Example sentences of "have [verb] up the [noun] 's " 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 | The Griffiths Report had summed up the service 's capacity for inertia and resistance to change just as graphically : |
| 5 | TWO royal servants have cheered up the Queen 's ‘ annus horribilis ‘ by getting married . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | More than 4,500 Ford employees have taken up the company 's new education scheme to encourage them to learn a foreign language . |