Example sentences of "up a [noun sg] [prep] [pos pn] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He came across it raiding his fruit garden , unwisely wounded it with buckshot , and was chased up a tree for his trouble . |
| 2 | When Estella finally came , with her candle , along the dark passage , Miss Havisham picked up a jewel from her table and put it in Estella 's hair . |
| 3 | When she had finished , she wrapped her thick winter cloak around herself , picked up a basket of her bread and opened the cabin door . |
| 4 | ( The answer is , yes , it does because it helps the receiver to move up a scale in their involvement level . ) |
| 5 | WINE maker Johann Grimes , of Wotton-under-Edge , Glos , found his labrador legless after it had lapped up a bucket of his home brew . |
| 6 | Her fingers reached up to entwine in the clean curl of his black hair , every part of her aching shamelessly to be discovered and touched , by this one man who could whip up a storm in her heart … |
| 7 | She picked up a Biro off his desk and levelled it at him . |
| 8 | The Institute of Investment Management and Research ( IIMR , formerly the Society of Investment Analysts ) has set up a sub-committee under my chairmanship to decide on the calculation of an earnings figure which can be used for the per-share calculation and for price/earnings ratios . |
| 9 | ‘ The battle ’ hovers over the individual actions like in incorporeal cloud , distinct from them , but at the same time making up a surface of their meaning-effect , a simulacrum that brings the event into being at the moment when language and event coincide . |
| 10 | He picked up a kitten by its tail and swung it to and fro in the air , laughing at its cries . |
| 11 | It would be wise in this modern day and age , to set up a system within your office whereby you monitor every file , so that your daily work is not simply a question of responding to incoming post and phone calls , but also a task of initiating approaches to clients and to other firms and to estate agents . |
| 12 | CHURCH wardens dug up a surprise for their vicar yesterday . |
| 13 | In case of opposition he would follow up a tap from his truncheon with a butt from his head , which was reported as ‘ generally conclusive ’ . |
| 14 | Later on , his mother hoped , when William married and set up a household in his turn , he would make it like the royal one , a model of harmonious order . |
| 15 | So to set up a conflict in your mind between the states and the federal government mistakes the nature of that relationship . |
| 16 | In 1989 , Cardiff City Council invited the Guild to set up a showcase for their work , as part of its temporary arts programme for the Old Library . |
| 17 | ‘ But you are kinda running up a backlog in my favour account . ’ |
| 18 | And if he had to set out on this nonsensical journey to the Fire Court with the Humans , it would be as well to just stock up a bit for his return . |
| 19 | ‘ I managed to win a few line-out takes and the backrow picked up a bit of their possession which pleased us as a unit . |
| 20 | ‘ You are all up a bit before your time . |
| 21 | The sculptor Rob Blote has set up a gallery in his home in Wassenaar with the specific purpose of selling works of art which the Dutch government had purchased through the BKR Scheme . |
| 22 | She straightened , took up a position at his side , adjusted her feet in a v like a ballerina in first Position and , holding out the panels of her skirt , nodded to him to begin . |
| 23 | Forster took up a position with his back to the bows , wedging himself into a corner as Delaney tried the ship 's telephone again , speaking slowly and deliberately . |
| 24 | ‘ I 've built up a dossier on his drug and arms deals over the past few years . |
| 25 | But people who have rigged up a television in their bedroom or kitchen , to watch the much-advertised breakfast TV shows are finding that some programmes that are quietly transmitted on BBC2 every morning at the same time are often far more interesting . |
| 26 | How could she tell him that Peter 's ‘ intervention ’ had only been supposed to take up a week of her time ? |
| 27 | Eddie Moore , our Church Officer , gave up a week of his holiday — and raised over £1,000 for Christian Aid , from the records and stamps , professionally prepared for us by Laurie Bruce and Scott Anderson . |
| 28 | The old stone walls closed about her , so that at times it seemed to be suffocatingly hot , and she found herself putting up a hand to her throat . |
| 29 | Appropriate sociability means saying the right things to strike up a rapport with your client , helping them to relax , feel comfortable and get to know you before cutting the business . |
| 30 | Surely one of the press lords could rustle up a limousine for her use ? |