Example sentences of "'ve [verb] up [art] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ I 've given up the cello for the moment , ’ said Finch .
2 We talking about this and I was saying about coming from construction I says I 've says I 've to go up the cut like
3 I 'm a dealer and I 've picked up a couple of pieces which I can probably place with clients
4 I THINK I 'VE PICKED UP A BUG OF SOME SORT .
5 I believe many people increasingly want their news when it is convenient for them — when they get in from work , when they 've picked up the children from school , when they take a break from their work , or finish a meeting , when they arrive in a hotel .
6 I believe many people increasingly want their news when it is convenient for them — when they get in from work , when they 've picked up the children from school , when they take a break from their work , or finish a meeting , when they arrive at a hotel .
7 Whenever the Fedpol think they 've built up a case on one world or another , they find platoons of sharp lawyers appearing , kilocreds are spent , evidence vanishes , witnesses have strange accidents …
8 Since then , in the last seven years , we 've built up a market of 50,000 tonnes of it at good prices , under the name ‘ Andricite ’ — from anhydride and JCI . ’
9 ‘ I 've built up a dossier on his drug and arms deals over the past few years .
10 ‘ And now you 've built up an appetite for sampling some of the fish which may have been brought ashore here ? ’
11 ‘ I 've grown up a lot in the last two years , ’ she said quietly and I silently agreed with her .
12 ‘ You 've made up every word of it and you know it .
13 But if you 've made up the gain at all , then since it 's residential property , it 's exempt .
14 We 've cleaned up a lot of parts of our city .
15 We 've , we 've soaked up a lot of pressure without having too many goal attempts at us , and then we 've broke away and scored two goals ; the plan 's worked a treat and I was due to do something right .
16 To make them easier to serve , we 've firmed up the mixture with a few fine cake crumbs so that they do n't melt the moment they hit room temperature .
17 But I 've packed up a bundle of bedding — towels — things like that for you to use in the meantime . ’
18 ‘ We 've set up a sub-group on child protection and invited schools to further training and seminars .
19 Because we 've set up a deal with that school
20 ‘ Few clients can give us a breakdown but historically we 've burnt up a lot of fuel .
21 Er we 've run up a cost of two hundred and fifty quid getting .
22 ‘ I 've concreted up the mouth of the cave and the gap in the rocks which it burst through because I wanted to hold it there for a bit longer .
23 WE 'VE lined up a host of money-saving offers to give you and the kids a day you 'll never forget .
24 We 've lined up a host of money-saving family days out at Britain 's fabulous theme parks — and you can cash in .
25 Our competition could be the answer to your problems , as you can lay out the wardrobe interior just as you need it , after you 've put up the wardrobe with the help of the instructions provided .
26 They 've dug up a lot of human bones at my old uncle 's house … ‘
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