Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] up an " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gooch , having exceeded the mighty Hammond 's Test aggregate , edged into his stumps ; Hick messed up an attempted pull against Waqar ; Smith was held brilliantly by the substitute fielder at third slip ( Latif also happens to be the deputy wicketkeeper ) ; and on the stroke of tea Stewart , having batted imperiously for four hours , fell disappointingly to a catch at cover off slow left-armer Mujtaba . |
| 2 | from 's Group Information Services department at Ipswich took the opportunity to spend some time in the USA 18 months ago , when he went to in Kansas to set up an Information Technology department . |
| 3 | Far away from the great Victorian industrial districts , untouched even by the Midlands framework knitting industry , Northamptonshire conjures up an image of rural stability , great landed estates and ‘ close ’ villages . |
| 4 | Last week GGT picked up an extra £5m of business from Cadbury and the £4m Philips CD Interactive account . |
| 5 | Of a sudden Hector set up an extraordinarily excited yapping . |
| 6 | Sheffield , too , had such links ( even before reorganization ) formalized in an Industrial Development Advisory Committee , involving representatives of industry , trade unions , central government departments as well as the city council , and in the late 1970s Nottinghamshire set up an economic forum involving similar groups ( Johnson and Cochrane , 1981 , p. 171 ) . |
| 7 | Alan snatched up an osier basket and hung it on the cockerel 's rusty head to hide it . |
| 8 | Following discussions by a forum of some 70 senior executives from the industry , brought together by the Association , and which invited the HCIMA to set up an industry-led accreditation scheme . |
| 9 | Norman Carlin opened up an 11–2 lead against club lead Alan Lambert and went on to win well by 21–12 while Terry Clarke led all the way to beat John Allison comfortably 21–12 . |
| 10 | TIVOLI OFFERS UP AN OBJECT APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE TO DESKTOP EFFORT |
| 11 | TIVOLI OFFERS UP AN OBJECT API TO DESKTOP EFFORT |
| 12 | REMEMBER Baftagate , when Lynda La Plante picked up an award for Prime Suspect although the majority of the jury allegedly voted for Alan Bleasdale 's GBH ? |
| 13 | Lyddy picked up an envelope on the dressing-table . |
| 14 | Roofer Clive Tibbett clocked up an ear-shattering 118.7 decibels in the shouting match — louder than a pneumatic drill and just short of the world record and the noise of a jet . |
| 15 | Blackwells in Reading set up an ‘ Under £10 ’ table , which had to be constantly replenished and which the group may well replicate in other shops next year . |
| 16 | Abrams and Marsden open up an important and neglected aspect of this question — the impact of social class upon attitudes to caring . |
| 17 | Pareto calls up an inevitably partial selection of historical evidence to support the view that elites are always present in any social system . |
| 18 | In a similar vein one may recall the refusal of Taskopruzade 's grandfather to return to Istanbul to take up an appointment at the newly built Sahn for fear of becoming involved in distracting ambitions for personal glory . |
| 19 | In Costa Rica a microfilm centre will be started while a loan will enable Cuzco in Peru to build up an archive . |
| 20 | The project is a joint venture between the airport operator , BAA , and BR , with BR putting up an initial £15.3 million and BAA £35.3 million . |
| 21 | Don-E 's Island release ‘ Peace In The World ’ was disqualified from the charts after the hi-tech security system used by chart compilers Gallup picked up an unusually high concentration of sales in the south London area . |
| 22 | Once Belmont picked up an opening end count of five , Dunluce were in big trouble . |
| 23 | And new paintings by Lawrence Gipe make up an installation downtown at Blum-Helman , opening 10 October and running until 21 November . |
| 24 | In 1775 the Physiocrat Dupont de Nemours drew up an elaborate scheme for a hierarchy of local and provincial representative assemblies with a national one as its culminating point . |
| 25 | Certainly suspect committee members had attempted to go abroad , but the real reason was probably that the committee had served its purpose by acting as a bait to attract foreign relief organizations ( the ARA drew up an agreement on 20 August ) . |
| 26 | Kath snatched up an airway and tipped back his head . |
| 27 | Witnesses said the powerful Nova GSi raced up an alleyway between Corporation Road and Kingston Street , but the driver lost control as he attempted to turn left and ploughed into a brick wall . |
| 28 | One anthology for older children stands out : Terry Jones keeps up an unflagging pace of invention in his Fantastic Stories ( Pavilion Pounds 12.99 ) — a rich mix of magic and nonsense , illustrated with usual panache by Michael Foreman . |
| 29 | Robbie put up an exploratory hand . |
| 30 | In 1985 Jones moved back to Provo to take up an appointment in the physics department at his Alma Mater , BYU . |