Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] up [art] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Soldiers had since picked up the habit of wine-drinking in France during the war and upon returning to England had educated the middle classes , further increasing the popularity of Champagne in the immediate post-war years . |
| 2 | She had long given up the tussle with French and lapsed into straight English ( which Therese , damn it , was supposed to understand ) . |
| 3 | He had foolishly picked up the trolleys from a nearby supermarket and threw them . |
| 4 | The claims so built up the expectations for ZETA after the first conference that the subsequent news was perceived as ‘ failure ’ . |
| 5 | Victor , sensing that there would be little sleep but much talking and soul-searching that night , thoughtfully brought up a tray of coffee and a bottle of cognac . |
| 6 | I mean , why have you suddenly brought up the subject of Elise ? ’ |
| 7 | These avenues have not only taken up a lot of the time and energy of the present generation of activists but they have also reduced the reliance on the politics of the street demonstration by presenting alternative means of expression and action . |
| 8 | The Inquisition was an ineffective irritant , slow and erratic in its procedures ; it merely put up the price of books , forcing readers to all sorts of subterfuges in order to consume often out-dated heresies . |
| 9 | Kimon 's attack on Skyros was done on orders from the oracle of Apollo at Delphi ; and Kimon perhaps put up a thank-offering in the sanctuary there ( see Plut . |
| 10 | Fedelma has only started up the business since beginning the course and has found it a ‘ great practical help ’ . |
| 11 | and we 've already given up the essentials in your life the two nine one seven per year which of these will be left to be paid ? |
| 12 | A radio ham called Tony and an ambulance driver who had just picked up a man with bandaged fingers who was suffering from exposure . |
| 13 | ‘ We 've just picked up a message on the Miletti family line , dottore . |
| 14 | She 's just picked up the children from a rendezvous with their father who had an afternoon 's access , and he 'd shouted at her and them in the street and threatened to take the children away . |
| 15 | I think I 've just sewn up a deal on a new account . ’ |
| 16 | People who spend much of their time in this type of activity will probably have already built up a reputation in the area . |
| 17 | His brother Donald had already opened up the route to South Africa with his famous Castle Line and occasionally vessels were transferred to supplement the respective fleets . |
| 18 | The Hyde Housing Association , responsible for the site , had already drawn up a list of people ‘ with strong connections with Medstead — basically those who had been resident in the village for over five years , or former residents who had moved away and wished to return , ’ said Mr. Winter . |
| 19 | Newcomers shine McHale has already drawn up a list of possible transfer targets . |
| 20 | When Weissbräu has finally mopped up the market for popular , easily-drinkable wheat beers , it will be glad to have such tasty , characterful brews as a specialist line . |
| 21 | Having just mopped up the minority in Siemens-Nixdorf , would Siemens be ready to admit a new investor into the company ? |
| 22 | David Downes ( 1983 ) aptly summed up the irony of ‘ law and order ’ being seen as a Conservative concern , when he called it ‘ theft of an issue ’ . |
| 23 | Pa has just pulled up the sleeves of his jacket and taken the Monster from Ma . |
| 24 | The policeman on duty was a different one but he seemed to have already struck up a friendship with Fenella . |
| 25 | But Leavitt had already signed up a group of Masai from another district . |
| 26 | Its arms clutched these objects as they were individually passed up the ladder to its niche : followed by its disembodied head , with a physiognomy very close to that of the photographs of the deceased . |
| 27 | Meanwhile , a second pressure pad has already taken up the tension for the next length of rods . |
| 28 | The water 's been flowing so fast it 's just dug up the tree by its roots and it pulled it along and it 's got wedged in the bridge look . |
| 29 | This may all seem trivial , but I wonder how many fishkeepers have possibly given up the hobby at an early stage because they were unaware their fish were dying from nothing more sinister than overfeeding with resultant ammonia/nitrite stress — and nobody told them . |
| 30 | Had the chauffeur ever picked up the Prince from the neighbourhood ? |