Example sentences of "[vb pp] up [art] [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 | If we examine their structure , we shall perceive the way in which the wishful purpose that is at work has mixed up the material of which they are built , has rearranged it and formed it into a new whole . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | This linguistic strategy would not work if the term Americans automatically conjured up a picture of women . |
| 6 | One woman had looked up the meaning of manipulate in the Oxford English Dictionary . |
| 7 | ‘ In any case , I have looked up the time of your flight . |
| 8 | 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 . ’ |
| 9 | I 'm a dealer and I 've picked up a couple of pieces which I can probably place with clients |
| 10 | United and today 's opponents Arsenal have both been under the disciplinary spotlight , having picked up a stack of yellow cards between them . |
| 11 | Both Arsenal and United have picked up a stack of yellow cards . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | I had picked up a bit of surgery from him , of course , so here I am . |
| 14 | I had picked up a box of letters and was glancing at them , when Frankenstein returned from above and caught me . |
| 15 | I THINK I 'VE PICKED UP A BUG OF SOME SORT . |
| 16 | ‘ 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 . |
| 17 | He had picked up a group of experienced hunter-killers from the Phoenix NoGo , and turned them loose on the remaining sandrats . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Jay had picked up a pattern of sleeplessness over the last five months . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | And has anyone picked up a copy of The new Square Ball ? |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | A final vote showed Tory support remained solid while the LibDems had picked up a handful of votes at Labour 's expense . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Poshekhonov said that he had found the way to laugh , he had picked up the spear of ridicule . |
| 28 | Timber which has been properly kiln-seasoned ( which needs expensive kilns and close supervision ) is in no way worse than ‘ naturally ’ seasoned timber and indeed is rather less likely to have picked up the infections of rot during the seasoning process . |
| 29 | Martin Birchall has picked up the Photographer of the Year award for the second time . |
| 30 | A. Apling ( Department of the Environment ) immediately picked up the relevance of this statement to government attitudes in his discussion of Policy implications of atmospheric chemical change . |