Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] up [noun sg] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Governor has effectively given up control of the Bermudian police to the local government , though he still retains the right to be consulted . |
| 2 | It was his habit to go for a run round his island every day before breakfast , and that morning , because rain was forecast for the rest of the day , he 'd taken advantage of the brief spell of fine weather early on to gather up driftwood from the beach after his run . |
| 3 | One school , deciding that extra space for resource-based learning was a priority , took over a classroom for use in unstructured individualized work , with the result that other classrooms including some specialist rooms were more heavily used than before ; teachers complained that they could not get in to put up work on the blackboard beforehand , and were introduced to the more thorough use of the overhead projector ; the timetabler had to bear in mind the needs of some practical subjects where the previous laying-out of equipment was vital , but the exercise was valuable in focusing attention on such priorities and making them clear to everyone . |
| 4 | On his head was the horned-moon helm of Saphery and he swiftly took up position between the queen and the Keeper of Secrets . |
| 5 | I hope people at the back can hear , erm , we obviously took up action on the resolution passed last year , in two or three different ways . |
| 6 | I more or less gave up cottaging for a while . |
| 7 | Lord Owen and his new UN colleague , Thorvald Stoltenberg , Norway 's former foreign minister , have not given up hope for the Vance-Owen peace plan . |
| 8 | The networking company has signed an agreement with Hudson , Massachusetts-based Gradient Technologies Inc , which has already picked up support from the likes of IBM Corp , Hewlett-Packard Co , Sun Microsystems Inc and Unix System Laboratories Inc . |
| 9 | For the record , too , the Press spokesman said the president only had the haircut because he was assured that doing so would not tie up traffic at the airport . |
| 10 | The primary aim of the Convention is not to set up machinery for the chastisement of states which infringe human rights . |
| 11 | The article said the chairman of TV London had just taken up residence in the castle . |
| 12 | To be honest , empty barrels just take up space on the |
| 13 | Owen again refers to the sun 's powers , how it causes seeds to grow from the warmth and ‘ care ’ it gives them , and also how it once woke up life at the beginning of the world by adding its warmth to ‘ the clays of a cold star ’ . |
| 14 | In the summer , strawberry sellers usually took up position around the Crimean Cannon at the side of the Council House and they had to dispose of all their perishable wares before returning home . |
| 15 | Her husband was due to retire then and they had decided that they would both give up work at the same time . |
| 16 | It is simply not on to believe that those at the top will willingly give up power for the overall health of society . |
| 17 | In 1985 dredgers were busily raking up gravel from the shoals in the river to put into more gabions for bank reinforcement beside the Trannon . |
| 18 | Picking up the pieces was no easy task but Connors was one of the first traders to get back on its feet , temporarily setting up shop in a portacabin . |
| 19 | But just as a business can not go on year after year ignoring a fall in cash flow … so too the Government can not keep on running up debt in the hope that recovery will solve our problems . |
| 20 | He said : ‘ Just as a business can not go on year after year ignoring a fall in cash flow caused by a downturn in the economy , so too the Government can not keep on running up debt in the hope that recovery will solve our problems . ’ |
| 21 | He now took up residence in a small house at South Bank , Regent 's Park , in order , according to one authority , to be near his medical advisers . |
| 22 | A second king now took up residence in the Tower of London . |
| 23 | In 1865 , Richard Arkell started brewing , for corn millers often took up brewing as a sideline . |
| 24 | And , like Sir Geoffrey and Mr Heseltine , he routinely sets up federalism as a straw man to knock down . |
| 25 | And , like Sir Geoffrey and Mr Heseltine , he routinely sets up federalism as a straw man to knock down . |
| 26 | Richmann had found a couple of his men in one of the city 's bars , and dragged them out to take up position around a junction in the northern poor quarter . |
| 27 | Mark Ainger read from the roughly chalked up notice in the steamy window . |
| 28 | John Major promised that Britain would now speed up ratification of the treaty . |
| 29 | The dragons were released whereon the red dragon killed the white and eventually took up residence on the Welsh flag . |
| 30 | Even picking up litter on a regular basis is a positive , life-affirming act . |