Example sentences of "up a [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | Adenauer in 1955 proceeded to set up a Ministry of Defence and to create a new Bundeswehr , whose first members joined up in November . |
| 2 | If my right hon. Friend succeeds in gaining enough support for his efforts , the European Community will set up a framework of support and it will be up to individual countries to decide , within that framework , how they wish to use the funds . |
| 3 | Without warning a big estate-car swung round a bend in the lane , its wheels throwing up a shower of mud and water . |
| 4 | Here she created opportunities for social workers to train in more advanced skills and set up a variety of support and counselling groups . |
| 5 | She insists on tacking up a bit of tinsel and so on and I see she 's done the same for you . |
| 6 | All he had to do was stroll down to Underwoods and pick up a bit of dynercaprol and potassium chloride . |
| 7 | Maybe do it again , order up a bit of nosh and champagne . |
| 8 | In each case the company has built up a reputation for reliability and high quality . |
| 9 | It is planning to build up a portfolio of property and leisure-related developments across Europe . |
| 10 | She leant forward now and picked up a log of wood and threw it into the centre of the glowing ashes . |
| 11 | For a growing number of older women , a great support in building up a sense of independence and self-esteem has been the a growth of the feminist movement , and there is more on this in the chapter ‘ Feeling good , looking good ’ . |
| 12 | In October 1911 he took up a position as pupil and lay assistant to the Revd Herbert Wigan , the vicar of Dunsden , near Reading . |
| 13 | His eyes on Luke , he hawked up a mouthful of phlegm and spat it towards Luke 's feet . |
| 14 | Another racking fit of coughing seized him , doubling him over and ending only when he retched up a gush of phlegm and blood . |
| 15 | Over the summer it builds up a surplus of fat and as autumn draws on it returns to an underground burrow . |
| 16 | But as she bent to cuddle them a small boy , brushing down a pony , picked up a lump of mud and hurled it at the dogs to drive them off . |
| 17 | One of his most senior colleagues , Mr Michael Heseltine , the Environment Secretary , indicated that , if the Tories were the biggest party in a hung Parliament , Mr Major would draw up a programme of legislation and put it to the vote in Parliament rather than seeking any formal deal with the Liberal Democrats or Ulster Unionists . |
| 18 | Mix up a batch of colour and apply a wash to several different watercolour sheets ( Not surface ) . |
| 19 | In some cases — Pistol and Fluellen , Cade and Iden — Shakespeare underlines the unnaturalness by confronting two characters each in a different medium , setting up a gap of ethos and style . |
| 20 | Rose picked up a tube of sun-cream and held it out to Daphne . |
| 21 | Turning awkwardly towards the bedside table , she picked up a glass of water and sipped the warm liquid gratefully . |
| 22 | Harbury snatched up a glass of wine and took it to her . |
| 23 | The dancers sent up a spray of froth and droplets . |
| 24 | until about half past nine , when they said right that 's all the dir dirty work done , he said I 'm going up to have a shower and he put the carpet , rolled the carpet half back , and picked up a load of mess and we had polythene dust sheets over it |
| 25 | Er has been to see me about it , but I 've said that the initiative for farm watch has got to come from them , I said , we 're not gon na stand up and draw up a load of support and expect us to service the damn thing , I said it 's up to you and your members to do it , and I still think he 's trying to get us to do it via the back door , He 's been to talk to me now about it , and I 've told him exactly what I want to do and that we we 'll be involved , but it ai n't gon na be a police run scheme , it 's gon na be a farmer 's run scheme with police support locally . |
| 26 | One was hoovering up a plate of sausage and chips while reading the Sun . |
| 27 | To avoid unnecessary disputes , draw up a list of equipment and its owners so that it can be agreed by all the members of the band . |
| 28 | For each method draw up a list of information and data that you require : |
| 29 | ‘ Pick up a piece of chicken and all the flavours of that dish are on that piece of chicken . |
| 30 | She picked up a piece of pottery and turned it over . |