Example sentences of "have [vb pp] [to-vb] up the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ronnie Sales has helped to brighten up the lives of residents living on the Cosy Estate in Sunderland — in more ways than one ! |
| 2 | Link welcomes new Burstwick correspondent who has agreed to take up the post from previous correspondent . |
| 3 | Meanwhile Mars has pledged to keep up the pressure on Walls , with no let-up in its campaign to woolovers of ice cream . |
| 4 | Second , although the government has tried to open up the supply side to competition , barriers to entry still exist both in terms of medical personnel and hospital construction . |
| 5 | Two months of treatment has failed to clear up the trouble , so Molby has had surgery and is not expected to return to action for another six weeks . |
| 6 | Despite the effects of recession and significant overcapacity in the industry down south , the team has managed to build up the business considerably over the past two years . |
| 7 | Ah they would have had to wash up the plates and the knives and forks . |
| 8 | It 's a work that must have seemed to sum up the traumas of the war years and their aftermath for you ? |
| 9 | One would n't have wanted to split up the family . ’ |
| 10 | Papa and Mama , informed , were coming over , the lawyers had gathered to draw up the marriage settlement , everything seemed set fair . |
| 11 | In April 1945 , Truman 's government played host to representatives from 50 countries at San Francisco who had met to draw up the Charter for the United Nations . |
| 12 | The hijackers , who had threatened to blow up the aircraft , surrendered to Thai authorities in the early hours of Oct. 7 ; none of the 79 passengers or four crew was injured . |
| 13 | They had threatened to blow up the plane unless their demands for the release of political prisoners were met , but the deadline of 6pm passed without incident . |
| 14 | Also in January I reported that the Queen had decided to give up the bottle . |
| 15 | It was also reported that the Governor of Sokoto had decided to take up the issue with the federal authorities in Lagos . |
| 16 | He had offered to top up the money he had given her before by another twenty pounds and she had accepted with polite reluctance . |
| 17 | I 've got to go up the town , like |
| 18 | " I 've got to give up the job . |
| 19 | The artillery officer wondered why no one had thought to blow up the bridge which crossed the River Sambre in the centre of the town , but he supposed there must be fords close to Charleroi which would have made the destruction of the fine stone bridge into a futile and even petulant gesture . |
| 20 | Due to the printing and publishing costs , we 've had to put up the price of your BROWNIE magazine . |
| 21 | ‘ So Miss Morgan would have got the lion 's share of the other two hundred thousand even if she had agreed to break up the trust ? |
| 22 | Meanwhile Dave had gone to pick up the boss from Stuttgart Airport as he was joining us for the weekend . |
| 23 | Robert had tried to open up the subject of Hasan several times , but Mr Malik seemed far less concerned about him than he had been . |
| 24 | He had planned to hold up the cash desk of an Oxford Street store . |
| 25 | The rising tide had begun to fill up the channel . |
| 26 | Already Quentin had begun to tidy up the garden for the Easter Fete . |
| 27 | How they 've managed to pick up the pieces , when the most fundamental element of their relationship — trust — may have been shattered forever . |
| 28 | Despite an increasing amount of intermarriage , few Koreans have wished to take up the option of naturalization , difficult enough to achieve in itself . |
| 29 | But he is confident that some announcements will be made by year-end on those who have decided to take up the offer . |
| 30 | Exasperated Pakistani officials have threatened to round up the Arabs and drop them off at the American embassy . |