Example sentences of "[vb past] up [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She like woke up Monday morning , she there was four empty vodka bottles . |
| 2 | The heavier load of accessories and metal trim drove up petrol consumption : from twenty miles per gallon the average dropped to fifteen and below . |
| 3 | A little man turned up Friday afternoon , after they got home you know how we 're very susceptible to these market research types ? |
| 4 | One keen young steward on the Cannon Street-Hastings trains drummed up afternoon beer trade by operating his trolley on the platforms at Cannon Street . |
| 5 | These lines of advertising were , however , swamped by emphasis on the melodrama , and the Muni posters told prospective customers that ‘ You 'll see Muni let Loose a Blast of Dynamite ’ , ‘ Her Kisses Made Him — Damned Him — Redeemed Him ’ and ‘ They Dug Up Hell Ton by Ton — to Make It ’ . |
| 6 | Giolitti lost power , and his government was pilloried by the socialists who whipped up public opinion in their newspaper , Avanti , edited by a young man with a future , Benito Mussolini . |
| 7 | well we went on a course , for a week up Newcastle and of course er erm we had to be there for nine o'clock so we had to catch the bus , at the latest half past eight so you 're up at you 're up at seven and you get showered and what have you cos there 's a shower in the be bedroom get yourself all ready so you 're down by about erm half seven , quarter to eight , like so you tend to think quarter of an hour to the erm bus stop which is right outside the door of the hotel we were getting so and we use the bus rather than take the car in daily , cos it 's easier so I and er and of course I sat down and had a breakfast and I thoroughly enjo , I did n't have any cereals you know , I says well er and I had a little bit of orange orange juice , but it was this erm made up orange juice |
| 8 | Why has she come here for goodness sake Ar Art barked mentally choosing mushed up mushroom omelette and a roll of butter . |
| 9 | Nutty waited with Gary , who said rather ungraciously , ‘ I thought you lived up Alexander Park ? ’ |
| 10 | Only once did our guests mutiny and that was when I served up pastry soup . |
| 11 | I walked up Fernhill Rise with a feeling of proprietorial pride . |
| 12 | While other ventures such as property lending faltered , American consumers piled up credit-card debt and tolerated interest rates three to four times the rate of inflation . |
| 13 | Eva rung up Thursday morning , mum wanted her hair permed before he , when Eva rung up Thursday morning , could she do it Thursday night ? |
| 14 | She carved up Muriel Spark and Iris Murdoch at the same time as the bacon . |
| 15 | On the night of April 27/28 , 1942 , a force of 31 Halifaxes from 10 , 35 and 76 Squadrons and 12 Lancasters from 44 and 97 Squadrons flew up Faetten Fjord in a desperate attempt to inflict damage or sink the Tirpitz . |
| 16 | Thieves pulled up £700 worth of shrubs from a garden centre at Kirkleatham village . |
| 17 | In addition , the balance sheet formats prescribed by companies legislation require that called up share capital is stated separately from liabilities . |
| 18 | He called up Mairi Ban and her friends from the clachan , to rehearse the coronach , the song of praise and mourning that would follow his coffin . |
| 19 | With James out of the running for the Cup final against Newcastle , Chapman called up George Male for his first Cup tie . |
| 20 | So I called up Mah Muse and I tried to bribe |
| 21 | For example , today 's Daily Mail decided to have on its front page — coincidence I am certain — to go with the Bill : ’ Cheating Refugee Rang Up £117,000 Phone Bill ’ . |
| 22 | ‘ I rang up Scotland Yard to tell you something this morning , and they 'd never heard of you . ’ |
| 23 | Erm her mother or was that the fireman who go up , went up Ringer School . |
| 24 | During this tim the teem hav kept up sum kind of consisstincy by continuwing to loose more games than it haz one . |
| 25 | Fluid took up air space … you never saw anyone with emphysema run upstairs . |
| 26 | In 1986 , however , only 31% of all newly qualified Ph D graduates took up university employment ( Anderson 2 ) , and the boom period for academic jobs was around 1965 , when 53% of all such researchers found employment in universities , so that it may be that the majority of successful Ph D researchers over the period have not had access to those facilities which would have helped them to publish . |
| 27 | In 1986 , however , only 31% of all newly qualified Ph D graduates took up university employment ( Anderson ) , and the boom period for academic jobs was around 1965 , when 53% of all such researchers found employment in universities , so that it may be that the majority of successful Ph D researchers over the period have not had access to those facilities which would have helped them to publish . |
| 28 | Charles took up watercolour painting nearly twenty years ago , and it has become one of his greatest pleasures . |
| 29 | Earlier expeditions , in the wars against Louis XIV , had twice failed to make any progress up the narrow estuary of the St. Lawrence ; the new expedition under Wolfe sailed up the river and established itself outside Quebec , the capital of New France : British troops took up positions east of the city and also on the south side of the river , but there was no attempt at a seige and the routes north and west of the city remained open . |
| 30 | Derrick took up fitness training just 13 years ago after his jewellery importing business folded . |