Example sentences of "[vb past] up [art] [adj] [noun] with " in BNC.
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| 1 | He came across and dabbed up the spilt coffee with a dirty dishcloth and a flourish . |
| 2 | ‘ Eric built up a wonderful relationship with the fans and we 'll never forget him telling us that he loved us when the team were parading the League trophy . ’ |
| 3 | The schoolboys built up an early lead with first half tries from lock Owen Redmond , full-back John Ennis , scrum-half Brian O'Meara and wing forward Derek Suffern . |
| 4 | When I told Malc , he turned up the next night with a gift-wrapped teddy for the baby . |
| 5 | The pupils thought he 'd been brought in specially for their benefit and turned up the next week with more surrealistic pieces . |
| 6 | Instead , it cooked up a market-sharing deal with Du Pont that was to last until 1944 , when it was the subject of a celebrated American antitrust suit . |
| 7 | ‘ More bloody stale bread and cheese , ’ said Tommy morosely , but Charlie was far too hungry to complain as he scooped up every last crumb with a wet finger . |
| 8 | The document was found among the many original musical manuscripts left by Lucien Garban , an intimate friend who kept up a fascinating correspondence with the composer . |
| 9 | I kept up a close correspondence with my parents , partly because I knew that they missed me , and partly from natural inclination and affection . |
| 10 | Another 17-year-old girl kept up a regular correspondence with her natural mother and went to see her once or twice a year referring to her as an ‘ auntie ’ . |
| 11 | In 1873 he took up a similar appointment with the Great Eastern Railway . |
| 12 | A human pulled them out without thinking , twiddled inside with a screwdriver , and put up a new box with a lock on it . |
| 13 | Lady Grubb knew a great deal about antiques and owned some beautiful pieces , but she topped up the genuine furnishings with reproduction Jacobean coffee tables and plastic cruets . |
| 14 | ‘ I 've established myself in the Premier League and struck up a good relationship with the fans . ’ |
| 15 | She struck up an effective rapport with the new Republican President of the United States , Ronald Reagan . |
| 16 | ‘ The delivery room was up two flights of stairs , so Tony picked me up and ran up the two flights with me . |
| 17 | Mr Heseltine was asked on LBC radio whether , if the Conservatives ended up the largest party with , say , 320 seats , Mr Major would not get on the telephone to do a deal to secure an overall majority . |
| 18 | The software can load and save the results for a sample , characterised by the number of phrases and their depth and type , set up a continuous dialogue with the operator and update the database for tests in progress . |
| 19 | Aware of the need for effective practical techniques of odour control , in June 1971 , the Department of the Environment set up a working party with the following terms of reference : ‘ To examine the problems of unpleasant odours emitted by offensive and selected other trades , and to make recommendations about the best practicable means for their minimisation and suppression ’ . |
| 20 | Others have found it more advantageous to acquire a local bank or set up a joint venture with local banks . |
| 21 | On his return to Uralmash from a business course in West Germany in 1988 , Mr Korovin set up a joint venture with an Austrian company to make equipment for the continuous casting of steel . |
| 22 | The company set up a joint venture with Magneti Marelli the Italian firm which has already taken over two big Lucas plants in the Midlands . |
| 23 | He set up a select committee with the job of trying to devise a political settlement to the problem of Tamil separatism ; but it got nowhere . |
| 24 | SUPERSPY Ian Spiro set up a secret meeting with Terry Waite in Beirut organised by Colonel Oliver North , it was claimed last night . |
| 25 | You and your neighbours , colleagues and soulmates are free to meet and set up a voluntary organization with almost any aim in mind . |
| 26 | He also set up a theatrical agency with a J. H. Milburn . |
| 27 | But to the screams of excitement from the biggest crowd ever to gather in the Robert F Kennedy Memorial Stadium , over 54,000 of them , Marcio Santos set up a furious climax with a diving header . |
| 28 | But to the screams of excitement from the biggest crowd ever to gather in the Robert F Kennedy Memorial Stadium , over 54,000 of them , Marcio Santos set up a furious climax with a diving header . |
| 29 | He picked up a huge book h he picked up a large book with a huge green dinosaur on the front . |
| 30 | She picked up The Cheaper Sex with the tips of her bony , scarlet-nailed fingers . |