Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] up a [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 'd obviously picked up a few tips from the paperbacks , because he spun these stories out like a kid pulling on chewing-gum . |
| 2 | He 's already picked up a thousand pounds tomorrow he 'll receive a copy of his short story — The Green Moustache , which er got him into the final along with the other eleven winning stories which are being published in an anthology , which is hot off the presses from the publishers Collins . |
| 3 | The schedule designer must for every be putting himself or herself into the respondents ' shoes and trying to imagine what it would be like to be asked this question by a stranger who just turned up a few minutes ago out of the blue . |
| 4 | The voltage on the power panel which the Object Management Group has planned for its Object World expo later this month just went up a few notches : Lotus ' John Landry could n't make it so they got Sun 's Bill Joy as a substitute . |
| 5 | Government and national accounts business unit manager Stewart Oldroyd , claimed that the company has already signed up a few orders prior to the official release , the most significant of which is with the National Bank of Hungary . |
| 6 | ‘ I thought perhaps this year , if I just rustle up a few quiches , buy some French bread — ’ |
| 7 | Just put up a few pictures and so on . |
| 8 | ‘ I was just clearing up a few points with Dr Blake . ’ |
| 9 | There are garden centres — and for the most part , they will be attached to nurseries where the plants are propagated and grown , not just bought in wholesale — where ‘ container grown ’ really does mean grown in a container , and not potted up a few days beforehand . |
| 10 | At least confident that Spouse will enjoy , and probably pick up a few tips from , biography of Hitler . |
| 11 | As indicated above , we have now set up a Validated Courses Section within the Assessment Department and ( ) is heading this . |
| 12 | We have now set up a Human Rights Committee , properly structured and managed , with a defined budget . |
| 13 | In addition to the established and highly successful Master 's Degree Course in Highway Engineering for Developing Countries , the School of Civil Engineering is now setting up a parallel Masters ' Course in Traffic Engineering for Developing Countries . |
| 14 | Q Could you please clear up a few points which I am sure confuse other readers as well as myself . |
| 15 | He would be treated to the kind of service his carrier is struggling to achieve and might even pick up a few tips on how an airline should be run . |
| 16 | At the same time they might even pick up a few tips from Waqar Younis and Wasim Akram instead of trying to put them down . |
| 17 | Amnesty called on the government ( which had recently set up a human rights task force and an inquiry into alleged atrocities ) to admit the extent of abuses in the past , including its own role , in order to clear the atmosphere for a fresh approach on human rights observance . |