Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] up a [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE French government has launched a programme to set up a nationwide telecommunications research network , in an effort to catch up with Britain 's JANET system and Germany 's DFN . |
| 2 | SMALL investors could use any spare cash to pick up a few holdings in carefully chosen smaller companies . |
| 3 | Nesad Causevic , a policeman , was changing shift last November when a grenade blew up a few metres from his car . |
| 4 | A breath of cold , fresh air wafted over his face , as the heavy wooden square eased up a few inches . |
| 5 | A woman got up a few rows back , and threw the hood off her head . |
| 6 | They walked in silence for a short distance before he asked casually , ‘ You 're not gripped by a mad urge to rip up a few ferns ? ’ |
| 7 | The Government set up a Public Schools Commission to investigate the Direct Grant Schools : this brought together the sixty Heads of Direct Grant schools in the Headmasters ' Conference in much the same way as the Taunton Commission had led to the creation of the Conference itself in 1869 . |
| 8 | Mala 's vigorous snort stirred up a few echoes , but no one looked around . |
| 9 | Greene may have half-intended readers to identify Mr Savory with Priestley , and every year throws up a few romans clearly in need of a clef . |
| 10 | After living with his aunt for four years , Mr Banks moved in with his girlfriend , but he moved back home last September after the couple split up a few weeks later and became very depressed . |
| 11 | K.S. Karol turns up a few stones — and discovers what wriggles underneath . |
| 12 | I sympathized and threw in a few choice obscenities and ‘ hanging 's too good for ‘ ems ’ but made a note to pick up a few watches next time I was down the Brick Lane midnight market . |
| 13 | This talented young Liphook rider notched up a runaway experts class victory in the Bognor Regis Club trial at Lavant , near Chichester . |
| 14 | LONDON & SOUTH-EAST : There were few glimmers of encouragement for Mr Kinnock as the party picked up a dozen seats in the capital and a handful outside , writes David Millward . |