Example sentences of "[noun prp] be [verb] up [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was calculated that the United States was using up eighteen tons of raw material per head of population per year , or ten times as much as the average citizen of the rest of the non-Communist world . |
| 2 | That is one reason why companies like ICI and IBM are building up comprehensive communications programmes , internal as well as external which involve listening just as much as talking . |
| 3 | British Telecom is putting up some £1 million toward the project including three hours free time each day on OTS . |
| 4 | State governor Romer is setting up pre-programmed computers in kiosks throughout towns in the state to poll taxpayers on how think their money should be spent . |
| 5 | Turkmenistan was to set up national armed forces , formed out of former Soviet units stationed in the republic , but under joint Turkmen and Russian command . |
| 6 | Walsh was switched up front from the centre of defence and manager Brian Little admitted : ‘ I think he did ever so well and I am glad I made the decision . ’ |
| 7 | Newbridge Networks Inc , Ottawa , Ontario is dressing up three Asynchronous Transfer Mode hubs for launch this month , according to a report in Communications Week International . |
| 8 | Defence Secretary Rifkind is reported to be grateful for support from the fourteen military minded Conservatives whose confidential letter to the Prime Minister was somehow left lying on a copying machine for a Labour researcher to find , but he is irritated by the leak , an insider murmurs that Malcolm 's notching up black marks for the future . |
| 9 | Then later , Teddy Moules was picked up blind drunk , was n't he ? |
| 10 | SOUTHAMPTON are lining up Australian international goalkeeper John Filan to replace unsettled former Celtic star Ian Andrews . |
| 11 | It seemed as if all the vitality of France were flowing up this narrow artery . |
| 12 | Philip Wilbraham has built a group quickly by taking advantage of lower prices , Philip Ames is buying up cheap high street sites for 4 Play Records and Roger Myers , who has already built and sold one restaurant group , is now doing it all again . |
| 13 | However misinterpretation is always possible and it is also very possible that Bill is picking up other signals about John which John is not aware he 's sending . |
| 14 | Foreign Affairs Minister Theo Ben Gurirab , addressing on April 30 the UN General Assembly special session on economic co-operation [ see p. 37476 ] , said that Namibia was drawing up foreign investment legislation to provide the guarantees which " international investors normally expect " , with special incentives for projects promoting investment and training . |
| 15 | But , Nimbus was cut up seven months ago . |
| 16 | Wolves v Sheffield Utd Bull and Mutch are reunited up front for Wolves , the former having recovered from concussion sustained in scoring against Villa , when Mutch was absent with a groin strain . |
| 17 | The DOCE was set up five years ago to provide up-to-date information for both teachers and pupils in secondary education , and originally sent data out on floppy . |
| 18 | George was wrapped up warm . |
| 19 | In the 63rd minute , therefore , Robertson was introduced up front at the expense of a defender , McPherson , as Scotland made a belated attempt to improve on what had gone before . |
| 20 | Beryl 's collecting up some toilet rolls from the up St Meringer for two P . |
| 21 | The DTI is to set up working groups to examine the scope for change in some of the most complex areas of company law . |
| 22 | Erm Rob and Polly 's mum 's picking Simon up and taking him home and erm , Annette 's picking up most nights Gary 's gon na be home just after four so it 's actually someone to take them home . |
| 23 | Merger with the Southampton based British Seafarers was not merely a convenience , but a necessity , and Wilson , writing in his journal The Seaman exulted that " Shinwell 's patched up old derelict has run bow against the rock of the Sailors ' and Firemen 's Union and ignominiously gone to the bottom " Later he gave his own version of how Shinwell had flattered the susceptible French into leaving to him the day-today business of the Glasgow branch and poisoned the minds of the members against him . |
| 24 | Beryl Smith is giving up these classes all of which she has taken for many years . |
| 25 | Michael was walking up High Row with his brother David when he was attacked . |