Example sentences of "[vb pp] up a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'm mixed up a bit in it . |
| 3 | If there was no correlation , well you 'd expect them to be mixed up a bit so that negatives might occur with negatives or they might occur with positives vice-versa Now , I 'm g try and give you a feel for how these numbers , how we work out the correlation coefficient in terms of Z scores . |
| 4 | Sometimes when groups of horses get mixed up a foal may seem to get irrationally fixated on another horse . |
| 5 | I reckon Christmas is cracked up a lot more than it it 's made out to be . |
| 6 | The west façade , flanked by two towers , is approached up a flight of steep steps into a magnificent , open narthex ( 1178 ) where is situated the west portal . |
| 7 | Next week came , and we never got that half hour , so it must have added up a lot , all throughout the year . |
| 8 | seems to have come up a bit . |
| 9 | It 's interesting that team briefing thing on there , because that 's come up a couple of times recently , people have mentioned about erm team briefing as a sort of management system . |
| 10 | NO Hollywood script writer could have conjured up a story to compare with the one Michael Galwey has produced and starred in . |
| 11 | This linguistic strategy would not work if the term Americans automatically conjured up a picture of women . |
| 12 | Jackie Gardner takes exhibits to horticultural shows all over the country and the nursery has just picked up a Gold Medal at Chelsea . |
| 13 | I thought , I du n no picked up a guarantee for twenty quid . |
| 14 | In addition to his share of the £136,000 prize fund for his match with Timman , he has already picked up a share ( with Timman ) of around £500,000 from sponsorship by the manufacturers of the Mephisto Chess Computer . |
| 15 | His skin had picked up a glow from the lilies on the table . |
| 16 | In its geographical analysis , the DCS system also picked up a problem with a particular building . |
| 17 | ‘ We 've just picked up a message on the Miletti family line , dottore . |
| 18 | Up ahead Neil Coles was putting together a 66 , which eventually saw him tie with Johnny , but by the fifth or sixth , when we 'd picked up a couple of birdies to Johnny 's pars or bogey , I thought , ‘ This is our Open . ’ |
| 19 | I 'm a dealer and I 've picked up a couple of pieces which I can probably place with clients |
| 20 | United and today 's opponents Arsenal have both been under the disciplinary spotlight , having picked up a stack of yellow cards between them . |
| 21 | Both Arsenal and United have picked up a stack of yellow cards . |
| 22 | Apgood instinctively picked up a certificate and glanced through it , then shook his head . |
| 23 | There 's the odd exception where I 've picked up a brand new one and it 's worked right away . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | He had picked up a fare in the City — an army deserter called Percy Toplis , who asked to be driven to Basingstoke . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Oh no what 's he Gavin Ward has picked up a back pass . |
| 28 | His reputation as a hard man — he had picked up a conviction for GBH — had won him work on the bouncer circuit and the title ‘ King of the Bouncers ’ . |
| 29 | Sharp allegedly picked up a 12-inch knife and threatened to kill manager Jason Ali , but was overpowered by staff and covered in chilli and curry powder by the chef , said Philip Hughes , prosecuting . |
| 30 | The 26-year-old striker later claimed he had picked up a groin injury but then breached club regulations and widened the rift with Wilkinson by failing to turn up for training or treatment on Monday and Tuesday . |