Example sentences of "[vb pp] up three [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alan Heath science teacher says the girls learn more about life than anything else they 've grown up three years in one day purring along behind the girls are one of 20 teams from Japan … this one is the cat 's whiskers … |
| 2 | I 've lived in London all my life , and I 've built up three businesses from scratch . ’ |
| 3 | This was mostly because the $40.3 billion charged to its cards was far ahead of Discover 's $19.4 billion , and because Citibank had built up three times as much outstanding debt as Discover . |
| 4 | Er , that 's totalled up three weeks . |
| 5 | She could n't really afford it and when she needed a new cylinder it had to be humped up three flights of stairs , always a nuisance for which she had to enlist the help of one of her boyfriends , but when she got cold Theresa 's fingers turned numb , white , bloodless lumps that no longer seemed to belong to her hands . |
| 6 | He had stayed up three nights researching south-east Asia for a speech planned for a big demonstration against the Vietnam War . |
| 7 | To give you an idea of how widespread the problem is the Trading Standards Department in Nottinghamshire er has set up three advice centres to help consumers with information and advice when you have problems like that . |
| 8 | Run by farm owner Tim Butler , the business park was set up three years ago and there are currently 11 tenants . |
| 9 | It was because of these attacks that a Public Enquiry into the issue of political vetting was set up three years ago . |
| 10 | Our control should be extended to the country and a tripartite commission exists to reform the Labour Code , but it was set up three years ago , and so far there have n't been any results . |
| 11 | The undercover operation , code-named Operation Courier , was set up three years ago by the DEA in Cyprus to infiltrate Lebanese heroin groups in the Middle East and their connections in Detroit . |
| 12 | Jointly funded by the IFI and the DoE , it has come about as a result of the efforts of the Garrison and Melvin Community Development Association which was set up three years ago as a ‘ self help ’ group for the region . |
| 13 | Meanwhile , Xhibition has rounded up three keynotes : DEC 's vice president of research Sam Fuller will be speaking on ‘ Unix and Microsoft Windows NT , Friends or Foes ? ; ’ |
| 14 | Meanwhile , Xhibition has rounded up three keynote speakers : DEC 's vice-president of research Sam Fuller will speak on ‘ Unix and Microsoft Windows NT , Friends or Foes ? ; ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Tom , we 've gone up three flights . |
| 16 | Pru motor premiums have gone up three times this year and house contents insurance rose by 20p in the £1 this July and further increases can not be ruled out . |
| 17 | St Mary 's had notched up three points before the Westerners could reply and , at times playing inspired football , they raced into a 0–6 0–3 lead . |
| 18 | The unit was started up three days ahead of scheule and with no incidents . |
| 19 | Juan quickly established that Avila was nowhere near the rescue base ( had we followed the consul 's directions we would have ended up three hours away ) and within an hour he was driving us into the heart of the Sierra de Gredos . |
| 20 | Davies has snapped up three players from neighbours Holywell Town , goalkeeper David Edwards , centre back Alex Goss and midfielder Darren Horne who had a previous spell with Flint . |