Example sentences of "of [noun pl] [verb] up [pron] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 As well as sending the hotel an updated booking position each month , Saga sent a final rooming list four weeks before your departure , confirming the names of clients taking up their allocation of rooms at the hotel .
2 Asda may have helped a number of youngsters make up their minds this year with their special offer on Lichfield aftershave lotion .
3 I 've got a lovely bunch of coconuts Roll up my lad , roll up .
4 And even if the tests show there is no serious problem , he will take at least a couple of weeks to build up his strength again .
5 STANDARD Chartered Bank , the group with an uncomfortable level of exposure to the troubled Australian entrepreneur , Alan Bond , has sold its prestige headquarters building for £145million as part of efforts to shore up its capital ratios .
6 Lots of things take up your time at work .
7 The first is the historical reluctance of empires to give up their colonies .
8 A huddle of photographers gathered up their gear and sloped off .
9 Gallup , for example , claimed that 37 per cent of voters made up their minds in the last week and 10 per cent decided on the day of the election .
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