Example sentences of "[pron] [to-vb] up a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jahangir 's irritation was with the refereeing which , he reckoned , had hindered him throughout the tournament and yesterday he said it ‘ made it hard for me to catch up a couple of points ’ . |
| 2 | Mrs Putt might want a stall cleared out and fresh straw put in for some company she 's expecting , or she 'll want me to hitch up a carriage so she can go visiting . |
| 3 | I took on additional work in the Council , bullying them to set up a committee to draft out statutory requirements for caravan sites — which later became the basis for a Private Member 's Bill — and still had time to dig the vegetable garden and walk miles with the children , just for the pleasure of it . |
| 4 | This would enable them to set up a business on a more settled and permanent trading basis . |
| 5 | The idea is to get them to trust the staff and their peer group and get them to open up a bit . |
| 6 | Traffic was heavy and this was no day for me to pick up a ticket . |
| 7 | They asked me to set up a buffet for a press launch , then they said it was for me ! ’ |
| 8 | The schools were given six weeks in which to draw up a register of parents , but decisions had first to be made about what constituted a parent . |
| 9 | Hobson Brown , in Russell Reynolds ' New York office , maintains that his firm , more effectively than the other headhunters , has attracted the first real career-search consultants , graduates from business schools who have deliberately chosen to make a career in executive search ; it was always the goal of Reynolds himself to build up a business as prestigious and high-powered as Morgan Guaranty , in which an ambitious graduate would seek to work right through to retirement . |
| 10 | ‘ The climate makes this a good place in which to bring up a child . |
| 11 | As a result , the public , the press and MPs are often starved of the material with which to make up a counter-argument . |
| 12 | When you 've finished with the reptiles , I want you to round up a group of humans . |
| 13 | This option enables you to set up a Charge Code for use with LIFESPAN . |
| 14 | A little background knowledge will make you more confident and help you to draw up a list of really relevant questions . |
| 15 | I will wish you to draw up a deed of gift in Mr Beckenham 's favour when once probate is granted , if you please . ’ |
| 16 | This holds the pressed plant material in place allowing you to build up a design without dislodging any of the flowers you have already arranged . |
| 17 | Instead , ClarisWorks has a toolbar running down the side of the screen , containing special icons which allow you to call up a worksheet or a graphic . |
| 18 | The function keys allow you to call up a variety of viewpoints but , despite this , it was sometimes hard to tell what was going on . |
| 19 | You were so successful at it that in the end you could vanish without leaving a soul behind sufficiently concerned about you to kick up a fuss — only a solicitor worried about the legal hang-ups , and especially the money ! |
| 20 | This is one of the most providential days of the year when the onus is on you to take up an idea and run with it . |
| 21 | Clear cross-references , supplemented by a thorough index , allow you to follow up a line of enquiry and to move easily from the text to the line drawings , maps and colour plates — each chosen to represent a particular design or type of rug typical of those currently available — offering instant visual access to the information you need . |
| 22 | At 8.30am on his first day on the job , Mr Lobov summoned senior officials in his ministry and told them to draw up a plan for re-establishing state control over the economy . |
| 23 | ‘ Princes will cede towns , even provinces , but all the ability of the most adroit negotiators can not persuade them to give up a rank to which they believe themselves entitled . ’ |
| 24 | " Princes cede towns , even provinces , but all the ability of the most adroit negotiators can not decide them to give up a rank which they believe to be their right " . |
| 25 | ‘ Would you like me to fix up an audience with the King here ? |
| 26 | Ought we to put up an exhibition in the local library , or outside the CEO 's office ? ’ |
| 27 | Arithmetic not only took my mind off the leg , but also spurred me to keep up a pace of four miles an hour . |
| 28 | This permits them to build up a picture of how the weather is changing virtually anywhere on Earth . |
| 29 | Granny-Liz would always stop fanning herself to drink up a glass of iced water . |
| 30 | Well that 's really not our problem I mean that 's to do with the deregularization of er bus companies allowing any anybody to start up a bus company . |