Example sentences of "[vb base] [to-vb] up a [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I referred to Yorkshire six minutes ago — it has taken the hon. Gentleman that long to work up a head of steam . |
| 2 | Next , I want to set up a couple of special features which will probably be planted in containers . |
| 3 | Want to set up a table in document ? |
| 4 | ‘ I want to set up a club for keen fly fishermen , all those anglers who pursue game fish like trout and salmon . |
| 5 | ‘ Look — the next time you want to set up a surveillance in London , do remember that we 're here to help . |
| 6 | Get cook to make up a tray of coffee will you ? ’ |
| 7 | Independently , or in conjunction with BAIE or IPR or others , I hope to set up a seminar on Ethics in Communications , and wonder whether the PCC could be persuaded to be represented ? |
| 8 | Eventually the scientists at the National Radiological Protection Board hope to set up a network of solar radiation monitors across Britain and Europe . |
| 9 | Over time , more complex social routines may be established as adult and infant begin to build up a set of expectancies or joint understandings regarding the meanings of particular behaviours . |
| 10 | And , he said I do n't how you do this , you know , yo I really do n't know how you manage to run up a bill like that . |
| 11 | ‘ I like to work up an appetite for my breakfast . |
| 12 | Try to rig up a line through there and down the side of the pod . |
| 13 | Observe now what happens when we attempt to set up an equation like 6 using a portion of a sentence which is clearly not a semantic constituent . |
| 14 | So of course you rifle the fridge and the larder for signs of malpractice , and even though you 're a wholemeal bread fan ( do you make a fuss over it at hotels in the morning ? ) and you try to keep up a regime of healthy , dull , fresh fruit eating , the evidence is all there : tinned baked beans ; deep frozen specialist pork sausages ; stilton . |
| 15 | As you do so , try to build up a system of classification , explaining your basis for making distinctions . |
| 16 | Try to build up a rapport with the judge . |
| 17 | ‘ I try to build up a rapport with the callers and being able to speak a little French helps , ’ she said . |
| 18 | In privatising the Scottish Bus Group in the pattern we have chosen , we aim to set up a number of new , viable independent bus companies which will ensure healthy competition . |
| 19 | Whichever point the patient selects , that is the age from which I start to build up a picture of the character . |
| 20 | I prefer to build up an image of character , personality and surroundings before establishing such details as name , date and so on . |
| 21 | Q I wish to take up a career in outdoor activities and am looking for information on the qualifications and training needed for this kind of work . |
| 22 | You have to open up a list of events , choose a date and type in what you plan to do . |
| 23 | Q I plan to set up a tank for Tanganyikan cichlids . |
| 24 | DARLINGTON plan to draw up a short-list of applicants for the manager 's job early next week . |
| 25 | So , following the instructions on pages 18–19 , you need to draw up a plan of what you 've got already , then you can work out how best to improve it . |
| 26 | Erm so you need to build up a picture of what you 've got erm but there 's no real reason why we should n't be working on that now it seems to me . |
| 27 | the teachers are n't allowed to dictate the children , if they want erm to do something or make something they have to make up a plan of what they 're gon na do first |