Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [verb] up [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Enemies unite to clean up Caribbean |
| 2 | The Guardian 's cartoonist showed one health official saying to another : ‘ These regional days of action are so badly organized that Len Murray has to ring up Norman Fowler to ask where they are being held . ’ |
| 3 | Interactive Development Environments has set up IDE Canada in Toronto to handle direct sales and support operations for its CASE products . |
| 4 | This research aims to open up Ortega 's multi-faceted life and character so as to reveal his philosophical innovations and sociological contributions . |
| 5 | Australian World Cup tactics help set up May 2 showdown at Twickenham |
| 6 | ON THIS DAY : In 1605 , Guy Fawkes failed to blow up James I and Parliament . |
| 7 | The L-shaped block is part of a programme of developments outlined to the committee designed to spruce up Clark 's , Bucktons and Mechanics Yards . |
| 8 | It happened that I was called back to the farm on the following Thursday to " cleanse " a cow and was in the byre when Dodson the drover called to pick up Blossom . |
| 9 | After their early opportunity Holland did not glimpse another scoring chance until eight minutes before half-time , when Kieft and Koeman combined to set up Berghuis for a hard , low cross which Taffarel could not hold . |
| 10 | Benny had picked up Eve 's handbag , a small cheap plastic one which Mother Francis had bought for her in Peggy Pine 's shop as a going-to-Dublin present a few weeks ago . |
| 11 | He was just beginning to get heartily sick of the whole newspaper business , when Hayling phoned to follow up Ben Lowe 's letter of invitation . |
| 12 | When the chimney is in place keep picking up Wilma , who 'll be near the Burger Bar or somewhere down below . |
| 13 | COMMON OPEN SOFTWARE ENVIRONMENT FIRMS EXPECTED TO PICK UP SUNSELECT 's WINDOWS-ON-UNIX ABI |
| 14 | Lloyd stopped tuning up Beeby 's legs and looked up in genuine surprise and then disgust . |
| 15 | Then the minders threatened to smash up Gaynor 's camcorder . ’ |
| 16 | Horowitz had picked up Eva Hendrix from the villa on the way to Frankfurt Airport . |
| 17 | Teddington had to give up Laslett and Barker to England but put up a spirited performance against the national side . |
| 18 | Israel refused to give up Sinai without some significant concession on Egypt 's part . |
| 19 | Mr Green declined to answer questions on political and privatisation issues , but it is known that he hopes to keep the InterCity brand as a marketing concept to compete with coach companies and airlines , although the Government wants to break up InterCity into separate operators . |
| 20 | The railroads began to open up America during the 1830s : the ‘ De Witt Clinton ’ , one of the most historic locomotives on the Mohawk and Hudson Railroad , 1831 . |
| 21 | She was glad her daughter had stood up Alex Household . |
| 22 | Whether or not Aldershot need to take up Swindon 's offer of hospitality depends on a high court hearing on Wednesday . |
| 23 | In The Merchant of Venice , in a verse-scene , when Gratiano tries to cheer up Antonio with an ‘ exhortation ’ that misfires , as soon as he has left Bassanio drops into prose suddenly , for five lines of mocking comment : ‘ Gratiano speaks an infinite deal of nothing , more than any man in all Venice . |
| 24 | But Curtis in his eagerness to catch up with his man , had momentarily overlooked the fact that the Prophet had picked up Foster 's gun . |
| 25 | ‘ It may be nothing , but the police have picked up Arthur Evans . |
| 26 | NOBODY TAMES THE ‘ TIGER ’ MACKAY OF SPURS THREATENS TO BEAT UP BILLY BREMNER |
| 27 | Nutty had to ring up Biddy straight away — ( ‘ Oh , well , it 's getting late , it 's five o'clock , ’ her father said . |
| 28 | John Sinclair has set up Loch Lomond Canoe School at Balmaha , venue for the National Sailing Championships a couple of years back . |
| 29 | Then an order came to pick up Weibel again ‘ I had to hide my dismay when Weibel was bought back without a blindfold — a sure sign that he was to be killed . ’ |
| 30 | Minton occasionally hung around Victoria railway station , waiting for the boat train to come in , and in this way had picked up Sparkes . |