Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] up [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jarvis did n't much want to do any of these things , but he did want to go up north and admire the old Glasgow PIE , not to mention going back to ride once more San Francisco 's BART , which tunnels deeply through the rock under the Bay . |
| 2 | Much of discussion at the talks centred on Kuwait 's attempts to continue building up production as Gulf war damage to its oilfields was repaired . |
| 3 | The main stumbling block was a demand by Kuwait to be given freedom to continue building up production to cover a $50 billion bill for the Gulf war and subsequent reconstruction costs . |
| 4 | Oh , do n't really know , they tend to go up sort of two |
| 5 | Even when I 'm on days I have n't the cash to go gallivanting up West every night . ’ |
| 6 | Nor should this be an excuse to try to carve up Genesis to fit a theory — about the evolution of religion or anything else . |
| 7 | His wife has given up work as a secretary to stay at home with their three young children , yet the law does not allow him to take up her full tax allowance . |
| 8 | Durance sighed , the long deep sigh of a man who has given up hope . |
| 9 | He tried to grope up back of my thing ! |
| 10 | Sir Leon Brittan , the EC Commissioner responsible for competition policy , had said on Aug. 30 that the Commission would consider opening up membership of the unified financial services market to members of the European Free Trade Association ( EFTA ) ; he stressed , however , the need for reciprocal liberalization in those countries ( Switzerland and most of Scandinavia imposing tight limits on the extent of foreign shareholdings in their domestic companies ) . |
| 11 | Qualix Inc has picked up Adobe Systems Inc 's TransScript software for distribution : the software is designed to enable Unix programs to print to PostScript output devices . |
| 12 | Qualix Inc has picked up Adobe 's TransScript software for distribution : the software allows Unix programs to print to Postscript devices . |
| 13 | The Glasgow shop ( 1,600 sq ft , 4 full time , 2 part time ) is managed by Brownie Gray , who , my rep friend surmises , has picked up trade which formerly went to Holmes and Grants . |
| 14 | Corollary Inc has picked up Truger Technologies Inc in Canada and PC Distributing Inc out of Illinois to distribute its communications and multiprocessing lines . |
| 15 | In addition , the creation of the UDC has pushed up property prices in the area , making it even more difficult for the residents . |
| 16 | The need to finance the cost of unity and damp down its inflationary effect has pushed up German — and therefore European — interest rates and exacerbated recession . |
| 17 | An arm came loose and fell off , revealing scrunched up newsprint where there should have been ligament , bone and muscle . |
| 18 | I 've even considered picking up litter in different parts of London — or even different parts of the country — to include in the archive , as historical specimens of the varied treatment meted out to ephemera : the flyers with the coupons torn out , worth 15 pence off the next purchase in high-street supermarkets ; the junk-food cartons , the ketchup sachets and tiny envelopes of pepper and salt outside the fast-food places , and , by contrast , the pristine copies of Vogue , the printed dress boxes , emblazoned with trademarks and royal coats of arms , tossed into the dustbins of Kensington . |
| 19 | Lastly , where the LDDC has belatedly entered into ‘ agreements ’ with local authorities , such as with Newham and Tower Hamlets , and helped to set up training schemes like SKILLNET , designed to improve the skill levels of local communities , it has had little impact so far on getting local people into Docklands jobs . |
| 20 | Instead of tackling the causes of urban unrest , the Government has built up force to deal with the manifestation of those root conditions . |
| 21 | Wallaces rally to set up clan seat |
| 22 | Westerners come and go , crowding into the Marriott , Warsaw 's only top-class hotel , but few bother to set up shop . |
| 23 | Hugh Geach , head of programme support services at Television South , explains : ‘ Everything the Government has done has been designed to open up television to market forces , to encourage new channels and competition for advertising . |
| 24 | Dubbed Lizzie by the Press , this find has stirred up controversy amongst paleontologists . |
| 25 | Omnidirectional microphones are designed to pick up sound equally in all directions ; the one on your camcorder may be omnidirectional . |
| 26 | If your record starts to pick up air play and get reviewed just after three weeks , it may be worth keeping your plugger and press officer on for a bit longer . |
| 27 | Greenpeace have recommended that funding agencies should act to set up heating control and energy-efficient light bulb factories in the Ukraine , in an effort to cut electricity consumption and thereby further reduce dependency on nuclear power . |
| 28 | ‘ The close proximity of the other design companies has opened up business opportunities for us , ’ says Rita Brophy , marketing manager of graphic design company Stylehaus . |
| 29 | At home we switch on the video and fall asleep in the chair almost before Mavis has opened up shop . |
| 30 | Dr Carl Wieman ( left ) and his team has opened up research into low temperature physics . |