Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [to-vb] up [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Four Ministers apparently tried to cover up the truth by hiding under a cloak of secrecy . |
| 2 | Thus , governments are endlessly seeking to shore up the erosion of the national idea which a world economy inflicts upon them . |
| 3 | I would very much like to pick up the ball and run with it as to whether this policy is necessary or not . |
| 4 | MANCHESTER UNITED yesterday settled into an uneasy peace after a face-saving operation by which Martin Edwards and Michael Knighton mutually agreed to tear up the contract that would have sold the club to Knighton . |
| 5 | In fact , the CEGB only began to build up a fund for decommissioning in 1976 . |
| 6 | Godolphin only had to pick up the encyclopaedia and he was ready to put on his boots and set off for the Dominions again . |
| 7 | If any of my staff or myself can be of help with a future motoring need , you only have to pick up the phone or call in and see us and we will ensure your total satisfaction . |
| 8 | You only need to stir up the nest of a wood ant with a stick ( not with your hand ) to be able to smell them . |
| 9 | However , she just has to pick up the phone and a friendly voice at The Wool Shop is always there to help . |
| 10 | Every time we ventured outdoors , we had to brave the ranks of these dozens of seemingly unoccupied Americans who would sit in lines on the low walls surrounding the house , wolf whistling and just waiting to pick up a girl . |
| 11 | Of late , my generation has perforce had to count up the debit column of all those mistakes , and in so doing has forgotten the benefits . |
| 12 | I 'd just like to pick up the point that 's been made twice that there 's no such thing as an affordable housing problem . |
| 13 | erm a couple of weeks ago two came in and I said ‘ Oh , I was just going to lock up the screen ’ . |
| 14 | I was just going to wash up the kettle when you came in . |
| 15 | ‘ I 'll just have to get up a bit earlier , that 's all . ’ |
| 16 | It amazed me to think that even though the gay bar had been situated up those dark stairs for many years , the straight men downstairs managed to keep up the impetus so that no queen should pass without an insult . |
| 17 | Dear Catriona I could guess you probably worked this out a long time ago but I might as well get it over with once and for all and I finally managed to summon up the courage to do so , A S A , a secret admirer , no longer exists , he no longer admires secret or otherwise and has n't existed for almost a year now and again you probably know who he is but I might as well tell you it 's me Johnny the eleven year old , now fourteen , you met at Christmas ninety and boy do I feel stupid . |
| 18 | Windsor has already tried to set up a team of his own in F1 and knows the problems involved , not least of which is the mega money needed to gain a foothold , never mind putting together the technical talent needed to build his own car . |
| 19 | Maybe she was just trying to cover up the fact that she minds about my being illegitimate . ’ |
| 20 | Mrs Frizzell fumbled with handbag , parcel and gloves , and finally managed to pick up the teacup as well , and to serve herself with sugar . |
| 21 | I just wanted to take up the point that 's been raised again , and it keeps popping its its little head up from time to time , this issue of building rates . |
| 22 | Some days , when we just wanted to soak up the sun , we took the free mini-bus down to Paguera 's lovely , sandy beach . |
| 23 | If you want any more details at all , you just need to pick up the phone and call us here at the Trent F M Careline on |
| 24 | ‘ Someone always has to pick up the bill . ’ |
| 25 | In what was in effect a mini-budget , Wilson announced on Dec. 19 , 1989 , a reduction in the proposed GST from 9 per cent to 7 per cent but announced further measures to make up the revenue loss . |
| 26 | They called for the temporary suspension of activities by all political parties , who were further requested to draw up a code of conduct to regulate their activities . |
| 27 | The gifts of the Holy Spirit are always used to build up the body of Christ and ‘ prepare God 's people for the work of Christian service ’ ( Ephesians 4:12 ) . |
| 28 | After all , ’ she said simply , ‘ it 's all Stephen has , and he 's never going to excavate it , not really , nobody 's ever going to put up the money . |
| 29 | The two sentences are not ‘ equivalents ’ of each other , but they are quoted here to show that , in spite of the fact that the last mention of the particular participant being traced is by pronominal reference in the English version and by a proper noun in the Portuguese version , English still prefers to pick up the reference in the new paragraph by means of a pronoun while Portuguese prefers lexical repetition . |
| 30 | There is no reason , however , to suppose that Isabella had deliberately tried to build up a party amongst the bishops . |