Example sentences of "[to-vb] up [art] [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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1 | In southern India The Body Shop has provided the means to set up a boys ' town for destitute youngsters . |
2 | Although the Empress submitted momentarily , divisions within the nobility enabled her to tear up the councillors ' terms . |
3 | G M B pensioners were represented on the first delegation to visit the E E C in Brussels , in an effort to secure parity with the pensions in other European countries , and we also took part in the pensioners parliament in Luxembourg last year , to help to draw up a Pensioners ' Charter for Europe . |
4 | Bob Groves insisted there ought to be a public inquiry into the proposal , and called on Chelmsford Tory MP Simon Burns to take up the residents ' cause : they were less than happy with the MP 's response to date . |
5 | Now the editors have picked out some plums to make up a poets ' special - from Eliot and Auden , through Allen Ginsberg ( 'I think it was about the same time that I was having these Blake visions ' ) to John Ashbery and the delightful Elizabeth Bishop . |
6 | The summer term , following the practice was then used to follow up the students ' own interests ; to deal with examinations ( both school and public ) and advanced level work . |