Example sentences of "up a [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | TERRY Waite passed up a chance of escape while he was held hostage because it would have meant shooting one of his captors , he reveals today . |
| 2 | England started in the team tournament with a 4–2 victory over Austria to open up a chance for bronze or silver medal . |
| 3 | No disrespect is meant to Neil Kinnock to say that his departure from the leadership has opened up a space for debate that simply could not have existed under his regime . |
| 4 | Adenauer in 1955 proceeded to set up a Ministry of Defence and to create a new Bundeswehr , whose first members joined up in November . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Without warning a big estate-car swung round a bend in the lane , its wheels throwing up a shower of mud and water . |
| 7 | Nathan boomed and brayed so enthusiastically that his mother had to mop up a dribble of saliva that trickled out of the corner of his mouth . |
| 8 | Here she created opportunities for social workers to train in more advanced skills and set up a variety of support and counselling groups . |
| 9 | Even nipping into Boots to pick up a bottle of shampoo or popping into Woolworths for some pick 'n' mix can turn out to be a major sensory-assault course . |
| 10 | She insists on tacking up a bit of tinsel and so on and I see she 's done the same for you . |
| 11 | All he had to do was stroll down to Underwoods and pick up a bit of dynercaprol and potassium chloride . |
| 12 | Maybe do it again , order up a bit of nosh and champagne . |
| 13 | Claudia wished she could stop shaking ; the touch of his hard body against hers had started up a whirlpool of emotion that left her wanting to run until she had put miles between them . |
| 14 | In each case the company has built up a reputation for reliability and high quality . |
| 15 | It is planning to build up a portfolio of property and leisure-related developments across Europe . |
| 16 | She leant forward now and picked up a log of wood and threw it into the centre of the glowing ashes . |
| 17 | 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 ’ . |
| 18 | Some build up a sense of foreboding that is either confirmed or denied , some make us laugh all the way through , some seem written only to outrage . |
| 19 | 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 |
| 20 | In October 1911 he took up a position as pupil and lay assistant to the Revd Herbert Wigan , the vicar of Dunsden , near Reading . |
| 21 | His eyes on Luke , he hawked up a mouthful of phlegm and spat it towards Luke 's feet . |
| 22 | In the decade after 1770 the industrialized regions became centres of high wages drawing on the surplus labour of the hinterland , setting up a wave of immigration that was to spread outwards until , in the later nineteenth century , it tapped the poverty of the deep south and Murcia . |
| 23 | The wind had dropped completely , but there was still a heavy sea running and each wave sent up a sheet of spray as it crashed against the rocks below . |
| 24 | Next door has given up a right of way that goes nowhere . |
| 25 | Another racking fit of coughing seized him , doubling him over and ending only when he retched up a gush of phlegm and blood . |
| 26 | Over the summer it builds up a surplus of fat and as autumn draws on it returns to an underground burrow . |
| 27 | Linda describes the details of their daily lives , the problems that arose in trying to set up a network of support that was sufficient , stable and yet not undermining of the women 's growing independence , and the different reactions of Elizabeth and Helen to their new life . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | Mix up a batch of colour and apply a wash to several different watercolour sheets ( Not surface ) . |