Example sentences of "they [vb base] [verb] up [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They intend to keep up the pressure , because I understand that the player can be lured to Old Trafford . |
| 2 | I remember when I was out on the road , I had a particular connection with , we had a motor bike policy , and it was an appalling risk , and it came up for renewal , and er , nobody had take it round the market , and I mean , that that was an idol threat , because nobody in their right mind would want this particular motor and we said , well not if they want to jack up the premium on it , they wanted to jack it up by about thirty or forty per cent , and and the broker was not very happy about this . |
| 3 | There is a need to help those who are lonely to feel sufficiently secure in themselves , and sufficiently still a part of life that they want to keep up the struggle to go on coping ( see case study 4:1 ) . |
| 4 | And I liked er the the polishing you know , the what they call building up a body . |
| 5 | Camcorder microphones are contrary devices : sometimes they fail to pick up the sounds that they should , and sometimes they hear things that they should n't . |
| 6 | They , you know , at the back of us they 've blocked up the fences but I do n't know whether she 's got it right , I do n't know . |
| 7 | They 've dug up a lot of human bones at my old uncle 's house … ‘ |
| 8 | Whenever the Fedpol think they 've built up a case on one world or another , they find platoons of sharp lawyers appearing , kilocreds are spent , evidence vanishes , witnesses have strange accidents … |
| 9 | no , you need n't , need n't take those you got out last Friday , its the earlier one 's of which will be due next week I 'm sure cos they 've put up the prices now , its about ten P every day you have them out . |
| 10 | so he goes oh what the hell and they shovel tea down him and erm he starts throwing up and , what happened is that when he , when he gets like cut down they ta take him back to the room and they put them in their boxer shorts just sitting there and they 've wired up a mouse trap to like their their |
| 11 | With no game this weekend the Manor Ground was closed for business … but the directors were working overtime in the boardroom … sorting through thirty applications for the manager 's job … they 've drawn up a shortlist … four men are being interviewed over the next couple of days … who are they … the club are keeping the names a secret … we reckon Chris Nicholl … the former Southampton manager is still in the running … so too is the former Sunderland and Bristol City chief Denis Smith … the fans favourite is Mark Lawrenson who was in charge of United for a short spell before he fell out with Maxwells and the fourth man … is a mystery … could be the dark horse the names of former England keeper Ray Clemence and one time Villa striker Peter Withe have been under discussion … all will be revealed later this week … |
| 12 | as we can cos of the cost side erm I 'm not happy about the way they 've drawn up the writ because it does n't say precisely wh it does n't say what that invoice says it 's only |
| 13 | Actually they 've picked up the pace Forest since the goal erm do n't this Leicester are playing anywhere near as well as they were at the time they scored . |
| 14 | I believe many people increasingly want their news when it is convenient for them — when they get in from work , when they 've picked up the children from school , when they take a break from their work , or finish a meeting , when they arrive in a hotel . |
| 15 | I believe many people increasingly want their news when it is convenient for them — when they get in from work , when they 've picked up the children from school , when they take a break from their work , or finish a meeting , when they arrive at a hotel . |
| 16 | She says they 've set up a field hospital with the latest equipment . |
| 17 | They 've set up a fund to buy shares in Morland , to help resist a hostile takeover bid from a rival brewer . |
| 18 | They 've set up a pyramid hotline where a tip off is passed along the line . |
| 19 | They 've cut the Health and Safety Secretary 's budget for this year , they 're looking to privatize many of the H S E's functions , they 've set up a review to identify health and safety legislation that is a so-called burden on employers . |
| 20 | They 've set up an emergency centre , but fear they can do little to stop the devastation . |
| 21 | When they come to write up the results of their research different anthropologists will , for doctrinal reasons , give very different weight to these two major aspects of the data , but , in the field , the anthropologist must always pay attention to both sides . |
| 22 | For single women especially , who may feel that they have to give up a career , knowing what facilities are available could prove a veritable godsend . |
| 23 | ‘ But people have such bad financial problems at the moment , they have to give up the chance to study and go for whatever will fill their families ' stomachs . ’ |
| 24 | All the hearty citizens of this city who can walk are at the Citadel , because that is where they have locked up the food , and are distributing it . |
| 25 | We know that people do not drift away from their main sources of financial help , social support and continuing treatment , particularly if they have built up a relationship with someone in the service they trust . |
| 26 | What they do find difficult is filling their day once they have actually come off drugs because they have built up a kind of lifestyle that has already been said |
| 27 | They have built up a list of people all over the world who have been sending them football songs and now send Beatles covers as well . |
| 28 | In that time they have built up a force of one hundred and fifty vehicles and three hundred and forty staff . |
| 29 | However , the evaluators are not satisfied that they have built up a picture of library use which permits them to be confident in drawing firm conclusions about the project 's success in these terms . |
| 30 | They copy each other 's institutions ; and , to strengthen their common interests , they have built up a series of common institutions — international unions to govern postal , railway and tele-graphic communication , conferences and conventions to regulate affairs both of property ( such as copyright ) and labour ; international law courts ( at the Hague and elsewhere ) supported by a network of Arbitration and other treaties ; a sort of World-Duma , in the periodical Peace Conferences at the Hague ; and last but not least , the growing international organisation of the Labour and Socialist movements . |