Example sentences of "have [verb] up the [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gloucestershire skipper Tony Wright has given up the captain 's job … the county are bottom of the championship table … have n't won a game and Wright thinks it 's time to let someone else have a go |
| 2 | Gloucestershire skipper Tony Wright has given up the captain 's job … the county are bottom of the championship table … have n't won a game and Wright thinks it 's time to let someone else have a go |
| 3 | And , however badly Ratner appears to have screwed up the company 's finances — and public image — some people are said to be still willing to give him financial support . |
| 4 | And for soon after that me father had to give up the mine be because of his health and he went to work at the depot er were the bus depot and he worked in the battery house where they made all the batteries up , charged the batteries for the buses , looked after the electrical side there was electrician , he were n't , me father were n't electrician but he was working with electrician but his main job was charging the batteries , putting them on in groups in the , in the er battery house and charging house , to keep all the batteries charged up for all the buses petrol buses tr and trolley buses . |
| 5 | The Griffiths Report had summed up the service 's capacity for inertia and resistance to change just as graphically : |
| 6 | TWO royal servants have cheered up the Queen 's ‘ annus horribilis ‘ by getting married . |
| 7 | The 210 children have taken up the panto 's challenge and sought the advice of professional builders so they can construct Wendy 's house in brick in their school yard . |
| 8 | More than 4,500 Ford employees have taken up the company 's new education scheme to encourage them to learn a foreign language . |