Example sentences of "[noun] [noun pl] [vb past] up [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Four children who stroked Easter lambs picked up cryptosporidium … the same bug that contaminated some water supplies in the area four years ago . |
| 2 | Eleven Halstead Rotaract members cleaned up part of the River Colne , between the mill and the town 's High Street before having a birthday party — in the middle of the flowing water . |
| 3 | Two Scots with Cambridge connections took up Faraday 's work at last , trying to put it into mathematical form rather than to fit the discoveries into an existing theory ; and through their work came the great flowering of classical physics . |
| 4 | Revenue from video cassettes pushed up Carlton Communications ' profit before tax by 15% to £102.3m in the year to 30 September 1992 . |
| 5 | These successive submarine eruptions built up layers of material which eventually emerged above the ocean 's surface as a small island , and coral reefs formed around its edge . |
| 6 | Again several factors explain this distribution : the higher mortality of very heavy drinkers ; the influence of social attitudes ; the fact that when the older age groups grew up attitudes against drink and for temperance were very much stronger ; and possibly the fact that the reduced incomes of older people offer less opportunity to consume alcohol ( there is a clear relationship between alcohol consumption and disposable income ) . |
| 7 | At the time , the television networks served up images of Gap-wearing middle-managers having a day out . |
| 8 | Financial institutions such as building societies , banks and insurance companies bought up estate agents to build national networks of offices in which they could sell housing-related financial services . |
| 9 | Under the letter of intent , StorageTek agreed to issue 1.3m new shares Amperif shareholders and will set aside about 600,000 shares for warrants and employee stock options , valuing the company at $75.3m at the time of the announcement — but that valuation quickly improved to $83.6m as Storage shares shot up $4.375 to $44 even in after-hours trading on the news , and hovered round there on Friday . |
| 10 | The prom at Southsea , Hants , was closed as 60mph winds threw up rocks and boats sank after being ripped from moorings . |
| 11 | SOCCER IS CLEARED IN SEX CASE ‘ Grudge boys made up story' ( Star ) ; SEX CASE JOHN BULL CLEARED ( Sun ) ; FOOTBALL MASCOT IS CLEARED ( Daily Mirror ) . |
| 12 | The early feature films took up society as the situation required . |
| 13 | One keen young steward on the Cannon Street-Hastings trains drummed up afternoon beer trade by operating his trolley on the platforms at Cannon Street . |
| 14 | SCHOOL pupils cleaned up parts of Middlesbrough this week . |
| 15 | By late afternoon at least 50 passengers had called off their trips on Flight 51 , while French airport police stepped up security that had already been tightened a week ago because of a feared terrorist attack . |
| 16 | In 1986 , however , only 31% of all newly qualified Ph D graduates took up university employment ( Anderson 2 ) , and the boom period for academic jobs was around 1965 , when 53% of all such researchers found employment in universities , so that it may be that the majority of successful Ph D researchers over the period have not had access to those facilities which would have helped them to publish . |
| 17 | In 1986 , however , only 31% of all newly qualified Ph D graduates took up university employment ( Anderson ) , and the boom period for academic jobs was around 1965 , when 53% of all such researchers found employment in universities , so that it may be that the majority of successful Ph D researchers over the period have not had access to those facilities which would have helped them to publish . |
| 18 | Some sixty-five million years ago this seemingly endless sedate marine activity was abruptly halted when earth movements lifted up part of the sea-bed to form the continental land mass . |
| 19 | Strong local currencies in the Taiwan and Korea production centres pushed up costs and attempts to take advantage of a cheaper environment in China were dashed by events following the Tiananmen Square demonstrations in Peking . |
| 20 | The Zodiac Twins took up positions either side of the robot , their arms folded , peering at the screen with interest . |
| 21 | The acquisition , which was widely expected , was welcomed in the City , and Pearson shares jumped up 10p to 429p . |