Example sentences of "[vb base] up [noun] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We send up data about others and their problems . |
| 2 | He assured me they never put dogs down and they would try to help her build up trust in humans again before finding her a home . |
| 3 | Fish build up resistance to nitrates as nitrates build-up in your tank . |
| 4 | It advised a future Conservative cabinet to : ( i ) build up stocks of coal at power stations ; ( ii ) plan contingency coal imports ; ( iii ) introduce dual oil and coal-fired burning in power stations ; ( iv ) cut the social security entitlements of strikers ; and finally , ( v ) set up mobile police squads to deal with flying pickets and obtain sufficient numbers of ‘ reliable ’ non-union drivers to cross picket lines . |
| 5 | Erm , now what you do with this , these sections is of course you build up information over time . |
| 6 | Draughting machines build up information about components in the computer memory . |
| 7 | Yet average figures often cover up cases of hardship and even if in real terms salaries for some academics appear generous , others feel disadvantaged and discontent . |
| 8 | Walk up escalator on way to work . |
| 9 | The Freight and Transport Association wants the E C to step in after French lorry drivers put up blockades in retaliation at protests by their Spanish counterparts over fuel prices . |
| 10 | Gingrich was under investigation concerning the unusual methods used to promote the sale of a book which he had co-authored by which contributors put up funds in advance of royalties . |
| 11 | ( Trying to answer that question would , during the nineteenth century , tie up physics in knots . ) |
| 12 | Open up plea to sex clinics |
| 13 | ( Perhaps there are analogies here with occupations which open up membership to women and subsequently decline in status and pay . ) |
| 14 | They open up levels of reality not easily accessible to the more literal approach and relate to elements within the depth of man 's soul . |
| 15 | Drake easily told by greatly elongated central tail feathers , 4 in. of total length , combined with striking pattern of dark head and throat and white breast and stripe up side of neck . |
| 16 | Type the letter ( see appendix letter 1 ) and look up information on Head Lice ( no pun intended ! ) |
| 17 | Look up recipes for no-sugar or low-sugar desserts and try out one or two . |
| 18 | They might supply things that are missing , or clear up things in over-supply , detoxifying the blood . |
| 19 | But find something or someone ; give up fish on Friday , do n't eat meat , count beads , put ashes on your head , meditate four times a day , bow down towards your own personal Mecca . |
| 20 | Give up sweets for Lent or something . |
| 21 | There are other mothers who bring up boys in wartime without their being brutalised . |
| 22 | Meals out eat up 20pc of nation 's food bill |
| 23 | Each Council has its own plans for its area and is very willing to advise and in many cases back up advice with grant aid . |
| 24 | Rugby Union : Moseley pick up bargains in Sale |
| 25 | She would drive to the nursery in the spring and pick up boxes of spring flowers , pansies , violets , crocuses , iris , lilies of the valley , daffodils , and jonquil , and set them lovingly in the damp sweet-sour earth . |
| 26 | Does the governors ' report to parents ever pick up elements of dissatisfaction and ways in which this was addressed ? |
| 27 | Search home record — if record not found pick up address from tag ; |
| 28 | what 's it here or er whatever or even pick up notes from Edinburgh people |
| 29 | The British and other European countries knew that this would allow US airlines to fly from the USA , pick up passengers in Britain or in Europe , and fly on to any other destination , which would mean complete US domination of civil aviation . |
| 30 | Later pick up track through caravan site but leave it at cattlegrid ( signposted Coast Path ) , descending to Branscombe Mouth . |