Example sentences of "[conj] they [vb base] up a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They find accommodation where they set up a nursery , then sit back and wait for the right opportunity to arise . |
| 2 | Therefore a physical interpretation of vector components is that they make up a tangent . |
| 3 | There were so many journalists covering the Orkney story that they set up a pool system and took it in turns to go in . |
| 4 | The second , and by no means less important , purpose , is that they open up a transmission channel for information from the recipient . |
| 5 | Some use such a sophisticated system that they build up a detailed picture of their surroundings , effectively " seeing " with sound instead of light . |
| 6 | The non-crystalline , that is the amorphous cellulose , has no mechanism for protecting its hydroxyls from moisture , since most of them are not firmly attached to their neighbours , and so they pick up a shell , round each hydroxyl , of any water molecules which are available . |
| 7 | Yes , well these , all wasps of course , er tend to er hit the fruit juice at this time of the year , and that fruit juice is very often fermenting , and you get a particularly er waspish reaction , er naturally , when er somebody goes to pick up a fallen apple or windfall pear , and they pick up a handful of wasp , inadvertently , and I think this year , particularly with a shortage of water , more wasps of all species have been driven to attack fruit , er and are feeding on the er fruit juice , much of which is fermenting . |
| 8 | " Free ale all round tonight lads ! " he told them , and they put up a cheer of delight . |
| 9 | Roy Keane , Niall Quinn , Ray Houghton , Steve Staunton and Kevin Moran will all incur a one-match ban if they pick up a second yellow card tomorrow . |
| 10 | If they dream up a bright profit-winning idea , even if it involves walking in the dirty waters of pornography as the 0898 service does , the Government are unable or unwilling to do anything about it , even over a six-year period . |
| 11 | But ions can not probe non-conductors because they build up a charge on the surface , which distorts the analysis . |
| 12 | Such questions seem both searching and naive , searching because they open up a Pandora 's box of issues about the nature and structure of knowledge , naive because they are not usually asked , and doubtless can not be answered , in quite such a simple way . |
| 13 | The shrewd parent now gets our free starter pack for their son or daughter when they take up a place at Manor Park . |
| 14 | I have seen people deteriorate quickly when they give up a routine , believing that this is the right thing to do . |
| 15 | Godfrey always complained about her though they split up a year ago . |