Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] up the [noun] for " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Three or four goes should make up the mind for her , ’ said Raimundo evilly , as Perdita picked herself up off the dusty ground .
2 It is the local authorities that must pick up the bill for those problems .
3 The only way around these is the following peculiar prescription : One must add up the waves for particle histories that are not in the " real " time that you and I experience but take place in what is called imaginary time .
4 If you are n't find an old fashioned TV repair shop and ask them if they 'll make up the leads for you .
5 It 'll keep up the demand for English actors .
6 I 'll set up the interviews for you . ’
7 At the rate things were going Meredith could swallow up the budget for the entire year before the season was a quarter way through .
8 His sentence was terminated when Sahara officials bailed him out and said they would pick up the tab for the room but he would have to pay for his food and drink himself .
9 With the league regionalised over Winter it 's almost certain that Clwyd , Gwynedd and Powys teams will prop up the table for a couple of months .
10 In a move that will prop up the market for contemporary Quebecois art , and at the same time foster the province 's quest to reinforce its distinct cultural identity , the government of Quebec has guaranteed a C$5.4 million ( £2.25 million ; $4.5 million ) bank loan on behalf of the Musée d'art Contemporain de Montreal , enabling that institution to purchase en bloc 1,300 works ninety percent contemporary Quebecois amassed by the bankrupt engineering firm Lavalin Inc .
11 According to Shaw : ‘ If we do what we say we are going to do for investors they will put up the money for T&L if it has a good acquisition opportunity .
12 Pay-as-you-go means that today s contributors pay for the pension of today 's retired people — on the basis that the next generation will pick up the bill for today 's contributors when they retire .
13 There is a growing , often unstated , anticipation that the private sector will pick up the bill for public services .
14 If that involves an overnight stay the scheme will pick up the bill for accommodation .
15 If the equipment is damaged it is unclear who will pick up the bill for its repair or replacement .
16 It 's the expensive side of medicine , you see , that the public will pick up the bill for , so you 've got to try and have a balance between these things .
17 Erm we will pay we will pick up the tab for your hotel .
18 In addition , my company will pick up the tab for all legal and moving expenses .
19 ARSENAL 'S run to the top of the Premier League confirms my belief that they will wrap up the title for George Graham by Easter .
20 Inner Cities Minister Sir George Young declared the Herculaneum Dock has been earmarked for Private Finance Initiative cash , which will speed up the hunt for a private sector developer .
21 We can keep up the pressure for more treaties just as public pressure led to the signing of the INF treaty in 1987 .
22 Then you can boil up the carcass for a turkey soup or stock .
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