Example sentences of "we [verb] [verb] up the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Right do we want to set up the mouse to display the environment , or what ? |
| 2 | we happened to go up the stair and er , the door was answered |
| 3 | After some discussion we decided to hold up the cheque for a day or two instead of refusing it , while I made some informal inquiries . |
| 4 | If we attempt to sum up the character of these innovations , we must say that they are practical but unprincipled . |
| 5 | Ann Cunnane , TSSIS information officer , said : ‘ We aim to clear up the confusion and bring into perspective the risk , while ensuring the public and medical communities are made aware of the importance of early detection . ’ |
| 6 | If I want to change , I 'll put it , the only thing is , if we do go up the bar , I think I 'll be a bit warm , in something like this wo n't I ? |
| 7 | If we wish to progress up the football ladder , I can only see us doing so by winning promotion . |
| 8 | The point is , we 've cleared up the area and it 's safe for children to play and people to go about their business . |
| 9 | To make them easier to serve , we 've firmed up the mixture with a few fine cake crumbs so that they do n't melt the moment they hit room temperature . |
| 10 | Er , you know , saying that we 've firmed up the policy now , when erm I think a couple of years we were perhaps somewhere different . |
| 11 | We 've wrapped up the Universe . |
| 12 | We 're putting some money away for e expenses , we 've taken up the option to purchase , we 've put in a planning application for change of use , we investigated possible grant applications , we 're investigating future expenditure and income generation , and then we report back to this committee once . |
| 13 | When we left to set up the course the total had crept up to about 30 . |
| 14 | ‘ We had built up the kind of company my father could leave to go off and direct a film for five months without worrying , ’ says Brian . |
| 15 | We had to weigh up the bid which the managers put forward against outside bids and they 're never in exactly the same terms . |
| 16 | To complete the feeling that we had dreamed up the whole of this year 's Wimbledon , Andre Agassi took the men 's title with a back court display that made a mockery of the only seed that really counts there — the grass seed . |
| 17 | But first we had to heat up the tyre in the oven we 'd built on purpose to do this . |
| 18 | That meant the tyre would be that amount smaller than the actual wheel , so we had to heat up the tyre to expand it in order to get it on to the rim . |
| 19 | We had to write up the parrot sketch in English and this French translated in French for us . |
| 20 | I mean I could understand when we had to climb up the belt which was damn dangerous , but now we 've altered all that . |
| 21 | I wish we had set up the amp . ’ |
| 22 | We had gone prepared for any questions he might ask , together with all the official documents regarding planning permission etc. and a collection of excellent photographic evidence of how we had set up the museum regarding exhibits etc. , taken by our good friend Russell Mulford . |
| 23 | We have made steady progress since the New Year — we have tightened up the defence and now we 're getting a little bit of luck . ’ |
| 24 | We have made steady progress since the New Year — we have tightened up the defence and now we 're getting a little bit of luck . ’ |
| 25 | If we are already working from an out-of-date database ( because we have moved up the hierarchy ) it is very likely our vision of tomorrow 's world is much closer to today 's , while others in the organization , whose database is perhaps more up-to-date , may well be able to see beyond us . |
| 26 | It was late when we woke , and by the time we have cleared up the mess it is later still . |
| 27 | Here in the UK , we have to clean up the image of our Rottweilers , which has been so tarnished in recent years . |
| 28 | We have set up the consumer panel and I meet consumers regularly when I have discussions in the Ministry . |
| 29 | We have set up the Farm Animal Welfare Council and have brought in welfare codes covering livestock on farms and in transit . |
| 30 | I am always thankful for their enthusiasm and commitment as we have drawn up the development brief for the Architect , Ray Davis , whom we have now appointed . |