Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] up a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even among those who stated their overall dissatisfaction , when asked to indicate their reasons , less than a quarter cited high charges as the reason ( service or errors made racked up a much higher 38 per cent ) . |
| 2 | Darren Pearce 's Sapphire 1.8 LX has racked up a remarkable 112,000 miles in four years without missing a beat — and without regular servicing |
| 3 | But rather than fade quietly from view , Colin Angus has racked up a hit album , ‘ Boss Drum ’ , hit singles and , with ‘ Ebeneezer Goode ’ , orchestrated a good old-fashioned tabloid fuss into the bargain . |
| 4 | Next door has given up a right of way that goes nowhere . |
| 5 | Lord Reid 's view that the restraint of trade doctrine only applies if the convenantor has given up a freedom which he previously possessed was supported by Lords Morris and Hodson . |
| 6 | The parade converges on Place St Maur des Fosses to hear a few words from the local Euro-MP , because the EC has stumped up a bit of money to make it a European clowns ' convention this year . |
| 7 | A woman who found £40 on a bank floor has won a three-year battle to have it donated to a baby unit — and the bank has stumped up an extra £10 . |
| 8 | The wind has picked up a bit , and there is a light snow falling . |
| 9 | This is partly because Labour has picked up a mood of unease about the city among its residents , fearful of Frankfurt taking over its role as Europe 's financial capital , and jealous of Paris 's self-confidence and infrastructure . |
| 10 | We now know for certain that the Theobalds are doubtful , that Percy and Lois Hollis will ‘ do their best ’ , and we have had a late flash that Poppy Winterton thinks she has picked up a mystery virus . |
| 11 | Our way led us out of sight of the bay , [ Portree ; JTR has picked up a ‘ preacher of the Gospel ’ ] and we were within hearing , and also could trace , the rocky stream that coursed seaward from the mighty mountains that form the Coolin range . |
| 12 | The BBC has picked up a similar trend . |
| 13 | Gossips say Aspreys has picked up a 6.8% stake from banker Robert Fleming and 30% shareholder House of Fraser , which owns Harrods , is keen to sell . |
| 14 | The company has picked up a string of new applications for the manufacturing , financial and education markets to run under the HP MPE/iX operating system . |
| 15 | Meanwhile , SNI , armed with its new point-of-sale alliance with Sun ( UX No 436 ) , has picked up a $10m contract with US supermarket chain Kash n ’ Karry Food Stores . |
| 16 | Meanwhile , Tadpole has picked up a second firm , Isometrics , to peddle the Sparcbook to the US government , and says a second strategy to make it easier for US government bodies to buy its technology will be revealed in a couple of weeks ( UX No 381 ) . |
| 17 | Tadpole US has picked up a new president , Kenneth Cannizzaro , previously the firm 's director of business development : he 's responsible for operations and market expansion in the Americas and the Pacific Rim . |
| 18 | ‘ Chalon has picked up a stone . ’ |
| 19 | Keith Campbell , from north Belfast , has picked up a top award from computer firm Digital after coming first in the BTEC National Diploma in a computer studies course at Belfast Institute School of Informatics . |
| 20 | Oh no what 's he Gavin Ward has picked up a back pass . |
| 21 | In the hunt DOUBLE Echo , easy winner of the Crawley Warren Handicap at York on Saturday , will make a quick reappearance in the Royal Hunt Cup next week , for which the gelding has picked up a 7lbs penalty . |
| 22 | ‘ My fitness has picked up a lot in the last two or three weeks and I 'm kicking a ball and running fine , ’ said Owers . |
| 23 | Michael Roberts has picked up a two-week ban in South Africa for the second time this winter . |
| 24 | A P Indy is on the reserve list for the Japan Cup , and is likely to be invited to Tokyo because American candidates Solar Splendour has picked up an injury . |
| 25 | Ingres Corp is claiming a world first for its Ingres/Enhanced Security relational database , which has picked up an Information Technology Security Evaluation Criteria E3/F-B1 security rating . |
| 26 | He added : ‘ He vehemently opposes active regional policies , he has wound up a lot of the government 's aid to the North and during his term as Industry Secretary he has done nothing to create new technology and skills or back new firms and enterprise in Hartlepool . ’ |
| 27 | Police officers called at his home but were forced to withdraw when Say picked up a shotgun and placed the barrels in his mouth . |
| 28 | Thus , while it is possible to identify liberal catholicism in Ireland from the late nineteenth century to the present , and though there has grown up a climate of liberal dissent and criticism of conservative catholicism , it is still possible to assert the prominence of conservative catholicism , particularly in its alliance with nationalism . |
| 29 | There has grown up a folk belief that recurrent thrush is completely untreatable . |
| 30 | Thus there has grown up an interest in feminist ‘ herstory ’ ; etymologically impossible , the word emphasizes that his-story has been just that — the history of men . |