Example sentences of "[vb base] [vb pp] up [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Police officers called at his home but were forced to withdraw when Say picked up a shotgun and placed the barrels in his mouth . |
| 2 | Marriages get broken up every day . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Marriages get broken up every day . ’ |
| 4 | Sometimes when groups of horses get mixed up a foal may seem to get irrationally fixated on another horse . |
| 5 | However , actual variable cost has the disadvantage that if the producer is inefficient , then the inefficiencies get passed up the line ; the divisions receiving the goods get lumbered . |
| 6 | ‘ The African guide was nowhere to be seen so Slash picked up the guy 's rifle and began firing into the air , trying desperately to scare the elephants away , ’ said another friend of the star . |
| 7 | He could take her away , I thought , he could just do that , he has such power to hurt me , this little furry creature who has n't even noticed that I 've given up the weed . |
| 8 | ‘ I 've given up the cello for the moment , ’ said Finch . |
| 9 | You 've picked up a book — you might even have bought it — that you thought was about cancer , but all you 're getting is an incoherent autobiography about an unknown . |
| 10 | There 's the odd exception where I 've picked up a brand new one and it 's worked right away . |
| 11 | I THINK I 'VE PICKED UP A BUG OF SOME SORT . |
| 12 | ‘ We 've picked up a distress signal . |
| 13 | ‘ I 've picked up a bit , ’ Emily said , ‘ but the law takes a kind of mind . |
| 14 | You see , we 've picked up a thief who had a cape he admits to stealing . |
| 15 | You can already manage horses better than any man I know — with the possible exception of Tom here — and you 've picked up a good general knowledge of farming . |
| 16 | I 'm a dealer and I 've picked up a couple of pieces which I can probably place with clients |
| 17 | It has much improved printer support , though , and with 3D graphs at long last arriving on the Lotus menu , some users will think they 've picked up the wrong spreadsheet ! |
| 18 | Actually they 've picked up the pace Forest since the goal erm do n't this Leicester are playing anywhere near as well as they were at the time they scored . |
| 19 | I believe many people increasingly want their news when it is convenient for them — when they get in from work , when they 've picked up the children from school , when they take a break from their work , or finish a meeting , when they arrive in a hotel . |
| 20 | I believe many people increasingly want their news when it is convenient for them — when they get in from work , when they 've picked up the children from school , when they take a break from their work , or finish a meeting , when they arrive at a hotel . |
| 21 | No well er I , I expect you 've caught up a bit now have n't you ? |
| 22 | When you 've saved up a card , I do n't know how many there are in it you got a pound worth of gifts at |
| 23 | Over the last three years they 've built up a steady following , which is hardly surprising , since their stage show is one of the most acclaimed in local music . |
| 24 | ‘ Again , being something so totally new and different , it took a while for people to fall in with it , ’ Shaun explained , ‘ but we 've built up a very strong client base in Doncaster and the district . |
| 25 | ‘ We 've built up a great spirit and really enjoy taking part , ’ said Smith . |
| 26 | ‘ I 've built up a dossier on his drug and arms deals over the past few years . |
| 27 | … Over the last ten years we 've built up a pretty good network . |
| 28 | And er over the years we 've built up a reputation I know is is a genuine one say that because I know that you 're going to appreciate this course and I use the term very very particularly you will enjoy it . |
| 29 | Whenever the Fedpol think they 've built up a case on one world or another , they find platoons of sharp lawyers appearing , kilocreds are spent , evidence vanishes , witnesses have strange accidents … |
| 30 | Through word of mouth and demand from customers , they 've built up a sizable business with five drivers . |