Example sentences of "[vb infin] [to-vb] up a [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the rare occasions when the Indian does seek to build up a reserve for himself , he squanders it at once . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Not only do we need to build up a collection of RBGE staff publications , but we should also ensure that external researchers given significant access to RBGE facilities agree to deposit copies of their publications , reports and theses within the Library as a condition of use . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | It can expect to pick up a lot of support both from mainstream Solidarity and from the squabbling peasants ' parties . |
| 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 | 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 |
| 9 | I would like to set up a 42″ × 20″ × 15″ tank in my lounge to house small specimens of our native freshwater fish . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | It may be that the England management themselves will have to draw up a code of conduct in order to keep everyone happy . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | ‘ This is a very painful move for us , but we do n't want to wake up a year from now and wish we had n't done it , ’ Next founder Steve Jobs told United Press International . |
| 19 | Somehow the words ‘ dietary fibre ’ do tend to conjure up an image of being put out to graze on food that has all the comfort and flavour of that consumed by a sheep or a cow . |
| 20 | She hated being the centre of attention , but at least it would serve to stir up an interest in her business . |
| 21 | THOSE Millwall fans who did n't manage to rip up a piece of turf during the chaotic farewell scenes at The Den the other week will be glad to know they 'll have the chance to pick up some of the sacred turf next week in a special auction . |
| 22 | Marriage was delayed until the young couple could afford to set up a home of their own . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Employers are not as co-operative as they used to be and players ca n't afford to throw up a job with the employment market as it is ’ — GEORGE SPOTSWOOD ( Irish RFU technical officer ) . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | 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 . |