Example sentences of "[vb mod] have [verb] up the [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | I much regret that such a new Member of Parliament should have picked up the churlish habits of other Labour Members . |
2 | My own present stance and the position of the boy in the bed must have thrown up the embroidered , tasselled triangle hanging in blue , white and gold on the chapel wall . |
3 | Emil , who must have picked up the same signals , spoke with a true leader 's decisiveness . |
4 | Their conduct amounted to insulting behaviour ( it insulted the women ! ) which may have occasioned a breach of the peace ( the partners of the women might have beaten up the two male lovers ) . |
5 | If the pension funds and insurance companies had waited they could have picked up the same properties at a far lower price . |
6 | I mean , I 'm n this is no criticism because you , you could n't er , you 'd have taken up the whole hour if you 'd included examples . |
7 | ‘ These would have blown up the entire gold and diamond market , ’ the bomb squad chief , Nandkumar Chowgule , told reporters after the area had been cleared . |
8 | Their movements would have kicked up the fine silt carpet on the bottom of the lake , obscuring vision . |
9 | For the first time in warfare , motorized trucks were the sole means of transport , for to have used horses would have choked up the whole movement of supplies . |
10 | Had there been a verification that nuclear fusion did occur in solids at room temperature , here is one theorist , and I am sure I speak for many colleagues , who would have taken up the new field to see what fundamental implications it had . |
11 | In making these decisions , people will have to weigh up the relative advantages and disadvantages of the various alternative assets . |
12 | In the case of Papua , there are several more , so we will have to bring up the next three sections and place them into stitch patterns A , B and C again and knit through these , before re-programming once again . |
13 | In other words , it will have to buy up the excess foreign currencies on offer with extra pounds — pounds it has created , thereby building up the foreign currency reserves . |