Example sentences of "[vb base] [vb pp] [to-vb] up [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 We 've decided to set up a campaign to put pressure on the Government and we need someone to run the office .
2 Erm you 've got to put up a show
3 I 've got to go up the town , like
4 " I 've got to give up the job .
5 And we 've got to pick up a mare that Ibn Fayoud 's bought out there .
6 Now going back to administration , I 'd wade through , and it might say that the policy 's being delivered , so I 've got to set up a policy delivery call .
7 We 've also got to implement the famous Community Care Act , which implies that we 've got to set up an inspection unit of all our own services .
8 Well so you 've got to get up a ladder to get at it .
9 Due to the printing and publishing costs , we 've had to put up the price of your BROWNIE magazine .
10 " And look at me , I 've managed to pick up a baby without even getting married , have n't I , Jamesie ? "
11 Despite an increasing amount of intermarriage , few Koreans have wished to take up the option of naturalization , difficult enough to achieve in itself .
12 But he is confident that some announcements will be made by year-end on those who have decided to take up the offer .
13 The bus , therefore , no longer goes along Summerfield terrace , with the result that 50 old-age pensioners have had to draw up a petition to try to persuade the public transport company to reinstate the two-way pattern .
14 I have had to pull up the Minister when he has visited Teesside and talked about companies in Tyneside which are of no interest to people on Teesside .
15 France and Italy have agreed to set up a sanctuary in which dolphins will be protected from drift-net fishing .
16 The world 's major airlines have agreed to set up a task force to develop international accounting guidelines ; it will liaise with the IASC .
17 Under the auspices of the International Maritime Organization , 90 countries have agreed to set up an emergency response system to deal with oil spillages .
18 I have tried to build up a repertoire that incorporates only pieces I can live with throughout an entire lifetime .
19 The rebels have vowed to keep up the pressure on Mr Cristiani until his government agrees to negotiation that would lead to full guarantees for human rights and civil liberties , as well as the dismissal of several high-ranking army officers .
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