Example sentences of "[vb -s] [verb] up [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Darren Pearce 's Sapphire 1.8 LX has racked up a remarkable 112,000 miles in four years without missing a beat — and without regular servicing |
| 2 | Rita has given up the daily struggle to clear the family 's only dining table of the piles of skirts to be hemmed , the cottons , machine , and bags . |
| 3 | A woman who found £40 on a bank floor has won a three-year battle to have it donated to a baby unit — and the bank has stumped up an extra £10 . |
| 4 | Meanwhile , Tadpole has picked up a second firm , Isometrics , to peddle the Sparcbook to the US government , and says a second strategy to make it easier for US government bodies to buy its technology will be revealed in a couple of weeks ( UX No 381 ) . |
| 5 | Tadpole US has picked up a new president , Kenneth Cannizzaro , previously the firm 's director of business development : he 's responsible for operations and market expansion in the Americas and the Pacific Rim . |
| 6 | The BBC has picked up a similar trend . |
| 7 | Michael Roberts has picked up a two-week ban in South Africa for the second time this winter . |
| 8 | Keith Campbell , from north Belfast , has picked up a top award from computer firm Digital after coming first in the BTEC National Diploma in a computer studies course at Belfast Institute School of Informatics . |
| 9 | The reigning European Barefoot Champion has picked up the British Waterski Federation 's highest award for her outstanding achievments . |
| 10 | The trouble is that someone has torn up the only copy of the poem that there is . |
| 11 | British Telecom wants to set up a global framework which can offer a complete telecommunications service package to multinationals by reselling spare capacity on the international private line circuits of other US carriers . |
| 12 | He publicly endorsed the death sentence on Salman Rushdie — an act which oddly failed to get him charged with the crime of incitement to murder — and wants to set up a Muslim parliament . |
| 13 | It wants to set up a local-government commission to review the structure of local government across England . |
| 14 | Wickes Developments wants to set up a 31,000 square foot superstore at Lustrum Avenue , Portrack , but the council turned down the plan saying it would take trade away from the town centre , and create traffic problems . |
| 15 | The WWF and the University of Joensuu wants to set up a dozen seal reservations in the area , organising volunteers to hand-feed seals with protein-rich food to ensure that they reach breeding age . |
| 16 | Since appearing on a BBC Christmas programme from Pebble Mill in 1981 Fine Arts Brass has built up a long and varied list of TV and radio credits , including its own series of light entertainment shows on BBC Radio 4 , now in its third series . |
| 17 | But since Rayful 's father started him off in the business with a packet of cocaine from New York , prosecutors allege that Mr Edmond has built up a vast business concern , generating sales of up to $2m ( £1.25m ) a week . |
| 18 | The questionnaire has built up a socio-economic background to the financial and physical environment that family and part-time farmers have to live in . |
| 19 | Mr Bates has built up a 29.65 per cent stake in Cabra through a Virgin Islands-based company , Vanbrugh , but a full-scale bid looks unlikely . |
| 20 | He has built up a strong , ecumenical team of Christians and Hindus which is unusual for a centre of this kind . |
| 21 | The general issue of reconciling with his academic interests the feeling of social commitment to an underprivileged group with whom the researcher has built up a strong feeling of empathy is discussed by Labov ( 1982b ) ; this discussion forms a preliminary to his account of the use made of linguistic evidence by the defendants in the famous Black English Trial in Michigan . |
| 22 | We did discover , however , that one called Mait — his officially registered name is Gilles Lemaitre — has built up a small but powerful network of his own , and that they have performed many cochon gris ceremonies . ’ |
| 23 | Over the years , Michael has built up a wide circle of customers and friends worldwide , who visit whenever in London . |
| 24 | It has built up a solid reputation amongst user education practitioners in the USA and is now the undisputed national clearinghouse for that country . |
| 25 | The gallery has built up a well-balanced programme of work offering an annual arrangement of exhibitions clearly influenced by a strong equal opportunities policy . |
| 26 | Nomad has built up a loyal customer base , owing in part , say the Curries , to its ‘ bright airy atmosphere ’ and to the level of personal service provided . |
| 27 | Three Choirs has built up a good reputation and has proved popular with wine buyers . |
| 28 | During his search for parts he has built up a colossal spares stock , but as the type has been used by so many air forces around the world and is still in service in places , components are not difficult to obtain — although they can be pricey . |
| 29 | Carol , a jeweller for more than 25 years , has built up a steady following for her original designs in the six years since she moved out of London and started her own business . |
| 30 | This small but impressive gallery has been a launch pad for many artists over the years and has built up a steady , progressive reputation under the new directorship of Tim Eastop . |