Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun pl] [to-vb] up a " in BNC.
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| 1 | If it was planned and wanted , it would be rated differently to the unplanned birth to an older woman which dashed her plans to take up a job which would enable the family to move to a more satisfactory house . |
| 2 | She was a war widow and worked round the clock in her efforts to bring up a young family by herself . |
| 3 | FUNDRAISERS have issued a cry for help in their efforts to set up a hospice in Darlington . |
| 4 | She knew that she could put economic pressure on her neighbours to build up a bloc of states aligned to herself . |
| 5 | Regardless of what the manufacturers of integrated software may tell us it can still be a time consuming process to off-load the document from the wordprocessor and pull in the data base and its files to look up a simple telephone number . |
| 6 | The information obtained will enable the offeror and its advisers to build up a public profile of the target . |
| 7 | A typical occasion was when Thornton used his contacts to set up a meeting between the paper and the trade-union-sponsored Unity Bank to borrow £10,000 to keep things going for now , and to test the water for the millions of pounds that would be needed in the future . |
| 8 | So far , his efforts to set up a maintenance fund for Bemersyde have met with limited success . |
| 9 | When he heard of his army 's defeat he proclaimed a huge mushroom feast and ordered his shamans to brew up a fresh batch of Mad Cap fungus liquor for the Fanatics . |
| 10 | As you know , Derek Jefferson is one of the sponsors of this week 's tournament and one of his ploys to drum up a bit more publicity is to arrange a tour of his factory . |