Example sentences of "a [noun] [to-vb] up [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't know , maybe they erm a , they 'll listen to the tapes and they probably sample some of the words into a computer to build up a database of words that probably like you said , oh he 's getting a lot of jip from his boss , you know , is probably not in the dictionary but if a lot of people said that word then they would . |
| 2 | The bank had arranged for a four-wheeler to pick up the messenger , round the back of the building . |
| 3 | She knew that what I said was believable enough , since Vadinamia was a highly likely place for a courier to drum up a job conveying something somewhere . |
| 4 | This money was initially paid out to distributors as a stimulus to set up a network of satellite producers but , after the corporation had trouble recovering the £3 million invested in Korda 's British Lion , money was directed into individual projects which they thought had commercial potential , as the percentage of the budget ( usually 30 per cent ) that could n't be raised from a distributor . |
| 5 | Dispersion : This is the ability of a detergent to break up a body of dirt into fine particles . |
| 6 | Perhaps the accidental resemblance of a video in its box to a book in its dust-jacket will lead a child to pick up a book by mistake , thinking it to be a video , and start reading . |
| 7 | It was to take a year and a half to build up the momentum for the Hot Autumn . |
| 8 | Madeleine , however , had insisted he bring along a girl to make up a foursome and Primrose was the only girl available at the last minute . |
| 9 | A few years later there was a proposal to set up a council , composed exclusively of professional diplomats who had served abroad for at least seven years , to advise the king on foreign affairs . |
| 10 | If that was unacceptable in Britain , how much more so would be a proposal to set up a porno cinema at Heathrow or Gatwick ? |
| 11 | All regimental organisations and groups in the Stockton area are invited to a meeting in the town 's RAFA club tomorrow to discuss a proposal to set up a confederation of ex-service organisations . |
| 12 | In relation to the call for a specialist nurse , a campaign to set up a Diabetes Education Unit attached to the clinic would be more appropriate to the needs of the diabetic population . |
| 13 | In relation to the call for a specialist nurse , a campaign to set up a Diabetes Education Unit attached to the clinic , would be more appropriate to the needs of the diabetic population . |
| 14 | This body originated in 1834 , when Donaldson organized a committee to draw up a scheme for the formation of an institute to ‘ uphold the character and improve the attainments of Architects ’ . |
| 15 | The Presbyterian ministers who occupied most of the Church 's livings , however , even before his arrival set up a committee to draw up a list of the objectionable features in his works ; their report , which condemned him as a heretic for denying Original Sin , was sent to the King . |
| 16 | " The Meeting having considered many Complaints from Caddelton and the other principle Drovers … from the want of a proper Fank for Cattle near the ferry place of Portaskaig , and Considering also that sixty or Eighty acres at least of some muir land near the Port will be necessary … appoint a Committee to draw up an application to Shawfield , praying he may allot and Inclose a piece of ground . " |
| 17 | The governors fear that a move to set up a panel to consider the introduction of grammar schools threatens their status and stability . |
| 18 | He made a move to pick up the bucket but saw Alexandra 's glance in time and withdrew his hand unhappily . |
| 19 | Having established a context , in the second section Sukenick presents the attempts of a group to set up a commune within the country of Frankenstein ( a transparent label for the USA ) . |
| 20 | ‘ Historically , people have looked to Europe as a place to make up the profit margins they had to give away in the States , ’ Apple spokesperson Frank O'Mahoney admitted to me immediately before launching into a lengthy explanation of how computer prices in Europe are now tumbling to less obscene levels . |
| 21 | It always seemed a waste to use up a couple of Gold Flake this way , but I always forget to buy cheaper cigarettes and anyway , the corner tabs on the cardboard packets make excellent roaches . |
| 22 | At the beginning of the New Year — or perhaps in a couple of months time at the beginning of the new financial year — there is often a need to set up a spreadsheet that shows a time series . |
| 23 | Because older people often relate events to " When I was six " rather than to a given date , there is a need to build up a framework of background dates and information ( a time-line ) about the person interviewed and his family , and the places he or she has lived in . |
| 24 | He arranged bridging-loans and a mortgage to make up the price of the tall house with the basement into which she had decided he should move as a lodger , abandoning his awful little bed-sit in Chepstow Road . |
| 25 | This seemed to relate closely to my problems , but I have to admit it took me a while to pluck up the courage to do that deadly and dangerous deed ( that everyone tells you never to do ) to my machine ! |
| 26 | It also means leaving your child with someone you — and your children — do n't know , unless you use the same agency babysitter on a regular basis and have a chance to build up a relationship . |
| 27 | Well you mix up er you mix up some colours , black and er and black and wh i stuff Bismarck brown which Mix them together and you make a colour to match up the rest and maybe bring in darker streaks and make a pat You know what I mean ? |
| 28 | ‘ If this is a ploy to force up the price , you 'll be disappointed , ’ he said harshly . |
| 29 | A GUN collector has been ordered by a court to give up the arsenal of weapons he had gathered since he was 16 . |
| 30 | In the centre was Gemioncourt farm which should have been a fortress to hold up the French , but was now empty because the Belgian guns and infantry had fled straight past the farm , thus yielding its strong walls and loopholed barns to the enemy . |