Example sentences of "[noun prp] [modal v] [verb] up [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If women are to be judged by their appearance , Mira ought to give up books : |
| 2 | Mr Gummer should pick up Mr MacSharry 's ideas and remould them to meet sensible criteria . |
| 3 | A report from US National Park Service scientists has argued that the proposed use of underground water systems by the city of Las Vegas may dry up water supplies in a large area of the National Park system . |
| 4 | It reaffirmed that LEAs must set up education committees and appoint a chief education officer , but the Secretary of State need no longer be consulted about the appointment of the latter . |
| 5 | England may call up Yorkshire wicketkeeper-batsman Richard Blakey for the fourth game at Lord 's tomorrow . |
| 6 | View from City Road : Eurotunnel must dig up facts |
| 7 | Perhaps England could sign up Bernard Tapie for the games next week . |
| 8 | St Albans would end up fire station . |
| 9 | Food was mainly dehydrated but Pete would pep up meals by mixing in spices and niceties he kept in redundant Kodak film cans . |
| 10 | Rod Stewart could liven up EastEnders , Princess Margaret ( who has already appeared in The Archers ) could add some class to Eldorado and Kenneth Branagh could make Ken Barlow feel inferior in Coronation Street . |
| 11 | DIE HARD tough-guy Bruce Willis will pick up £5 million to play a fairytale prince . |
| 12 | Networker will back up UnixWare to either NetWare or Unix servers such as RS/6000s or Sparc boxes via TCP/IP . |
| 13 | Networker will back up UnixWare to either NetWare or Unix servers such as RS/6000s or Sparc boxes via TCP/IP . |
| 14 | Perhaps the first task facing Mr Chris Patten , or whoever takes over from the current Governor , Lord Wilson , will be to break the deadlock over whether the People 's Liberation Army of China should set up shop in the glossy commercial heart of Hong Kong island . |
| 15 | I had to explain him a bit first , because from meeting me you would n't necessarily be able to tell what my best friend was like , and Oliver can get up people 's nostrils . |
| 16 | Economists believe a sizeable narrowing from the £2bn current account shortfall for August would shore up sterling and ensure that interest rates rise no higher . |
| 17 | Three-times world champion Ayrton Senna would give up £12million a year just to get behind the wheel for nothing . |
| 18 | DSR will set up manufacturing at its facility in San Diego where it integrates AT&T 3B2s and hangs PCs off them . |
| 19 | Mr Milken could rustle up debt investors with a handful of telephone calls . |
| 20 | If you apply , SCOTVEC will take up references and you will be interviewed , probably by a Field Officer . |
| 21 | They also agreed that the EC should step up aid to projects to improve social and economic conditions for victims of apartheid . |
| 22 | THE European Commission sought to play down fears yesterday that new European Community rules limiting imports of cheaper bananas from Latin America would force up prices for consumers . |
| 23 | Mr. Russ would take up position just inside the street door armed with his cane . |
| 24 | But if all goes well , James might end up King of Jerusalem again . |