Example sentences of "[verb] [noun] [verb] up [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | using ultrasound to break up kidney stones |
| 2 | A LAW allowing courts to lock up child criminals as young as 12 has been given the go-ahead by Mr Clarke . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'll wire HQ to open up phase two . ’ |
| 4 | The two boys then spent the rest of the day helping beaters send up birds for the guns . |
| 5 | For example , if there were a sudden selling of sterling ( due , say , to bad trade figures and a resulting fear that the pound would depreciate ) , the Bank of England could help to prevent the pound from falling by using reserves to buy up pounds on the foreign exchange market . |
| 6 | We used sticks to dig up roots , and gourds to carry water , and vines around our shoulders to help carry babies . |
| 7 | For example , today 's Daily Mail decided to have on its front page — coincidence I am certain — to go with the Bill : ’ Cheating Refugee Rang Up £117,000 Phone Bill ’ . |
| 8 | The government has introduced several schemes to encourage farmers to plant up land . |
| 9 | Discussion was amiably wide-ranging , enabling people to bring up points related to the issue , and then points related to those points . |
| 10 | A MONKLANDS regional Labour councillor said yesterday that he has proof to back up allegations of ‘ jobs for the boys ’ in Monklands District Council . |
| 11 | You know that he is , you know what they say cameras pick up things . |
| 12 | Test blasts shake up residents |
| 13 | Also , since union officials concentrated their attention upon winning arbitration cases it was left to shop stewards to take up problems such as plant-level dismissals , work assignments and transfers ( Levine , 1980 ) . |
| 14 | Support plans to open up Wilts & Berks Canal ( 14a ) |
| 15 | Cider makers are so short of apples they 're urging growers to pick up windfall fruit off the ground . |
| 16 | I wore my new glasses as I drove south to pick up Werewolf . |
| 17 | A stable soil soaks up water , and allows acid to break up bedrock and create more soil . |
| 18 | Police and Scottish National Farmers Union officials in Dumfries and Galloway are urging farmers to set up farm watch schemes in an attempt to combat the attacks . |
| 19 | The association of ideas made fondness for Gentle sound like another disease , but he did n't comment on it , merely made arrangements to pick up Klein the following evening and put down the phone , plunged into a deeper trough than ever . |
| 20 | In the field , women proved themselves capable ambulance drivers , and many drove trucks bringing up supplies to the troops . |
| 21 | Responses have to be shared , first , in the relative safety of small numbers in order to enable participants to build up confidence in coping with the frequently painful nature of talk about disruption . |
| 22 | As far a treating their own fans goes , well Elland Road is n't exactly the Ritz , but I 've never had problems picking up tickets etc either . |
| 23 | And I 've discovered a really great label over here called Plein Sud — they 're the best clothes — and when I 've had people set up photo shoots for me here I get them to bring some for me . |
| 24 | Later Marie Wassilieff too was to claim that she had persuaded Modigliani to take up painting again . |
| 25 | This is the position taken by Acker ( 1984b ) and by Rich ( 1979a ) who argues that the university is ‘ a system that prepares men to take up roles of power in a man-centred society ’ . |
| 26 | Henry III originated the practice of forcing landowners to take up knighthood , in order apparently to recruit cavalrymen for an overseas campaign . |
| 27 | ‘ The fabrics are from top manufacturers such as Osborne & Little , but we can use others to make up sample boards for our customers if we prefer . ’ |
| 28 | Then Chelsea keeper Kevin Hitchcock lost control of a back pass and allowed Littlejohn to set up Brian Deane 's winner . |
| 29 | Peter immediately replied , ‘ I would like Susie to give up work and stay at home , so that I can be sure that she is not cheating on me and not planning to leave . ’ |
| 30 | With their sophisticated radio equipment they were able to use satellites to call up airstrikes , then talk the pilots right on to their targets with devastating accuracy . |