Example sentences of "have [adv] [verb] up on the " in BNC.
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1 | China has now tightened up on the access of social scientists to rural areas . |
2 | Some of those problems had already shown up on the print-outs , let alone from the drivers . |
3 | York 's a historic city of some hundred and four thousand people , covering some two thousand nine hundred hectares , but that city itself is only part of the settlement that I think we would all regard as as York itself , that covers a larger population of some a hundred and thirty five thousand people , er contained er within the York outer ring road , and referenced to the the map submitted with my H One submission , and also the greenbelt plan which we 've we 've just put up on the board there , er will show you the the broader extent of the urban area . |
4 | Police numbers had doubled , two ambulances had somehow squeezed up on the hill , and the drivers and passengers were out of their Glories , milling around in confusion . |
5 | I 've almost given up on the London Borough of Bromley because the land , the areas that they 've offered us have been quite impractical and although we 've got , you know , croquet is a cheap sport . |
6 | At this time Klaus announced that he would stand for the post of Czech ( rather than federal ) Prime Minister , a move described by the Independent of June 19 as the " clearest possible sign that the Czechs have finally given up on the federation which they had fought for " . |