Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [to-vb] up a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They asked me to set up a buffet for a press launch , then they said it was for me ! ’ |
| 2 | Another has been tested by P T Breuer ( 1991 ) , who used it to speed up a game playing program . |
| 3 | At 8.30am on his first day on the job , Mr Lobov summoned senior officials in his ministry and told them to draw up a plan for re-establishing state control over the economy . |
| 4 | However , she seemed to have forgotten all about it , because she told him to pull up a chair and warm himself by the fire . |
| 5 | Again Ted demurred , but the Parliamentary Party 's unease over the procedure for new leadership elections caused him to set up a review committee under Alec Home . |
| 6 | I told her to make up a list of the contents now for her deposition the next day as I had forgotten to mention much of what was in my bag . |
| 7 | Common Law allowed us to cut up a freehold estate into successive estates , each recognized by Common Law . |
| 8 | Arithmetic not only took my mind off the leg , but also spurred me to keep up a pace of four miles an hour . |
| 9 | But Palmer 's connection with the Union enabled him to build up a link with leaders of the advanced wing of the high church party . |
| 10 | The European Council reaffirmed its willingness to help the Soviet Union but referred back to the Commission the task of submitting before the next Council meeting proposals for decisions to be taken , and also asked it to draw up a plan for a major commercial , scientific and technical co-operation agreement with the Soviet Union . |