Example sentences of "we [verb] [vb pp] up the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The point is , we 've cleared up the area and it 's safe for children to play and people to go about their business . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | ‘ We 've called up the PR firm we normally liaise with and given them the name of the hotel you 're booked into . |
| 5 | We 've wrapped up the Universe . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | It made us feel as if we had progressed up the Bletchley ladder . |
| 8 | ‘ 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | I wish we had set up the amp . ’ |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | ‘ The Space study required for the national curriculum is based largely on the library , and we have built up the tasks together , with an emphasis on group work , ’ said a head of science . |
| 13 | 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 . ’ |
| 14 | 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 . ’ |
| 15 | If we are already working from an out-of-date database ( because we have moved up the hierarchy ) it is very likely our vision of tomorrow 's world is much closer to today 's , while others in the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 . |
| 16 | It was late when we woke , and by the time we have cleared up the mess it is later still . |
| 17 | I can imagine , when we have set up the institutions and signed in principle to the treaty , the Whips coming up to me and saying , ‘ Look here , Spicer , you are talking about this opt-out as if it were a real option . |
| 18 | We have set up the institutions and everybody is joining them . |
| 19 | We have set up the consumer panel and I meet consumers regularly when I have discussions in the Ministry . |
| 20 | We have set up the Farm Animal Welfare Council and have brought in welfare codes covering livestock on farms and in transit . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | And we have speeded up the benefits of revaluation for those businesses who gain from it . |
| 23 | That is why we have taken up the position that we have over GATT , a position which is widely welcomed by that industry . |
| 24 | But we have , but we have put up the salaries which is good |