Example sentences of "[vb pp] up [noun] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would also be better from the point of view of traffic — she had n't yet looked up Hallborough on a map , but she guessed she would need her car to get to it . |
| 2 | We would have picked up readings on arrival . |
| 3 | Twice I 've picked up goods on a shelf marked reduced and then found , because of the bar codes , I was charged full price at the pay-out desk . |
| 4 | It would , however , have been interesting to see what relationships might have been revealed had WIRS picked up information on casual workers , since casual working ( albeit involving direct employment ) is also a considerably less regulated form of temporary working and gives an employer considerable disposition over his labour inputs . |
| 5 | THIS year 's machinations over disposal of the Ivory Coast 's cocoa crop indirectly pushed up prices on the London Futures & Options Exchange yesterday as dealers scrambled to obtain cocoa to deliver against a substantial long position controlled by Philipp Brothers , the big American commodity trading group . |
| 6 | Orders had pushed up men on top of men and set up a living wall against the monstrous German avalanche . ’ |
| 7 | I have been present at occasions of celebration when poets and singers — there is often no distinction since poems tend to be sung or chanted — have made up verses on the spot and provided a seemingly endless number of embellishments . |
| 8 | With reference to our meeting on March 7th : on the assumption that the Unit 's terms of reference will be agreed in some form broadly consonant with the one you indicated , I have drawn up proposals on the attached annexes under the following headings : |
| 9 | Researchers in Britain have drawn up data on climate change which warns of massive disruption to agriculture and loss of vital eco-systems in China . |
| 10 | The defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo on 18 June 1815 had opened up travel on the Continent , and Sewell , fully realising that his visits were cursory , seems nevertheless to have enjoyed them . |
| 11 | Mrs Burrows nursed Betty through a dangerous illness when the doctor had given up hope on her . |
| 12 | Over the last year an extra 29,000 inpatients and 8,500 day case patients were treated up 6pc on the previous year 's total of 588,000 . |
| 13 | The other groups had set up camp on the far side , waiting for a few clear days and the worst of the snow to melt . |
| 14 | Just because you 've run up $100,000 on the meter you think you own me . |
| 15 | Durham 's Ray Currie , drawn at the dam end , punched a groundbait feeder and maggot 60 yards out taking 16 specimens all of which had chunks missing and fungus growing following their close encounters with the scavenging birds which have taken up residence on the water . |
| 16 | ‘ I have put up taxes on those things that damage the environment , like petrol and fuel . |
| 17 | The conservators have put up signs on Castlemorton Copmmon today telling the travellers they 're taking legal action and asking them to leave … |
| 18 | Certainly it has kept up pressure on the Government to continue its public commitment to human rights , exemplified by President Fujimori 's directive warning that those securities services responsible for violations would be severely punished ; and the granting of access to Public Ministry prosecutors and representatives of the International Red Cross ( ICRC ) to all centres of detention in the emergency zones , including military bases , to check on the condition of detainees . |
| 19 | Other studies show that in the Gulf 's warm water temperatures the oil has dispersed very quickly , and shifting sands have covered up oil on the beaches . |