Example sentences of "[vb -s] [to-vb] up [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Labour wants to set up a Parliament in Scotland , where public spending is 23 per cent . |
| 2 | ‘ I had hoped that I might be able to find you some accommodation around here , but apparently it 's the duty of your local council in London to rehouse you and nobody else wants to pick up the bill . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Someone always has to pick up the bill . ’ |
| 4 | What I , I intend to do is to , I think it would be unfortunate if , as the result of a major development which is actually funding this new junction , the County Council then has to pick up the bill for other ameliorating effects a little bit further on the network . |
| 5 | However , she just has to pick up the phone and a friendly voice at The Wool Shop is always there to help . |
| 6 | John Cleese wants to clean up the town — and he 's as good a sheriff as we 've got . |
| 7 | BETTY BOO and Boy George make a very Hattractive pair … even if one of them needs to cover up a lack of locks more than the other . |
| 8 | Congestive headache worse ( < ) stooping , lying down ; wants to wrap up the head . |
| 9 | The City loves to play up the fact that even the giant ogre , Deutsche Bank , came to London to buy its merchant banking arm , Morgan Grenfell . |
| 10 | Maybe she needs to grow up a bit more |
| 11 | If ivy starts to grow up the trunk of a tree with attractive bark , it may be worth removing the ivy , but only to preserve the appearance of the tree , not its state of health . |
| 12 | But then who wants to give up a bowling green ? |
| 13 | But who wants to give up a year or more to check someone else 's work ? |
| 14 | 2 ) I also met Diana England who teaches at IH in Lisbon and who wants to put up a proposal for a Resource Book on Spelling . |
| 15 | God , it 's simple to understand , a child could do it , but old Mike has to put up a resistance to everything . |
| 16 | If there is a public inquiry the council has to put up a site notice . |
| 17 | He has to weigh up the possibility of a conviction for something , as opposed to the accused walking free . |
| 18 | Once the budget is decided , the retailer needs to draw up a plan of how that money is to be spent . |
| 19 | So impressed was the forward-thinking Murray with the two games against Leeds that he wants to speed up the introduction of a British Cup . |
| 20 | The government wants to speed up the vetting of new materials in dentistry . |
| 21 | But the organisational side needs to move up a gear — or the RIAC may be looking towards Wexford for a replacement round for next year 's championship . |
| 22 | Despite all the contrary opinions expressed in the play , the underlying message was that it is the mother 's right to choose whether she wants to bring up a child who is mentally handicapped , and that other people simply do not understand how the mother feels . |
| 23 | It would require two million for the costs to be covered , so the Spanish government has to make up the shortfall . |
| 24 | ‘ The county council has to make up the remainder but it has already limited the amount it intends to spend . ’ |
| 25 | Someone starts to wind up the pace . |
| 26 | In sampling and inspecting water quality he is his own agent to decide where and when he goes to pick up a sample . |
| 27 | Following a critical report about screening , the Imperial Cancer Research Fund plans to tighten up the programme to catch victims earlier — saving up to 1,000 women a year . |
| 28 | Now Mr Robertson plans to set up a support group for Swindon people growing up with the problems of different cultures at home and outside . |
| 29 | The EPA also plans to speed up the selection of clean-up strategies and to standardise methods for eliminating toxic waste . |
| 30 | In Moonraker , beautiful specimens queue to join Sir Hugo Drax 's space stud farm , unconcerned that he plans to blow up the world . |