Example sentences of "[noun pl] [pers pn] [verb] up a " in BNC.

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1 Every three months they draw up a list of new jobs .
2 On his way up the paved path between walls of rose bushes he picked up a piece of old iron pipe with his gloved hand .
3 Together with the freight stations they took up a considerable area of the city .
4 There are caves which seem to We went into the caverns and erm saw the petrified caves where they , the water drip on objects and however many years they build up a stone coating .
5 Over the next few years they built up a 650-acre farm , a sizeable chunk of which was bought with 20,000 of Frances ' inheritance .
6 During the next few years he drew up a similar body of monastic observances for use in his cathedral church .
7 A little later we saw another cow and then through my glasses I picked up a bull lying down in the distance .
8 With the rocket 's armaments he rigged up an explosive which killed both the crew and the people of Dido .
9 After about eight issues he picked up a copy and noticed that Bowart-using the same technique he had used to appoint Miles London correspondent — had appointed him , and William Randolph Hearst as editors .
10 She looked like a little black chattering chimney pot , for as the smoke rose up through her veils she kept up a constant conversation .
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