Example sentences of "[verb] up a [noun] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | We do n't say we writhe the Munros because we do n't slither up them on our bellies , nor would we invite friends to hop , swim , float or jitterbug up a Munro on a Saturday . |
| 2 | In 1989 , the United Nations drew up a convention on these rights , signed by 74 countries . |
| 3 | North-East heavy metal band who scored four minor hits in the early Eighties and built up a following on the live circuit . |
| 4 | But the Professor prised them out and built up a bank on the opposite side , ‘ with anything I could find , old bedsteads , the lot ’ . |
| 5 | Ninety-five million years ago , sea covered most of what is now Europe and , for thirty million years , while the earth experienced great calm , the microscopic calcareous material secreted by unicellular planktonic algae built up a lime-mud on the sea-floor . |
| 6 | ‘ We 've just picked up a message on the Miletti family line , dottore . |
| 7 | The couple were taken to police headquarters for questioning where they admitted they had picked up a man on the night of 10 July by the harbour but did not know him and had only given him a lift into town . |
| 8 | But ions can not probe non-conductors because they build up a charge on the surface , which distorts the analysis . |
| 9 | It will coordinate scientific and technical research , prepare advice on the elimination of ozone-destroying substances , and build up a database on the production , consumption , use , export and import of such substances . |
| 10 | I think I 've just sewn up a deal on a new account . ’ |
| 11 | The best stories , though , are perhaps the first , about a middle-aged bachelor farming alone after his mother dies , and the last , about a member of the village brass band picking up a woman on a bus trip to Venice . |
| 12 | Whenever the Fedpol think they 've built up a case on one world or another , they find platoons of sharp lawyers appearing , kilocreds are spent , evidence vanishes , witnesses have strange accidents … |
| 13 | ‘ I 've built up a dossier on his drug and arms deals over the past few years . |
| 14 | The next night he remembered to pick up a video on the way back from work . |
| 15 | Just to pick up a point on er Miss 's latest request for information . |
| 16 | Should you be successful , you will be able to pick up a bounty on each of them . ’ |
| 17 | Yes , we 're going to open up a resort on Mars . |
| 18 | Under this Resolution , it was agreed to set up a Committee on Cultural Affairs , and that the Commission should implement actions decided on by the Council that were to be implemented at Community level . |
| 19 | Everyone wished to be buried there , or at least to set up a cenotaph on hallowed ground . |
| 20 | PC Reid , a second RUC officer and a group of soldiers had just emerged from a field and were about to set up a roadblock on the Castleblaney Road on the outskirts of the town , when the shot rang out . |
| 21 | Independently , or in conjunction with BAIE or IPR or others , I hope to set up a seminar on Ethics in Communications , and wonder whether the PCC could be persuaded to be represented ? |
| 22 | I am trying to set up a seminar on Ethics in Communications ( which may also touch on more general issues of ethics and management ) — do you have any relevant texts of which you might send me a complimentary copy and to which reference could be made in the publicity for what should prove a stimulating event ! |
| 23 | Figure 9 shows how to set up a tripod on a slope . |
| 24 | This would enable them to set up a business on a more settled and permanent trading basis . |
| 25 | The group had met on Oct. 15 and had drawn up a Report on the Commonwealth in the 1990s — a synthesis of an initial Malaysian document and of a more forceful British-drafted version proposing new Commonwealth policies favouring the promotion of democracy and human rights , and stressing the need for an independent judiciary . |
| 26 | And then someone threw up a window on the second floor and demanded to know what the hell was going on . |
| 27 | Because the Project is now stepping up a gear on all fronts , the society need to reorganise responsibilities to cope with the increased workload . |
| 28 | The sky was beginning to lighten to the east , streaks of day , as bright as magnesium flares , at the meeting point of sea and air set a fresh breeze stirring and whipped up a rhythm on the water 's surface . |
| 29 | No one 's going to make me buy a postcard with a baby otter on it , or pick up a leaflet on alpine lichens . |
| 30 | We made up a bed on the floor and we took turns to sleep in the bed itself . |