Example sentences of "[unc] [noun] [verb] up [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah but it was n't done in a , in an enthusiastic manner it was like a sort of well who do you know like friend , family that sort of thing and at the beginning I thought you was a bit more positive but I thought when you were revisiting the , the planning the future that might have been nerves right at the beginning of the session , you then relaxed and your pace all slowed down , excellent at reminding er Jim picked up referrals mentioned earlier , handled the objection okay , do n't remember you asking Jim to contact them beforehand do n't think you did , Jim did he ? |
| 2 | We do n't have chips very often , I make them now and again , I have n't bought any chip shop chips for some time , we 're having some Friday , cos er Eileen rang up Derek to say they were coming and said tell mum not to get anything ready we 'll bring her some fish and chips . |
| 3 | In the meantime , yesterday 's contract sets up EDS as KF 's partner in managing the Stockholm-based company 's computer systems , making it more of a ‘ cosourcing ’ than an ‘ outsourcing ’ contract , Carroll said . |
| 4 | Churchill 's decision to set up S Branch and his support for the economists within the Cabinet Office stemmed from an enduring distrust of official advice on economic policy which can be dated back to his unhappy time at the Treasury in 1924–29 , particularly his much criticised decision , taken on official advice , to return to the gold standard in 1925 . |
| 5 | City still looked as though they could have held on , but with four minutes to go , the roles were reversed as Cranfield 's McGovern set up Allen to level the scores . |
| 6 | And , according to Mrs Aitken , Jake had no objections , so arrangements were made for Carol 's parents to pick up Kirsty on the appointed day . |
| 7 | He said oh for God 's sake shut up Kim ! |
| 8 | Their main concern was not that they should receive the extra money but that the man 's desire to give up smoking would be met . |
| 9 | Athens could not ignore this , and an indecisive battle ( Tanagra ) followed by a decisive one ( Oinophyta ) gave Athens control of Boiotia till 446 ( see p. 43 for her ‘ land empire ’ ambitions , and for Sparta 's desire to set up Thebes as a counterweight to Athens ) . |
| 10 | About two minutes later Danny 's truck , with us following close behind , turned a corner and there was the slip road leading to the Motorway — only nothing was ever going to get far down that road for there were the four big trucks in Big Ben 's convoy lined up wall to wall across the road facing us . |
| 11 | Borg 's wife serves up Pounds ¼m-a-year divorce ace |
| 12 | Non-compliance with Security Council 's resolutions holds up UNESCO mission |
| 13 | Road victim 's father sets up family support network |
| 14 | In the 1840s only a quarter of London 's newcomers ended up south of the Thames , but during the following three decades the proportion grew to a third . |
| 15 | Nigel Walker , clocked at 10.35 secs for the 100 metres , ignored fellow Olympic hurdler Colin Jackson 's advice to set up Cardiff 's 39-14 win over Newbridge . |
| 16 | Should an office worker 's union draw up guidelines requiring bosses to declare publicly if they see their secretaries after hours ? |
| 17 | Italy 's prices went up 14% last year , more than twice the rate of inflation . |
| 18 | To help guarantee the new loans , the World Bank , the IMF and Japan 's government stumped up $3.9 billion of new money . |
| 19 | The great contrast , however , is that debentures secured by charges on the company 's property throw up problems regarding the priority between conflicting charges . |
| 20 | A posse of the Party 's agents took up position behind a group of Young Conservatives who were threatening to unfold a banner . |
| 21 | Contact with the detector 's power pick up terminals is maintained by pressure from the battery door ( no snap on contacts are used ) . |
| 22 | Riven was already thinking of bright hearths and warm beds as they made their way along the summits , following Bicker in single file now , their mounts ' hoofs throwing up bobbles of snow that were swept away into the air as quickly as they were kicked up . |
| 23 | No fewer than eight classic Stones ' tracks make up Rooster , the new work from leading choreographer Christopher Bruce , which can be seen as part of a triple bill at the Empire from tonight until Saturday . |
| 24 | Environment Secretary Michael Heseltine has taken no action against 56 of the 79 English waste disposal authorities which have failed to fulfil their legal obligation of 10 years ' standing to draw up plans for waste disposal . |
| 25 | The local branches of the miners ' union set up soup kitchens , with much local help from butchers and shopkeepers . |
| 26 | And erm she had she works for a erm videos set up conferences you know the sort of things that you 've been on . |
| 27 | National newspapers had been expected to publish the declaration , code , and announcement of a system of readers ' representatives to take up complaints from the public in today 's newspapers . |