Example sentences of "[vb base] up [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | send up cloudlets on which she rides |
| 2 | Yet still it appears impossible to discover the ownership of shares held through a minor Swiss bank which were used to help a second division British company build up stakes in several third division British companies . |
| 3 | Once you start paying the full rate , you build up benefits in your own right . |
| 4 | It advised a future Conservative cabinet to : ( i ) build up stocks of coal at power stations ; ( ii ) plan contingency coal imports ; ( iii ) introduce dual oil and coal-fired burning in power stations ; ( iv ) cut the social security entitlements of strikers ; and finally , ( v ) set up mobile police squads to deal with flying pickets and obtain sufficient numbers of ‘ reliable ’ non-union drivers to cross picket lines . |
| 5 | For around £20 each we enjoyed the simple pleasures of being able to dance the Gay Gordons round a bonfire at midnight , vomit into a loch instead of on to a pavement , and stumble up hills for the remainder of the week walking off hangovers . |
| 6 | Coleman 's introductory lecture began late in November , and students had to stay in London in the heat of the following summer , when in those pre-formalin days they cut up carcasses at some hazard to their health . |
| 7 | Yet average figures often cover up cases of hardship and even if in real terms salaries for some academics appear generous , others feel disadvantaged and discontent . |
| 8 | Put up lengths in the usual way , smoothing with a sponge , then flatten seams with a seam roller . |
| 9 | The Freight and Transport Association wants the E C to step in after French lorry drivers put up blockades in retaliation at protests by their Spanish counterparts over fuel prices . |
| 10 | The Green Party — which put up candidates in 250 of 651 constituencies — called for a major shift from income taxes to " green " taxes aimed at reducing the use of raw materials and non-renewable energy sources . |
| 11 | Gingrich was under investigation concerning the unusual methods used to promote the sale of a book which he had co-authored by which contributors put up funds in advance of royalties . |
| 12 | Many estates put up notices at this time giving a local contact where enquiries can be made about where to go . |
| 13 | They put up notices about the project in community centres , general practitioners ' waiting rooms , and clinics ; again not formally advertising posts , but to alert people to the possibility of involvement with the Home Support Project . |
| 14 | And rather than being at the mercy of the autobiographer 's choice of what to mention , we can ask questions and open up areas of significant memory which would otherwise have been lost . |
| 15 | They open up levels of reality not easily accessible to the more literal approach and relate to elements within the depth of man 's soul . |
| 16 | No I do n't think there were , there might have been one or two , yes I do know one that used to make some form of er something for the saddlery trade and you know those houses opposite the alms houses in Road , there are some alms houses on the one side , then there 's some houses that lie up steps on the other side of the road if they 're still there . |
| 17 | If you have a very complex sort or lots of calculation that add up values from lots of records , expect to wait and wait for your report . |
| 18 | Look up recipes for no-sugar or low-sugar desserts and try out one or two . |
| 19 | If you want to find out more about gardening for the disabled before the patient starts , you can ask your occupational therapist for advice and available literature , look up books on the subject in your local library , or contact specialist organizations such as The Garden Club , the Gardens for the Disabled Trust , or the Royal Horticultural Society . |
| 20 | They might supply things that are missing , or clear up things in over-supply , detoxifying the blood . |
| 21 | The declaration stated that , whereas heretofore , to wit , etc. , in consideration that the plaintiff , at the request of the defendant , had then consented to allow the defendant to weigh divers , to wit two , boilers of the plaintiff , of great value , etc. , defendant promised that he would , within a reasonable time after the said weighing was effected , leave and give up the boilers in as perfect and complete a condition , and as fit for use by plaintiff , as the same were in at the time of the consent so given by plaintiff ; and that , although in pursuance of the consent so given , defendant to wit , on , etc. , did weigh the same boilers , yet defendant did not nor would , within a reasonable time after the said weighing was effected leave and give up boilers in as perfect , etc. , but wholly neglected and refused so to do , although a reasonable time for that purpose had elapsed before the commencement of this suit ; and , on the contrary thereof , defendant afterwards , to wit on , etc. , took the said boilers to pieces and did not put the same together again but left the same in a detached and divided condition , and in many different pieces , whereby plaintiff hath been put to great trouble , etc . |
| 22 | give up seats for you And do n't give |
| 23 | Give up sweets for Lent or something . |
| 24 | There are other mothers who bring up boys in wartime without their being brutalised . |
| 25 | But because parents bring up girls in a different way to boys in most cultures , women experience life quite differently and so bring a uniquely female perspective to many issues of local as well as global importance . |
| 26 | No goodwill speeches , no glowing perorations about ‘ the patience of our people under misfortune ’ alter the plain fact that if people have to live and bear and bring up children in bad houses on too little food , their resistance to disease is lowered and they die before they should . |
| 27 | not to use the copy masters or back up copies for reproducing any copies outside the terms and conditions of this agreement , |
| 28 | Rugby Union : Moseley pick up bargains in Sale |
| 29 | We 've had to set it up like that , because sometimes people working late would like to pick up calls , expecting a call , or pick up calls on a different handset , . |
| 30 | Raymond Spurrier continues his journey through the land of the reluctant vista to reassess the nature of landscape painting and pick up hints from Aboriginal art |