Example sentences of "[v-ing] [noun pl] [verb] up [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A LAW allowing courts to lock up child criminals as young as 12 has been given the go-ahead by Mr Clarke . |
| 2 | The two boys then spent the rest of the day helping beaters send up birds for the guns . |
| 3 | For example , if there were a sudden selling of sterling ( due , say , to bad trade figures and a resulting fear that the pound would depreciate ) , the Bank of England could help to prevent the pound from falling by using reserves to buy up pounds on the foreign exchange market . |
| 4 | Cider makers are so short of apples they 're urging growers to pick up windfall fruit off the ground . |
| 5 | Police and Scottish National Farmers Union officials in Dumfries and Galloway are urging farmers to set up farm watch schemes in an attempt to combat the attacks . |
| 6 | Henry III originated the practice of forcing landowners to take up knighthood , in order apparently to recruit cavalrymen for an overseas campaign . |
| 7 | Among the " quick fix " solutions which have been proposed to counter global warming are : placing thousand of large mirrors in space to reflect sunlight ; making aircraft engines less efficient so that soot builds up in the stratosphere , with similar effect ; dumping iron filings into the oceans to stimulate the growth of plankton , which absorbs carbon dioxide ; using lasers to break up chlorofluorocarbons in the atmosphere ; and firing a million tons of dust into the upper atmosphere , also with a view to reflecting solar radiation . |
| 8 | Royal Insurance has put out a hefty cash call , asking shareholders to stump up £404m by subscribing for one new share for every three held at 255p . |
| 9 | THE advertising and marketing group Lopex is asking shareholders to stump up £3.5 million to cut borrowings . |
| 10 | To save money it is moving out of London to Newport in South Wales and has been running roadshows to drum up business from industry . |
| 11 | The next few years were difficult for them all , but when Eb came home , gassed and disabled , he had done his best to put the shop back on a business footing — going in every day to work behind the counter , keeping the books , and not letting customers run up bills they could n't pay . |
| 12 | Louis 's aim was twofold : first , to cope with the tensions that had arisen from the implementation of ecclesiastical reforms , for instance by sending out missi to settle disputes between clergy and laymen over the appropriation of tithes ; and second , to tighten control of local government , for instance , by asking missi to draw up lists of all those liable for military service in each county . |
| 13 | He said the company had not called on shareholders for funds since 1985 and had spent recent years chasing funds to build up income producing assets . |
| 14 | In Strasbourg , thousands of protesting farmers ripped up paving slabs , trees and street signs to hurl at riot police who responded with teargas . |
| 15 | This is not cheap : housing costs eat up 44% of a typical wage-earner 's income , as opposed to 14% in the 1950s . |
| 16 | However , the evidence is not entirely conclusive , and in a period when lords were having difficulty in finding tenants to take up holdings , it may well be that the conversion from arable to grazing was forced on them . |
| 17 | It should be noted , though , that the government is making efforts to push up council house rents . |
| 18 | Asking Mr and Mrs Bloggs if they had seen the improvement in specific aspects of Fred 's work and then showing examples to back up statements made is one way of opening up discussion to avoid teacher domination of the meeting . |
| 19 | Here much could be achieved by freeing the existing facilities from obstructions and by introducing short-cuts to link up parts of the present network . |
| 20 | CHRYSLER , America 's third largest car maker , and Mitsubishi of Japan are discussing plans to set up vehicle manufacturing plants in Europe . |
| 21 | I thought you 'd be amused , me telling lies to bolster up morale . |
| 22 | Draughting machines build up information about components in the computer memory . |