Example sentences of "[vb pp] up a [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The parade converges on Place St Maur des Fosses to hear a few words from the local Euro-MP , because the EC has stumped up a bit of money to make it a European clowns ' convention this year . |
| 2 | This is partly because Labour has picked up a mood of unease about the city among its residents , fearful of Frankfurt taking over its role as Europe 's financial capital , and jealous of Paris 's self-confidence and infrastructure . |
| 3 | I had picked up a bit of surgery from him , of course , so here I am . |
| 4 | Jay had picked up a pattern of sleeplessness over the last five months . |
| 5 | At the other end of the scale , however , our machines have picked up a host of animal noises at frequencies above the range of our ears , called ultrasound . |
| 6 | In each case the company has built up a reputation for reliability and high quality . |
| 7 | What they do find difficult is filling their day once they have actually come off drugs because they have built up a kind of lifestyle that has already been said |
| 8 | However , the evaluators are not satisfied that they have built up a picture of library use which permits them to be confident in drawing firm conclusions about the project 's success in these terms . |
| 9 | DESMOND DOUGLAS , 36 , a legend in British table tennis over the past decade has moved up a place to No 3 on the new England men 's ranking list , writes John Woodford . |
| 10 | Stephan Heitmann has stirred up a storm of protest for suggesting the Germans should draw a line under history including the Holocaust . |
| 11 | ‘ Those hallucinogenics experiments certainly stirred up a lot of shit . ’ |
| 12 | CREAM cake king Chris Liveras has stirred up a lot of controversey since he decided to build a cake factory the Preston Farm site once earmarked for development by the Ministry of Defence . |
| 13 | Once the working party had drawn up a schedule of accommodation , illustrated above , it then fell to medical and nursing officers within SHHD , and CSABD , together with colleagues from SDD Building Directorate to work this schedule up into a detailed design guidance . |
| 14 | Later , the spectra of other stars were examined , and before the end of the last century astronomers at Harvard College Observatory in the United States had drawn up a system of classification which is still used . |
| 15 | The trade body , the Textile Services Association , has drawn up a code of practice , endorsed by the Office of Fair Trading . |
| 16 | They have drawn up a Strategy for Success , which will be outlined at a meeting on Thursday , when they are urging all members to attend . |
| 17 | With the help of a small committee , chairman of rugby Dave Waddington has drawn up a Strategy for Success , designed to improve the playing and financial structure of the club . |
| 18 | It was as if I owed him financially for everything he 'd given me , he 'd drawn up a sort of balance sheet , setting adoption against the chances he 'd given me ; because he 'd taken me on I owed him . |
| 19 | No disrespect is meant to Neil Kinnock to say that his departure from the leadership has opened up a space for debate that simply could not have existed under his regime . |
| 20 | It has opened up a market to Apple , to which it previously had no direct access . |
| 21 | The voice was warm , too , as if it had soaked up a lot of sunshine . |
| 22 | We 've , we 've soaked up a lot of pressure without having too many goal attempts at us , and then we 've broke away and scored two goals ; the plan 's worked a treat and I was due to do something right . |
| 23 | Next door has given up a right of way that goes nowhere . |
| 24 | But I 've packed up a bundle of bedding — towels — things like that for you to use in the meantime . ’ |
| 25 | He had rigged up a sort of tent , I saw now , draping his jacket over the open door , a shirt over her legs . |
| 26 | Blanche had summoned up a tearful of sympathy for Christine Mills when she learnt of her father 's death . |
| 27 | ‘ Few clients can give us a breakdown but historically we 've burnt up a lot of fuel . |
| 28 | Water is a major problem in this arrid region , so local technicians funded by Oxfam have set up a system with water from a local thermal spring , which up until now has been too salty to use . |
| 29 | He has set up a centre for research into equine exercise physiology and equine sports injury at Bristol University College which hopefully will increase our understanding of equine sports injuries . |
| 30 | It had set up a Committee for Research Degrees in 1965 , as well as a study group on research degrees to look at policy for this activity , and had developed research degree relationships with industrial firms and research establishments . |