Example sentences of "[noun prp] [to-vb] up a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Actors and dancers came to Alexander for advice ; he became a therapist and in 1900 moved to England to set up a practice in London . |
| 2 | It was Aer Lingus girl , Denise McCarthy , who caused the day 's biggest upset against the great Mary McKenna to set up a clash with Baltray 's pretty Oonagh Purfield for promotion to the last eight . |
| 3 | Permission was obtained from the APU and HMSO to make up a test of APU items for the purpose of comparing different samples participating in the project . |
| 4 | The Miseroni were called to Prague to set up a workshop for crystal carving and gem cutting , and they laid the foundations for the Bohemian cut-glass industry . |
| 5 | She had not abandoned her own efforts , but she had got Mrs Diggory to fetch up a couple of girls from the village . |
| 6 | One such plan was Reith 's appointment of Patrick Abercrombie and the LCC architect J. H. Forshaw to draw up a scheme for the rebuilding of London . |
| 7 | By comparison , in Area 6 , Record Centre Maidstone continue in sparkling form at the head of the table , achieving their third win of the season against Crawley , which , in turn , enabled David Lloyd Eastbourne to move up a place above the leader 's victims . |
| 8 | England started in the team tournament with a 4–2 victory over Austria to open up a chance for bronze or silver medal . |
| 9 | Before the fighting started in 1948 , some Palestinians had even arranged to take a holiday in case of hostilities and had called at the Lebanese consulate in Palestine to pick up a visa for Beirut . |
| 10 | Mr Christopher plans to ask Israel to speed up a review of the case . |
| 11 | In a similar vein one may recall the refusal of Taskopruzade 's grandfather to return to Istanbul to take up an appointment at the newly built Sahn for fear of becoming involved in distracting ambitions for personal glory . |
| 12 | Alarmed by inner-city tensions in reaction to mass immigration from the Commonwealth , in June 1955 the Home Secretary asked Sir Anthony Eden to set up a committee of inquiry , to drum up support for immigration controls . |
| 13 | Even nipping into Boots to pick up a bottle of shampoo or popping into Woolworths for some pick 'n' mix can turn out to be a major sensory-assault course . |
| 14 | The Cabinet will meet for the first time on Wednesday to draw up a programme of legislation for the new session of Parliament , which will last 18 months until the autumn of 1993 . |
| 15 | Could it be supposed that it would be more impossible for God to raise up a body at Resurrection , if needs be , out of elementary particles , which had been liberated by burning , than it would be to raise up a body from dust ? ’ |
| 16 | Looking at the account books — the real ones , not the fabrications served up to the Poles and the League of Nations — it was clear that Danzig 's projected budget for 1934–5 would run at a deficit of over 44 million gulden , which , when added to the employment projects the Nazis needed to keep their supporters in Danzig happy and faithful , would leave the Reichsbank to pick up a bill of over 110 million marks . |
| 17 | The panel will meet in September to draw up a shortlist of 15 titles in three age categories , with the overall winner to be announced on 17th November . |
| 18 | In 1985 Jones moved back to Provo to take up an appointment in the physics department at his Alma Mater , BYU . |
| 19 | THAILAND 'S James Wattana booked his quarter-final place in the Royal Liver Assurance UK snooker Championship yesterday with a 9–1 win over Mike Hallett at Preston to set up a meeting with Jimmy White today . |
| 20 | for example , an older sister found a sponsor for Gerta Jassem just two months after arriving in London to take up a job as a chambermaid . |
| 21 | A PARISH priest is leaving north Suffolk to take up an appointment at The Vatican . |
| 22 | It was very cold in the room , for Iskandara had given orders that a fire was not to be lit there as a matter of course and Alexandra was shy of asking Mary or little Annie to bring up a bucket of coals for her . |