to employers who are looking at offering ‘ family friendly ’ employee benefits . |
| 29 | Hewlett-Packard is also planning to set up a software export unit in India . |
| 30 | Consequently , she was again in financial difficulties in 1617 , when she unsuccessfully attempted to set up a school in St Giles in the Fields for the education of children of the nobility . |