Example sentences of "[conj] [vb base] [verb] up [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Or try to pick up marbles with your toes .
2 I 'm wearing a black figure-hugging knee-length frock , which has been hand-embroidered all over with dangling jet beads ; sharp , dangling jet beads that make standing up imperative .
3 To help you work our your own menus , here are summaries of the salads and the foods that go to make up breakfasts and snacks .
4 Secondly , those that do put up barriers to segregate the ‘ junkie ’ from other customers .
5 And all , all the other things we 've listed out that have taken up time of the team were n't being done in September .
6 Scotland has played host to several big American semiconductor firms ( including Motorola , General Instrument and National Semiconductor ) that have set up plants making standards .
7 Pringle and Laverty are apparently unaware of the many family health services authorities that have set up approval procedures for employing counsellors in primary care .
8 And remind to pick up Robin .
9 The suggestion is that , after a number of years , auditors become too cosy with clients , too stale and fail to pick up problems .
10 This applies where two companies have used identical or similar marks for at least five years or more in all honesty and have built up goodwill in ignorance of the use of the mark by the other company .
11 I learned the basics of welding at college and have picked up tips from the experts while working on my scrap metal cows at Beamish Tram Shed and a pipe factory in Hebburn on Tyneside .
12 Three major initiatives have brought this about and have opened up possibilities for futher development in the years to come .
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