Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [to-vb] up a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 BETTY BOO and Boy George make a very Hattractive pair … even if one of them needs to cover up a lack of locks more than the other .
2 I tried to tidy up a bit when I first came to work here , but I soon found out I was wasting my time .
3 I tried to crush up a salt tablet in a cup and dissolve it in the water but she moaned when I held the cup to her lips and tried to turn her head away .
4 Next , I want to set up a couple of special features which will probably be planted in containers .
5 I want to set up a club for keen fly fishermen , all those anglers who pursue game fish like trout and salmon .
6 The problem is that I want to start up a shareware library , but I have no idea of how to obtain the shareware titles .
7 Independently , or in conjunction with BAIE or IPR or others , I hope to set up a seminar on Ethics in Communications , and wonder whether the PCC could be persuaded to be represented ?
8 If not , how could I begin to build up a support network ?
9 I decided to draw up a proposal for a book which would attempt a synthesis of structuralist and feminist ideas — not with any enthusiasm , and with the hope that it would never actually get done .
10 I want you every moment of the day and night and every time I try to fold up a map .
11 I try to build up a rapport with the callers and being able to speak a little French helps , ’ she said .
12 Whichever point the patient selects , that is the age from which I start to build up a picture of the character .
13 This morning I had to connect up a video for Caroline to use and all the leads , every single lead we 've got , to connect any machine to any machine , were all bundled in like a load missing , and it took me what , five minutes to find the right leads and connect the machines up .
14 Q I wish to take up a career in outdoor activities and am looking for information on the qualifications and training needed for this kind of work .
15 I only think of myself as a housewife when I have to fill up a form .
16 I have to pick up a helper .
17 Q I plan to set up a tank for Tanganyikan cichlids .
18 ‘ I do n't like the look of yours much , Yant , ’ was his favourite expression as the two of them prepared to chat up a couple of strange girls .
19 There is no reason at present why you can not take a course in one country even though you intend to take up a job elsewhere .
20 If you intend to build up a show kennel , a very good quality bitch is your first priority .
21 Mr do you want to pick up a point ?
22 " D' you want to end up a field labourer ?
23 Despite all the contrary opinions expressed in the play , the underlying message was that it is the mother 's right to choose whether she wants to bring up a child who is mentally handicapped , and that other people simply do not understand how the mother feels .
24 ‘ Look — the next time you want to set up a surveillance in London , do remember that we 're here to help .
25 Maybe she needs to grow up a bit more
26 ‘ Tell me how you came to take up a life of crime . ’
27 Anyway , she seemed to cheer up a bit listening to their trite old remarks about it coming to everybody , and after that her mother had been all right and seemed to accept it .
28 Nevertheless , if you manage to set up a menu you can then run other , non Intesoft , applications under the control of InteMate .
29 And , he said I do n't how you do this , you know , yo I really do n't know how you manage to run up a bill like that .
30 On the other hand , did she wish to end up a spinster — like poor , dried-up Madame Duvalle , whose very raison d'être would end when she retired and no longer had her position at the salon to sustain her ?
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