Example sentences of "[vb infin] up a [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ? ’ |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | ‘ I do n't doubt but what Alfred 'll rig up a bit of shelter . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | ‘ 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 ’ . |
| 8 | The son of Topsider did make up a lot of ground in the closing stages , but by then it was far too late . |
| 9 | Weeks fifteen to twenty one is subject specific and all the details that have to come in and make up a record of achievement . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | He 's an expert on the buildings history and if the building is bought up and say , converted to offices , would like one or 2 rooms put by so he can set up a museum of psychiatry . |
| 15 | If my right hon. Friend succeeds in gaining enough support for his efforts , the European Community will set up a framework of support and it will be up to individual countries to decide , within that framework , how they wish to use the funds . |
| 16 | Under the Industrial Courts Act of 1919 the minister may set up a court of enquiry into a trade dispute . |
| 17 | Either House may set up a committee of inquiry into any matter it wishes , as the House of Commons chose to do on the occasion of the Aberfan disaster of 1966 . |
| 18 | Moreover , Noorda must finally set up a line of succession and give us some indication of how Novell ( and Unix ) will function when he bows out . |
| 19 | But when you begin fishing , if it is a swim you have never fished before with a swimfeeder , it is essential that you find out how long it takes to empty so that you can set up a rhythm of casting and feeding . |
| 20 | Recently I did take up a form of gardening , indoor gardening . |
| 21 | He had his time-proven tests for this : one was simply to walk over the land and to ‘ feel it through his boots ’ , ; then again he would take up a handful of soil , carefully crumbling it to test it ; or he would bend down and draw his fist backwards through the soil . |
| 22 | At best , or so it was thought , it would give the United Nations some muscle to stop governments doing terrible things to their peoples ; at worst it would serve up a forest of platitude . |
| 23 | Erm , could you pick up a pint of milk at the Seven Eleven for us , hang on , I 'll give you some money . |
| 24 | but I think that , that with what it is you know , but then I say she 's got that anyway , she 's not as , as tough as what she makes out , but er it would be worth having a look you never know what 's in there , and I say I must pick up a couple of paper towels |
| 25 | If you could just pick up a load of scrap iron and shove it on the bill under metalwork you would n't be turning up your nose at the subject . |
| 26 | This means that you can pick up a file from File Manager ( or another compatible file handling shell ) and drop it onto the minimised WSWIN icon , at which point the application opens with your file ready for editing . |
| 27 | I just have a lot of respect for someone who can pick up a piece of wood or metal and make music out of it . ’ |
| 28 | ROBBIE Sometimes when I was washing the car , he had a great big Ford estate , I 'd pick up a piece of gravel and just scratch the paint a wee bit . |
| 29 | Right One of the things that er we try to pass on is that you 'll pick up a lot of information which may not be relevant to you but may be relevant to members of your family or friends . |
| 30 | ‘ If the middle tier marketed themselves better , they could pick up a lot of business . ’ |