Example sentences of "[vb pp] up [prep] a [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Russians courteously declined , saying they could n't get mixed up in an issue that did n't concern them . |
| 2 | Daniel Galvin in London has come up with a treatment that takes only thirty minutes and rather than causing a dramatic change , it softly camouflages grey hair with a subtle , natural-looking colour . |
| 3 | No hi-fi speaker maker has ever come up with a woofer that low and resonant . |
| 4 | The atmosphere moves from hard bop to cajun crunch and , for once , Billy boy has come up with a record that justifies all the praise that has been heaped on his shoulders . |
| 5 | A RESEARCHER with IBM has come up with a device that might possibly replace the transistor in integrated circuit devices . |
| 6 | Now the Scottish Prison Service and the Scottish Council for Single Homeless have come up with a package that attempts to address the problem . |
| 7 | Knowing how busy you 'll be these next few weeks , I 've come up with an idea that might put your mind at ease and allow Jelka to come to terms with her experience . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I would say that nobody who has criticised the proposal to sell has come up with an alternative as to how these things are going to be funded , ’ Dr Macmillan said . |
| 9 | It 's great fun , very enjoyable , but for a young women who 's perhaps come up from a convent or an all girls ' school and who feels very uncomfortable with this person because he 's thirty years older and has power over here , it 's not perceived in the same way . |
| 10 | And just as everybody who looked to that serpent on the pole was healed , so I am gon na be lifted up on a cross and everybody who looks in faith to me , and in obedience receives my gift of forgiveness , they will be saved ! |
| 11 | If you 've ever looked up at a stage and seen a strange device with an illuminated spinning dial and wondered what it was , chances are it was a strobe tuner . |
| 12 | Ken particularly liked the story Orton told him about a man he had picked up in a lavatory and asked him if he did it often . |
| 13 | Twenty-five days later three survivors , all wounded , were picked up from a raft and taken to Capetown . |
| 14 | The bang as it bounces may be picked up by a hearing-aid or by a vibrator , thus avoiding that sticky mess on top of the stove . |
| 15 | Connors said the guy must have curled up into a ball and hidden in a waste-basket . |
| 16 | When the keeper came up to check on the Spectacled Bears , she could n't understand that Omero and Minky were trying to tell her that Sam was ill , she just saw that he was curled up in a ball and would n't move . |
| 17 | The fact that Christians find themselves caught up with a religion that is no longer related to work or community life , but instead to leisure , tells us something about the whole process of privatisation . |
| 18 | She and the photographer she works with are caught up in an investigation that shakes her out of her complacency — and into the shadowy world of covert operations against the dictatorship . |
| 19 | A videodisc player can be connected up to a monitor or television set in the same way as a videocassette player . |
| 20 | The special school sector was built up over a century or more . |
| 21 | it is n't necessary , well it is the same as saying it is n't true , it is n't necessary er because this will be built up over a period and it will be for er the Government in all the normal ways in the public expenditure round to decide how much goes into the passenger franchises and through that therefore into the Briti the Rail Track investment . |
| 22 | He could n't really complain too much ; not after the time that he 'd run his patrol car into a ditch only three weeks into his new appointment , and the Middlemass girl ( 14 ) had turned up with a chain and towed him out . |
| 23 | The bridesmaid eventually turned up with a tale as long as her arm as to why , which nobody listened to . |
| 24 | ‘ I get so fed up on a train that after five minutes I 'm howling with boredom . |
| 25 | All beds are made up of a mattress and a base which should ideally be bought together . |
| 26 | Another type of date code is made up of a number and a row of dots , eg |
| 27 | The registration requirements include a constitution , made up of a memorandum and articles of association , specifying what the company is formed to do , and how its internal affairs are to be regulated . |
| 28 | Erm the tools were made up in a kit and er every time there was a work study exercise done on a job , er the tools were all numbered and laid aside and registered for that particular item . |
| 29 | As we have seen , he argues that trade union government will be relatively centralised where agreements are drawn up for an industry or an entire country , and will be relatively decentralised where they are regionally- or plant-based . |
| 30 | If for example rebuilding is necessary and plans have to be drawn up by an architect and approved by local Council , any fees incurred here would be covered . |