Example sentences of "[verb] [noun pl] [verb] up [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The two boys then spent the rest of the day helping beaters send up birds for the guns . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | We used sticks to dig up roots , and gourds to carry water , and vines around our shoulders to help carry babies . |
| 4 | You know that he is , you know what they say cameras pick up things . |
| 5 | Test blasts shake up residents |
| 6 | 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 ) . |
| 7 | In the field , women proved themselves capable ambulance drivers , and many drove trucks bringing up supplies to the troops . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 ’ . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | The answer probably lies in the way so called principles set up expectations for the future . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Louis 's aim was twofold : first , to cope with the tensions that had arisen from the implementation of ecclesiastical reforms , for instance by sending out missi to settle disputes between clergy and laymen over the appropriation of tithes ; and second , to tighten control of local government , for instance , by asking missi to draw up lists of all those liable for military service in each county . |
| 15 | lets candidates build up credits over an extended period |
| 16 | An ‘ auto re-try on disconnect ’ feature automatically attempts re-connection of broken server links for improved resilience , while deferred NET LOGIN and NET USE commands enable users to set up connections to several servers when they are not currently running : users are automatically logged in when the servers come on line . |
| 17 | Talking in small groups about anything without the supervising presence of a teacher is educational because it is heuristic : it helps children to set up possibilities , and to knock them down , and to set up new ones . |
| 18 | However , the evidence is not entirely conclusive , and in a period when lords were having difficulty in finding tenants to take up holdings , it may well be that the conversion from arable to grazing was forced on them . |
| 19 | Asking Mr and Mrs Bloggs if they had seen the improvement in specific aspects of Fred 's work and then showing examples to back up statements made is one way of opening up discussion to avoid teacher domination of the meeting . |
| 20 | Councillors hope he can help to overcome obstacles holding up plans by Sainsbury 's to build a supermarket on the Grange Road site . |
| 21 | Here much could be achieved by freeing the existing facilities from obstructions and by introducing short-cuts to link up parts of the present network . |
| 22 | never use overhead transparencies , slides or flip charts to put up lists of words only |