Example sentences of "[vb pp] up a [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | The parade converges on Place St Maur des Fosses to hear a few words from the local Euro-MP , because the EC has stumped up a bit of money to make it a European clowns ' convention this year . |
| 2 | The west façade , flanked by two towers , is approached up a flight of steep steps into a magnificent , open narthex ( 1178 ) where is situated the west portal . |
| 3 | It 's interesting that team briefing thing on there , because that 's come up a couple of times recently , people have mentioned about erm team briefing as a sort of management system . |
| 4 | This linguistic strategy would not work if the term Americans automatically conjured up a picture of women . |
| 5 | Up ahead Neil Coles was putting together a 66 , which eventually saw him tie with Johnny , but by the fifth or sixth , when we 'd picked up a couple of birdies to Johnny 's pars or bogey , I thought , ‘ This is our Open . ’ |
| 6 | I 'm a dealer and I 've picked up a couple of pieces which I can probably place with clients |
| 7 | United and today 's opponents Arsenal have both been under the disciplinary spotlight , having picked up a stack of yellow cards between them . |
| 8 | Both Arsenal and United have picked up a stack of yellow cards . |
| 9 | This is partly because Labour has picked up a mood of unease about the city among its residents , fearful of Frankfurt taking over its role as Europe 's financial capital , and jealous of Paris 's self-confidence and infrastructure . |
| 10 | I had picked up a bit of surgery from him , of course , so here I am . |
| 11 | I had picked up a box of letters and was glancing at them , when Frankenstein returned from above and caught me . |
| 12 | I THINK I 'VE PICKED UP A BUG OF SOME SORT . |
| 13 | ‘ The C & D category societies ( the smallest ) have picked up a lot of savings business by offering high interest rates , but that money has to be lent out and the sort of mortgage business they have been picking up at the rates they charge looks very doubtful to me . |
| 14 | He had picked up a group of experienced hunter-killers from the Phoenix NoGo , and turned them loose on the remaining sandrats . |
| 15 | The company has picked up a string of new applications for the manufacturing , financial and education markets to run under the HP MPE/iX operating system . |
| 16 | Jay had picked up a pattern of sleeplessness over the last five months . |
| 17 | While she was in the States , Fletcher also picked up a copy of Bodies Electric by Colin Harrison , which Bloomsbury will publish here later this year . |
| 18 | Morse had immediately picked up a copy of The Times , and proceeded to hold this newspaper like a crusader flaunting his emblazoned shield as he 'd stood beside Hodges at the check-out . |
| 19 | And has anyone picked up a copy of The new Square Ball ? |
| 20 | It might have continued like this indefinitely if I had n't picked up a copy of the Kensington News , a paper Daphne took so she could find out what was showing at the local picture house . |
| 21 | A final vote showed Tory support remained solid while the LibDems had picked up a handful of votes at Labour 's expense . |
| 22 | Top equity and foreign exchange dealers have picked up a minimum of £200,000 before bonuses and perks — the real whiz-kids making upwards of £300,000 . |
| 23 | At the other end of the scale , however , our machines have picked up a host of animal noises at frequencies above the range of our ears , called ultrasound . |
| 24 | He added : ‘ He vehemently opposes active regional policies , he has wound up a lot of the government 's aid to the North and during his term as Industry Secretary he has done nothing to create new technology and skills or back new firms and enterprise in Hartlepool . ’ |
| 25 | Thus , while it is possible to identify liberal catholicism in Ireland from the late nineteenth century to the present , and though there has grown up a climate of liberal dissent and criticism of conservative catholicism , it is still possible to assert the prominence of conservative catholicism , particularly in its alliance with nationalism . |
| 26 | Over the centuries carving has built up a range of chisels and gouges , the names of which are as esoteric as the craft itself |
| 27 | In the intervening months the Labour Party has built up a range of policies for education , science and industry which will help Britain build the strong , competitive economy it so desperately needs . |
| 28 | Pittencrieff , which has built up a stake of 19.1 per cent in Aberdeen , has made its offer conditional on Aberdeen 's bid for Brabant failing . |
| 29 | ‘ The Millar ’ are to be seen regularly at numerous parades and have built up a reputation of excellent musical ability , together with superb marching talent . |
| 30 | He has therefore built up a heap of images which express something about a place and its people but also includes his own relationship to the world — what he likes , thinks and feels . |