Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun pl] [verb] up [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Eleven Halstead Rotaract members cleaned up part of the River Colne , between the mill and the town 's High Street before having a birthday party — in the middle of the flowing water .
2 Two Scots with Cambridge connections took up Faraday 's work at last , trying to put it into mathematical form rather than to fit the discoveries into an existing theory ; and through their work came the great flowering of classical physics .
3 My father again had to part with his men , but , armed with a shovel and a pickaxe he was working on Rye marshes to put up defences against an invasion .
4 Now the distinctness of the ALT patterns making up P and Q means that the sets of booleans unc and unc both partition the states satisfying b according to these shapes .
5 The allied forces first moved into northern Iraq on April 17 , following an announcement by Bush on April 16 reversing his administration 's policy of non-intervention and committing US troops to set up encampments in northern Iraq to ensure the safety of Kurdish refugees and co-ordinate relief supplies .
6 It also recommended that EC countries tighten up import controls .
7 One keen young steward on the Cannon Street-Hastings trains drummed up afternoon beer trade by operating his trolley on the platforms at Cannon Street .
8 Employers can receive assistance with work permits for non EC Citizens taking up employment in Northern Ireland .
9 The acquisition , which was widely expected , was welcomed in the City , and Pearson shares jumped up 10p to 429p .
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