Example sentences of "[vb pp] up [adj] [noun sg] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did n't know what crows ate , so picked up some cabbage leaves and a lump of congealed moussaka from a dish in the Corporal 's kitchen . |
| 2 | round the sides where they 've got the drunks tucked up old steel rails all around |
| 3 | In France Jean-Paul Kauffman 's colleagues were paying a percentage of their salaries towards the campaign , and several colleagues at WTN had set up regular standing orders into our bank account . |
| 4 | All the emergency services … and gas and electricity workers … have set up real life situations that youngsters may face . |
| 5 | United Distillers has set up two distribution networks in South East Asia through joint venture companies : one with Moët Hennessy , called Riche Monde , and the other with Moët Hennessy and Inchcape , called Caldbecks . |
| 6 | Meanwhile , Menter Bro Ddyfi has set up new computer courses at the school , which commence next week . |
| 7 | Ray has also set up High Rise Aquatics to market plants and accessories . |
| 8 | A company has set up fair value provisions for the reorganisation costs of a subsidiary it acquired last year . |
| 9 | To give you an idea of how widespread the problem is the Trading Standards Department in Nottinghamshire er has set up three advice centres to help consumers with information and advice when you have problems like that . |
| 10 | Some councils have also set up local enterprise boards ( many of which are now organized on a regional basis ) which operate at an arms-length from the councils and are separate legal entities with a commitment to working with financial and commercial agencies to encourage local investment . |
| 11 | During the liberation struggle , the two liberation movements , the Zimbabwe African Peoples ' Union ( ZAPU ) and the Zimbabwe African National Union ( ZANU ) , had set up some education programmes for fighters and for refugees . |
| 12 | One night we had sat up late while Mum and Dad were at The Golden Cup and had cut up old Christmas decorations into tiny squares and diamonds and then hidden them in envelopes . |
| 13 | Meanwhile , Xhibition has rounded up three keynote speakers : DEC 's vice-president of research Sam Fuller will speak on ‘ Unix and Microsoft Windows NT , Friends or Foes ? ; ’ |
| 14 | The new boys at this level , London Irish and Rugby , both put up fierce debut challenges before narrowly losing to Bath and Gloucester respectively . |
| 15 | Christians had been compelled to give up meetings for corporate worship , but still kept up small prayer meetings in houses . |
| 16 | There can be few players in history who have clocked up 400 league games at the age of 25 . |
| 17 | As the course year drew to a close , management development courses have clocked up 477 trainee days . |