Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [to-vb] up a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I can therefore understand why at that awful moment he should seek to summon up a talisman of words , a secret defence against abomination , or perhaps even an excuse in the form of some kind of precedent that a word expresses and so takes the edge of uniqueness off the contemplated evil . |
| 2 | You should try to build up a network of people you trust , based on your professional support team who know the patient 's case in detail . |
| 3 | While chatting with Allan in the Admin Block corridor about a snag which had emerged , one of the senior managers said ‘ We 'll have to set up an Improvement Team to solve it ’ . |
| 4 | But perhaps you 'll have to grow up a bit more before you realise that . ’ |
| 5 | For Jackie I 'll try to pick up a paperback book . |
| 6 | The object was to prevent takeover by a rival paper , or even by a consortium of people opposed to NoS and its politics which might try to build up a majority shareholding . |
| 7 | Even though you might continue to build up a picture of the whole operation , it must be based upon an increasing number of assumptions — and assumptions might be wrong , with potentially catastrophic effects upon the correctness of your account of the family and its activities . |
| 8 | The captain showed them a rough map drawn crudely on tough , brown vellum and with a stubby finger and guttural comments pointed out the coastline of Fife , the manor of Kinghorn and the possible place where the French could dock to pick up a party from the beach . |
| 9 | I 'd like to take up a couple of points if I may about getting some erm we were talking before mentioned children coming in on a regular basis er it 's called living . |
| 10 | Now , erm , yes , I 'd like to pick up a comment made by the Director , erm , he said quite rightly that the prevention factor is really out of the window as far as the budget is concerned , and pro as far as operations are concerned . |
| 11 | Marriage was delayed until the young couple could afford to set up a home of their own . |
| 12 | In fact , she was so far ahead of the majority on points that she could afford to let up a bit . |
| 13 | Seeking sponsorship is hard work yet the right investment of time and planning could help to set up an opportunity which will have long-lasting benefits to your artistic career and reputation . |
| 14 | You would need to set up a system drill . |
| 15 | When we ask the average PPL what they would do to set up a descent whilst maintaining their present speed , they reply — after some thought — is invariably , " I 'll reduce power , but I shall not have to change the attitude . " |
| 16 | The welfare worker would also like to ensure that clients have adequate legal representation and would like to set up a system whereby property that belongs to a detainee is returned by the police . |
| 17 | Well , this , I told you about this French boy that phoned , that contacted me , he 's erm , my name is , I 'm nineteen , I 'm a student at Harlow College , I 'm studying English foreign language and Law A Level , if there 's an Amnesty International I would like to set up a group in the college I hope you 're involved in local groups are writing you to receive about me , and information about the local group . |
| 18 | Er , and I would like to pick up a unit after every half term but around that , you know , somewhere along get them into something really tangible |
| 19 | Now that we have a permanent place to meet we would like to start up a library as some folks can not afford to buy reading material so if you have any books that you have finished with or which are duplicates and would like to make room for new editions we will be happy to give them a good home where they will be used and appreciated . |
| 20 | He believed that he would have to give up a career to which he was deeply committed and which had promised to be highly successful . |
| 21 | He would have to dredge up an interest in his least favourite pupils and submit himself to a barrage of child-obsessed monologues from people he barely remembered from the year before . |
| 22 | Its place at the centre of government thinking was re-emphasised in April 1939 when the RCM was told that , henceforth , each guarantor would have to put up a deposit of £50 to support the cost of a child 's re-emigration . |
| 23 | Some people tend to take advantage of a placid nature — that is only human — so I realized that in order to prevent abuse of my personality I would have to put up a barrier to protect my inner self . |
| 24 | He was the largest and hairiest and pimpliest and dirtiest of them all , not at all the sort of person you would wish to meet up an alley on a dark night . |
| 25 | She hated being the centre of attention , but at least it would serve to stir up an interest in her business . |
| 26 | It could also be argued that this would help to build up a body of men with substantial diplomatic experience from which the diplomats of the future might be drawn . |
| 27 | Most PR executives will need to build up a repertoire of photographers who are skilled in the various areas covered by the media relations programme . |
| 28 | It may be that the England management themselves will have to draw up a code of conduct in order to keep everyone happy . |
| 29 | In the most severe cases these children are taken into care and professional care-givers or foster-parents will start to build up a relationship with the child . |
| 30 | It can expect to pick up a lot of support both from mainstream Solidarity and from the squabbling peasants ' parties . |