Example sentences of "[to-vb] up [noun sg] from " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now the organisers are hoping to drum up support from local businesses to beat the threat of closure and keep the Playday alive . |
| 2 | To save money it is moving out of London to Newport in South Wales and has been running roadshows to drum up business from industry . |
| 3 | It is , however , still very easy to pick up tufa from the latter on the coast of East Africa , to which it took 6 months to float across the Indian Ocean . |
| 4 | Mr Miller uses the buses to pick up medication from Loftus for his heart condition . |
| 5 | Microphones are built to pick up sound from specific directions . |
| 6 | ‘ Be sure to pick up Kirsty from school at four . ’ |
| 7 | It was his habit to go for a run round his island every day before breakfast , and that morning , because rain was forecast for the rest of the day , he 'd taken advantage of the brief spell of fine weather early on to gather up driftwood from the beach after his run . |
| 8 | This benefit allows you to deduct the years when you were required to give up work from the normal qualifying period for a basic pension and so , in effect , shorten the number of years when you would otherwise have been required to make contributions . |
| 9 | For most of the period from 1912 to 1945 Rhee lived in the United States where he was eventually to build up support from American friends , who assisted in financing his activities . |
| 10 | BBC Radio 2 presenter Ed Stewart joined volunteers at Studland beach , near Poole , Dorset , for the operation to clear up litter from the Bank Holiday . |
| 11 | At Taï , the chimpanzees make use of many other tools , such as long sticks to extract ants from a nest , and bunches of leaves to soak up water from pools in trees . |
| 12 | The sleeping-bag began to soak up tea from the steaming groundsheet , and I screamed , ‘ Damn ! |
| 13 | The larva is then able to take up water from the environment and enlarges to rupture the remaining layers and escape . |