Example sentences of "[vb infin] up [art] [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | KEVIN Keegan has lodged a substantial bid for an unnamed player but wo n't tie up the deal in time for Saturday 's home game with Brighton . |
| 2 | Later on in the day I wander up to Low Force with no boat and no-one except my girlfriend and the fish trying to swim and jump up the fall for company . |
| 3 | For people who ca n't give up the taste of salt , health experts recommend switching to low-sodium salt alternatives . |
| 4 | Aware of their vanity and dread of baldness , he would reach over and lift up a lock of hair , saying , ‘ A little more brain showing today ? ’ |
| 5 | And he shall judge among many people and rebuke strong nations afar off ; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks ; nation shall not lift up a sword against nation , neither shall they learn war any more . |
| 6 | In reply to his own question , ‘ What shall I render to the Lord for all his bounty to me ? ’ the psalmist can only receive with gratitude what Yahweh freely gives him and rededicate himself : ‘ I will lift up the cup of salvation and call upon the name of the Lord , I will pay my vows to the Lord in the presence of his people . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I do n't doubt but what Alfred 'll rig up a bit of shelter . |
| 8 | But I do n't bring up the subject of money with Fairfax immediately . |
| 9 | That development entailed a recognition that the concentration upon language by the school of logical positivism , within which Ayer 's dismissal of religious belief emerged , might not so much show up the meaninglessness of theology as elicit its own particular logic Wittgenstein 's thought appears to show a progression from concentrating upon language in order to exclude certain forms of thought — as in Ayer 's exclusion of metaphysics — towards concentrating upon language in order to make sense of those different forms in a way that was sensitive to their particular nature . |
| 10 | ‘ There was a time recently when a friend of mine said she was in love and could I look up the man in question 's chart and tell her the truth ? |
| 11 | The bloke behind the counter said , look , I 've just got to go and look up the year of manufacture , I 'll be back in a couple of minutes . |
| 12 | So you can , so if you feel that you 're a bit , you need a bit of practice in a certain area , you can literally look up the type of course that would benefit you the most . |
| 13 | How might an organization divide up the responsibility for marketing activities between its sub-divisions and head office ? |
| 14 | You 're all right if you can play a musical instrument one o' these one-string fiddles , Jew 's harp , ham-bone , play the comb , or one o' these sewing-machines ( gesticulates with his hands , pedals with his feet ) ; you can stick up a board in front of you saying ‘ Ex-Service Man ’ , ‘ Hero ’ , put on a row of medals — an' you can go into any of these back streets and nobody 'll stop you . |
| 15 | Three quarters of local authorities did not follow up the Department of Environment 's advice and carry out checks to see if the tenant was receiving the right benefits . |
| 16 | One can sum up the position as being that a restraint will be invalid if it is imposed in order to prevent competition simpliciter or the use of personal skill and knowledge of the employee . |
| 17 | Does this sum up the kind of house you want , or have I missed something ? |
| 18 | In speeches on April 15 , United Kingdom Prime Minister John Major maintained that the UK 's participation in the EBRD " underlines our commitment to be at the very heart of Europe " [ see also p. 38115 ] and that the UK government 's privatization programme had helped financial companies in London to " build up a wealth of experience from which to draw " , while Mitterrand declared : " A new order has been put in place . |
| 19 | Kozlowski said that the new service would be independent of the Soviet Union , would co-operate with North Atlantic Treaty Organization ( NATO ) countries over issues such as drug trafficking and terrorism , and would also build up a bank of information on Western economic factors as a source of advice for Polish entrepreneurs . |
| 20 | ‘ If we can map the isotopic composition of lead in the region we are looking at , ie the Mediterranean , ’ said Gail , ‘ then we can build up a database of trade movement ’ . |
| 21 | The son of Topsider did make up a lot of ground in the closing stages , but by then it was far too late . |
| 22 | Weeks fifteen to twenty one is subject specific and all the details that have to come in and make up a record of achievement . |
| 23 | ‘ … and the brother shall deliver up the brother to death . ’ |
| 24 | The brother shall deliver up the brother to death … |
| 25 | He went to his stall with the words echoing and reechoing in his inward ear : ‘ and the brother shall deliver up the brother to death ’ . |
| 26 | It points me to the verse numbered twenty-one , and the line is : ‘ And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death . ’ ’ |
| 27 | Colonel Feather had then expressed a worry that children could easily reach over and scoop up a fingerful of frosting , perhaps spoiling someone 's chances , so he and Mr Doran — the latter complaining mightily about his lumbago — had moved the cakes to the back of the table . |
| 28 | Anyone who is reasonably skilful can knock up a mounting without difficulty , and it is possible even for someone who is as clumsy as I am . |
| 29 | One of his most senior colleagues , Mr Michael Heseltine , the Environment Secretary , indicated that , if the Tories were the biggest party in a hung Parliament , Mr Major would draw up a programme of legislation and put it to the vote in Parliament rather than seeking any formal deal with the Liberal Democrats or Ulster Unionists . |
| 30 | Er has been to see me about it , but I 've said that the initiative for farm watch has got to come from them , I said , we 're not gon na stand up and draw up a load of support and expect us to service the damn thing , I said it 's up to you and your members to do it , and I still think he 's trying to get us to do it via the back door , He 's been to talk to me now about it , and I 've told him exactly what I want to do and that we we 'll be involved , but it ai n't gon na be a police run scheme , it 's gon na be a farmer 's run scheme with police support locally . |