Example sentences of "[verb] up [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although Mr Crozier admitted his department was still gearing up to implement the legislation , he confirmed that once all the stall were fully trained they would begin prosecuting offenders . |
| 2 | A new wave of black British talent is now threatening to do the same — breaking out of a burgeoning club circuit and gearing up to colonise the nation 's TV sets |
| 3 | Erm if a window 's been smashed , then we 'll we 'll get the window boarded up to secure the flat the best possible way . |
| 4 | And then , from down below , an enraged roaring swelled up to fill the staircase . |
| 5 | The response showed a significant shift , with more people ending up opposing the death penalty , even for the specific offence of terrorist murder . |
| 6 | Kitty , it turned out , had no head for figures and , worse , fell for every sob story she was told , often ending up giving the food away . |
| 7 | At least we were earning some money , and they were ending up owing the company money I think . |
| 8 | I have said before — and I say again — that unless the organisations and individuals concerned are prepared to stand up to resist the aggression of developers , we will lose many , many more aerodromes . |
| 9 | Well Laura and Gemma wanted to make these pasties and she 'd asked me at the weekend and I did n't have the time because I think Irene came down cos I asked Irene whether she 'd looked after , you know I 'm at college until three , and she said yeah I 'll pick them up and er I could n't get her out at then so I promised she could make them so , I said alright you and Gemma make them , anyway they did very well they made them in about fifteen minutes because we had to go and get Emily at four from school , I said hurry up , hurry up put the water in Emily quick stick them together shove them now and put them in the oven |
| 10 | Tell-tale themes — which emerge in repeated use of phrases such as , in the case of a motivated talent for management , ‘ I took care of … organised … got people together ’ — can be added up to reveal the interviewee 's motivational pattern . |
| 11 | For a wider panel , as shown in Fig. 3 , weave , lifting strands before weaving each pair of rows , but omitting the weaving yarn on the last row when the strands are picked up to complete the diamond . |
| 12 | Throughout , the old lady sits silent , hands on lap , eyes on agitated thumbs and as she looks up to witness the man 's retreat her tear-streaked face is racked with pain . |
| 13 | I 'll bet he made them rope up to do the dishes . |
| 14 | Regulations have now been issued to improve disclosures by trustees of pension funds and to provide that a deficiency in a pension scheme that is wound up becomes the debt of the employer ( p 111 ) . |
| 15 | The section provides that a deficiency in a pensions scheme that is wound up becomes the debt of the employer . |
| 16 | With two rooms used up holding the heavies , the bedroom 's all that is left . |
| 17 | Some women who started work after their children had grown up felt the need to continue working in order to obtain a reasonable pension on retirement , yet they were forced to retire at 60 , because that is the age when they become entitled to a state and/or occupational pension . |
| 18 | Ideally , farmers would like to grow the larvae from eggs , and so a new industry — prawn hatcheries — has grown up to meet the demand . |
| 19 | Maggie woke up to hear the sound of voices , one of which was raised in anger , John 's , she now realized . |
| 20 | Woke up to find the drinking water had frozen . |
| 21 | I woke up to find the doctor lifting me very carefully into my own bed . |
| 22 | Since 1977 a case law has been built up to define the limits of the availability of this remedy , which proved very popular . |
| 23 | An extensive chemistry is being built up involving the use of carbon monoxide , hydrogen , and other simple building block molecules in interconversions catalysed by metals . |
| 24 | ACORN applications Consumer targeting intelligence may be built up using the ACORN system to carry out ( 4 ) market research ; ( 5 ) the construction of customer profiles ; ( 6 ) area analysis ; ( 7 ) analysis of retail catchment areas ; ( 8 ) market forecast modelling ; ( 9 ) retail branch customer profiles ; ( 10 ) retail branch siting ; ( 11 ) shopping centre planning ; ( 12 ) leafleting . |
| 25 | BCG also argued that a company with a balanced portfolio of products would use cash flows generated from the cash cows to invest in selected problem children , which would be built up to become the stars of the future . |
| 26 | " Mrs. Bidwell has n't turned up to start the cleaning and now Dr. Lorrimer 's missing . |
| 27 | When his son and Devraux arrived at his side , however , he was still squinting through the sights of his raised rifle , watching the herd break up to enter the jungle . |
| 28 | Now 26 police forces from the midlands and the south are teaming up to counter the menace such gatherings cause to landowners and the general public . |
| 29 | If he could give up smoking the Army in Sri Lanka would benefit by another one hundred and thirty dollars a month . |
| 30 | Newtown Coaches , from Reeth Place , Newton Aycliffe , was told by Durham County Council it must give up running the route from Darlington to Bishopton after complaints about the service . |