Example sentences of "[vb -s] up [pos pn] [det] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The meanness of his voice makes it particularly appropriate to his audience , because Bauthumley holds up his own discourse as a model for the voices of those who are normally rendered silent :
2 LANOPTICS OF ISRAEL SETS UP ITS OWN UK SUBSIDIARY , TARGETS TOKEN RING MARKET
3 LIFESPAN takes the form of a set of communicating processes — in particular each online user has a personal copy of the user interface process which sets up its own communication with the main LIFESPAN process .
4 In this novel , he argues , the particular pattern of frequencies sets up its own expectancies , and the consequence is that we can generalize beyond the text , and judge whether a particular non-occurring sentence would be appropriate to its " language " or not .
5 When the Institute sets up its own Secretariat on 1 October 1992 , its new Director General will be Peter Rowe .
6 There she sets up her own fashion business , ‘ Finn 's Business ’ , and plans a show in the Europa Hotel to launch her new collection .
7 He enters the community of Christians with his demands , sets up his own law , and judges the brethren and God himself accordingly .
8 After accidentally bringing about the death of his wife and child , he sets up his own suicide .
9 And when I come to stay , that darling girl Riva — the one you met last week — always gives up her own bed and sleeps on a sofa in her father 's study … ’
10 She even makes up her own songs , ’ Yasmin says .
11 The reader apparently makes up his/her own mind about the character , or will be disposed to share the judgements of the narrator , without the guidance of intrusive narrative commentary .
12 He makes up his own mind , and he is his own man .
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