Example sentences of "[vb -s] [vb pp] up [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Paceman Karl Peers , recovered from injury , bagged 3–33 and Darren Peters picked up 2–28 to steer the Hall to a home tie , probably against Styal , in the zone final on Sunday week . |
| 2 | Meanwhile , Next has plucked up one of Sun 's men , hiring Bob Lawton , an Interactive Systems Corp legacy , away from Solaris-on-Intel product marketing to be its NextStep 80486 program manager , a newly created position . |
| 3 | It could never have been designed but for a revolution that has shaken up one of the world 's oldest industries |
| 4 | The ability of ion exchange resin to remove calcium and magnesium ions is finite ; that is to say , when it has given up all its sodium ions it can no longer soften the water . |
| 5 | In return , Sequoia has given up any ambitions it may have had in the telecommunications marketplace , but will sell the thing in competition with HP elsewhere . |
| 6 | and this is compounded by the fact that the executive branch has given up any attempt to control the military-industrial complex . |
| 7 | Teresa Moylan ( Mrs Clements ) has given up full time work because of her children . |
| 8 | Michael , 45 , who quit boozing because it threatened to wreck his life , has given up another ‘ vice ’ — being too generous . |
| 9 | He has grunched up hundreds of humans and literally millions of Minpins . |
| 10 | This is the man who has conjured up fresh doubts about the validity of the so-called Dianagate tapes . |
| 11 | This is the man who has conjured up fresh doubts about the validity of the so-called Dianagate tapes . |
| 12 | In effect , country has picked up all the old paraphernalia of the pop world : slick videos , stage shows , merchandising , fanzines and so on . |
| 13 | Some 75 per cent of Perkins ' UK production is shipped overseas , and the company has picked up four Queen 's Awards for export over the past few years . |
| 14 | As expected ( UX No 422 ) , the Open Software Foundation has picked up new widget technology from Lotus Development Corp , IBM Corp and Digital Equipment Corp to enhance its Motif graphical user interface . |
| 15 | Japan 's ASCII Corporation has picked up Japanese and Korean distribution rights to Santa Clara , California-based Nimbus Technology Inc 's new Mbus board for would-be superscalar Sparc cloners ( UX No 383 ) and other products : ASCII , the lead investor in Chips & Technologies Inc back in 1987 , is also considering taking a minority stake in the start-up though that part of the equation has yet to be nailed down . |
| 16 | The much-praised new ski area at Aonach Mor near Fort William which opened last season has picked up two more awards in the close season , including one for architecture . |
| 17 | Oxfordshire County Council has picked up two of this year 's Oxford Preservation Trust Environmental Awards ; the accolades are n't given lightly , and Moira Haines from the Preservation Trust says the County Council 's Awards are well deserved . |
| 18 | She has picked up some driving tricks from the SAS . |
| 19 | From his wording , it would appear he has picked up these rumours secondhand from somewhere . |
| 20 | AUSTRALIAN he-man Mel Gibson , best known for ‘ Mad Max ’ and ‘ Lethal Weapon ’ , has picked up kinder notices for his ‘ Hamlet ’ than perhaps he or anyone else expected . |
| 21 | So far the survey has picked up 20 galaxies ; it should eventually find several thousand . |
| 22 | Since then he has picked up 20 disqualifications and has served 12 jail sentences . |
| 23 | FOUR months after the traumas of 3-4 June , Hong Kong has picked up most of the pieces . |
| 24 | The 20-year-old , who has picked up three Premier League bookings already this season , also sprang to the defence of the game 's most notorious tough guy Vinny Jones . |
| 25 | ADVANCED trenching equipment has speeded up this aspect of a project to such an extent , |
| 26 | Since then safety work has pushed up that capacity and when the ( New Zealand ) All Blacks play there in three weeks it will be helped to 21,000 by a temporary stand erected over the Tanner Bank wall on the outfield of the adjacent cricket field , adding 2,300 spectators who need not be counted in the official figure . |
| 27 | Mr Lloyd Webber has built up one of the country 's finest collections of Pre-Raphaelites , which is split between his 10,000-acre country estate in Berkshire and his home in Eaton Square . |
| 28 | Mike Curb , who has built up one of the most successful privately-owned record companies and recently moved his head office to Nashville from Los Angeles , thinks country is well on its way to being a big part of mainstream pop — making a nonsense of the current radio-station categories that still set country apart . |
| 29 | The college has built up strong links with local industry and this will be reflected on the board . |
| 30 | On top of that , other money from the fund was left untouched and has built up substantial interest . |