Example sentences of "[verb] [noun pl] [verb] up [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A LAW allowing courts to lock up child criminals as young as 12 has been given the go-ahead by Mr Clarke . |
| 2 | The two boys then spent the rest of the day helping beaters send up birds for the guns . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | We used sticks to dig up roots , and gourds to carry water , and vines around our shoulders to help carry babies . |
| 5 | The government has introduced several schemes to encourage farmers to plant up land . |
| 6 | You know that he is , you know what they say cameras pick up things . |
| 7 | Test blasts shake up residents |
| 8 | 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 ) . |
| 9 | Support plans to open up Wilts & Berks Canal ( 14a ) |
| 10 | Cider makers are so short of apples they 're urging growers to pick up windfall fruit off the ground . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | In the field , women proved themselves capable ambulance drivers , and many drove trucks bringing up supplies to the troops . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 ’ . |
| 17 | Henry III originated the practice of forcing landowners to take up knighthood , in order apparently to recruit cavalrymen for an overseas campaign . |
| 18 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | What we 're actually doing in terms of the product is we 're actually widening the franchise erm I do n't like to use words going up market that suggests that we 're leaving our core customers behind , we will we will add any product that is complimentary to our core kitchens but er we 'll still be the main stance of the product in these two stores for instance , we 're going to introduce a house wear department it is something that we 've been experimenting with before we 're going to erm use the opportunity to widen the franchise on appliances we 're going to erm use the an experiment on erm floorings to match work tops , those kind of developments just to test to see whether the customer reaction is as good as we hoped it would be so that we can then introduce it in the main chain |
| 21 | The answer probably lies in the way so called principles set up expectations for the future . |
| 22 | Among the " quick fix " solutions which have been proposed to counter global warming are : placing thousand of large mirrors in space to reflect sunlight ; making aircraft engines less efficient so that soot builds up in the stratosphere , with similar effect ; dumping iron filings into the oceans to stimulate the growth of plankton , which absorbs carbon dioxide ; using lasers to break up chlorofluorocarbons in the atmosphere ; and firing a million tons of dust into the upper atmosphere , also with a view to reflecting solar radiation . |
| 23 | The Region recognises the importance of developing management structures and systems to support general SVQs , and TVEI funding may also be used to enable centres to free up staff time for planning , monitoring , and evaluating the introduction of general SVQs . |
| 24 | Royal Insurance has put out a hefty cash call , asking shareholders to stump up £404m by subscribing for one new share for every three held at 255p . |
| 25 | THE advertising and marketing group Lopex is asking shareholders to stump up £3.5 million to cut borrowings . |
| 26 | Her view that we should encourage schools to take up tennis is one that is very much at the heart of our philosophy . |
| 27 | In this novel , the genteel young heroine from the south of England , Margaret , is compelled by her father 's reduced circumstances to take up residence in a city called Milton , closely based on Manchester , and comes into social contact with a local mill-owner called Thornton . |
| 28 | Unlike the trainees , established dealers pick up market gossip with a lightning instinct . |
| 29 | To save money it is moving out of London to Newport in South Wales and has been running roadshows to drum up business from industry . |
| 30 | The next few years were difficult for them all , but when Eb came home , gassed and disabled , he had done his best to put the shop back on a business footing — going in every day to work behind the counter , keeping the books , and not letting customers run up bills they could n't pay . |