Example sentences of "[vb base] [vb pp] up [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Now I 've given up all hope ( of returning to Formula One ) . ’ |
| 2 | They 've rung up this morning and apologized . |
| 3 | They 've rung up this morning and apologized . |
| 4 | ‘ But I do have to see that the servants do everything , and since they all seem to leave as soon as they 've saved up enough money , half my time is spent finding replacements and training them . |
| 5 | Mm is that you 've saved up this year ? |
| 6 | ‘ I know that you 've built up some kind of sustaining narrative behind your eidetic delusion — it can not but be otherwise . |
| 7 | You 've grown up that way . |
| 8 | ‘ We 've made up some time , ’ he informed her . |
| 9 | God knows how much there still is down there ; I 've seen great stacks and bales of it still with the Royal Navy markings on it , and I 've dreamed up any number of ways of getting at it , but short of tunnelling in from the shed and taking the cordite out from the back , so that the bales looked untouched from the inside of the cellar , I do n't see how I could do it . |
| 10 | Well we 've got up this morning we 've , and I said to Trevor have the kids been up in the night ? |
| 11 | Actually , it 's a very pleasant way to work — I 've set up one room for word processing and another for screenshot manipulation , so I can switch back and forth between the two whilst I 'm writing captions . |
| 12 | You 've set up this meeting for me and I ca n't thank you enough . |
| 13 | We 've set up some walk in sessions on Saturday between 9 and 1 and during the week , so you can talk to someone then . |
| 14 | ‘ And I 've brought up some bread and jam , in case anybody 's hungry . ’ |
| 15 | " The breakfast 's on the floor , and anyway , by the time you 've cleared up this mess we 'll be gone . |
| 16 | We 've beefed up popular entertainment at six-thirty with an hour of comedy strands , which helps the news readers and boosts our share . |
| 17 | Following the flooding of RFK Stadium , the Washington Redskins have given up all hope of making another Superbowl — but the city 's new Red Herrings are an increasingly powerful force in major league water-polo . |
| 18 | I have given up all idea now of going to Kings and shall make my way across the Island as quickly as I can making a call or two on the way . |
| 19 | Two years on and £1,000 poorer ( I 've had to foot his costs to buy him off my land ) the lawyers have patched up some sort of agreement . |
| 20 | I have sat up all night attempting to watch the fish in the dark with the aid of a torch and the Orange Spot does venture out of the bogwood and hunts around for food . |
| 21 | But you have looked up some history for me ? |
| 22 | Which is comparable complexity and er they have picked up considerable experience from that but , you know , I do n't wish here in this committee to in any way challenge the er capabilities or the competence of erm , of Deutsch Aerospace to undertake |
| 23 | The Liberal Democrats have built up strong support and expect to win . |
| 24 | If you have built up some experience using the remedies then you will find the 30 an excellent potency for acute illness . |
| 25 | Company Programmes have built up particular expertise in a number of industry sectors which include retailing , construction , brewing , manufacturing , banking , computing , the public sector and the recently privatised companies . |
| 26 | However , since experience is person-centred the enterprise will have to reward and retain the loyalty of those company specialists or managers who have built up this expertise . |
| 27 | The developments in techniques for both sound and video recording have opened up another world of data to ethnomethodologists ( and , for that matter , to all sociologists ) . |
| 28 | THE Yanks have mopped up London-based printing ink company Usher-Walker . |
| 29 | Over the past few years , many companies have set up contracted-out money purchase schemes — or COMPS , as they are known for short — which operate on a different principle from final salary schemes . |
| 30 | All the emergency services … and gas and electricity workers … have set up real life situations that youngsters may face . |