Example sentences of "[vb -s] up some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Howards ' Way star Jan Harvey appears in the new series as the mother of an abused child while Rula Lenska whips up some action as the ringmaster of a circus . |
| 2 | The fact that the collection takes up some 8M of disk space may also be regarded as something of a stumbling block … |
| 3 | Zoe goes for it and plucks up some courage while Leonard asserts himself and makes a decision . |
| 4 | The head picks up some papers . |
| 5 | It seems that every time Robin sets sail in his venerable old craft he picks up some award or other . |
| 6 | picks up some medicine . |
| 7 | For example , if the accused was reconnoitring a home preparatory to burglary , he may not be guilty of this offence if he picks up some ladders which he has found in the garden . |
| 8 | The wind picks up some snow , or it is snowing gently , as I snow hook the dogs to sort her out . |
| 9 | ‘ You assume it slams up some kind of barrier around you . |
| 10 | No child to save the marriage , so he sets up some fishing straight away instead . |
| 11 | Participative — the leader gives up some power and authority to subordinates . |
| 12 | The state 's version of ‘ I do n't know what you do all day , dear ’ is to ignore what women do all day until they do n't ; then the state puts up some money . |
| 13 | Immediately after her portrait is completed Nicholas woos her in a typically crude , fabliau manner , presented by the narrator in appropriately marked , fabliau language : Alison puts up some resistance to this rude assault ( 3282 – 7 ) but as Nicholas persists , crying mercy and speaking fair , she seems in the end to be a relatively easy conquest for him ( 3288 – 93 ) . |