Example sentences of "[v-ing] up a [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They thought he was reaching for an ornamental knife when in fact he was just picking up a pair of socks . |
| 2 | ‘ Soon settle that , ’ said Tom , picking up a pair of scissors from the bookcase . |
| 3 | ‘ We used to find that people picking up a 2D spreadsheet from another audit would spend ages trying to print it out and find out what was in there before they could start work . ’ |
| 4 | Food flavourings maker Borthwicks jumped 2p to 30½p after serving up a 37% profits increase to £1.28m in the first half . |
| 5 | Many accept that consumer confidence is good for business and have sought to give their members an advantage over competitors by drawing up a series of consumer protection measures , such as codes of practice , arbitration procedures and bonding schemes . |
| 6 | Having established the undercoat by way of washing and blotting onto damp paper , I now begin to apply very watery paint onto dry paper , slowly building up a series of translucent layers . |
| 7 | Having established the undercoat by way of washing and blotting onto damp paper , I now begin to apply very watery paint onto dry paper , slowly building up a series of translucent layers . |
| 8 | His companion was zipping up a pair of the khaki overalls . |
| 9 | They were speculators , who hoped to sell it for even more than the showroom price even though it meant tying up a £50,000 deposit for four years . |
| 10 | In a separate case , jobless waitress Lisa Chapman was fined over her pet rat Ziggy and afterwards the RSPCA defended its actions in bringing the case and running up a £600 bill . |
| 11 | I am thinking of starting up a fish house to breed Central American Cichlids as the water in my area is quite hard — pH 7.8 , GH16 . |
| 12 | In Setting up a closed.loop Stepping motor control the choice of appropriate points for deceleration initiation can be very difficult , because the load torque characteristics , which are usually a function of speed , may be ill-defined or may be expected to vary over the life expectancy of the system . |
| 13 | Lemmings Bungee Club , a commercial venture which organises charity jumps , will be setting up a 150ft crane at Kings nightclub , Copford , on May 16 ready for anyone daring enough to throw themselves off . |
| 14 | Fortunately for all concerned we learnt that General De Gaulle was setting up a headquarters in Putney , and we could have help from there . |
| 15 | For the next eighteen months the Party ran a campaign for a " People 's Government and a People 's Peace " , setting up a People 's Convention to popularize this slogan in the labour movement . |
| 16 | For example , Fujitsu is setting up a £600 million semi-conductor plant at Aycliffe , county Durham , creating 1,500 jobs . |
| 17 | A journalist who hid in a jail for fifteen hours to expose its lack of security has been accused of setting up a media stunt . |
| 18 | At Imperial College 's field station at Silwood Park , Mick Crawley is setting up a series of such experiments as part of Prosamo , a research programme funded by the Agricultural and Food Research Council , the Department of Trade and Industry and a consortium of companies . |
| 19 | as if this were not bad enough , the great mudflow rolled on into the sea at the mouth of the Riviere Blanche , setting up a series of waves as it did so , one of which was powerful enough to capsize the yacht Precheur moored off the river mouth . |
| 20 | At first I thought about setting up a series of divisions throughout the length of the hall which would demarcate it rhythmically . |
| 21 | Sometimes , perhaps , instead of setting up a series of difficult and time-consuming experiments , he checks to see whether the answer is already known . |
| 22 | Advice on setting up a staff QC |
| 23 | But he said the union was concerned at the delay in setting up a Staff Commission . |
| 24 | MANCHESTER CITY are weighing up a £1 million bid for Dutch forward Eric Viscaal , 24 , of top Belgian side Ghent . |