Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pron] up in a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He wanted to set me up in a flat he said he owned . |
| 2 | ‘ If only I had the means to set you up in a house where I could visit you . ’ |
| 3 | In my imagination , I was going to pick you up in a fury of emotion , toss you down on that bed — ’ |
| 4 | Patrick was studying medicine , and it was her wish to set him up in a practice of his own one day . |
| 5 | The aim was to separate the individual membership section of the Party from the unions and to set it up in a relationship reminiscent of that with the ILP before 1932 . |
| 6 | They provided my family and I with currency exchange at competitive rates , advice on aeroplane repairs , free landing and hangarage , free overnight accommodation — and even organised on-the-spot Customs clearance when a friend came to pick us up in a twin the following morning . |
| 7 | This was a slow process , for Tom had to keep stopping to explain what the words meant , and several times had to look them up in a dictionary . |
| 8 | A{ declaration } is defined in BNF as : Using the " translate and test " instruction , show how a program could be written to check any character string against this definition , and extract the{ ident } s in order to look them up in a dictionary . |
| 9 | He 'd like to shut me up in a box for the next two years . |
| 10 | The overlap area is difficult , and it is therefore better to insist on the rigorous separation of the two methodological approaches than to mix them up in a compromise , or to treat one as logically more worthy of respect than the other . |
| 11 | Yeah , I 'm going to ring them up in a moment and tell them I object to some of the advertisements , particularly for drugs that they 're advertising . |
| 12 | " No , we 're busy , I 'll get someone to take you up in a minute . " |
| 13 | She wo n't be allowed to bring them up in a series of bed and breakfasts , and they wo n't give her a council flat or help her pay for somewhere private . |