Example sentences of "[to-vb] up [art] [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So it is n't a bad idea at this stage of the season for us to conjure up a few exercises to test receding intellectual fibre . |
| 2 | She leaned closer and reached out , to pick up a few strands of dark hair . |
| 3 | I sympathized and threw in a few choice obscenities and ‘ hanging 's too good for ‘ ems ’ but made a note to pick up a few watches next time I was down the Brick Lane midnight market . |
| 4 | SMALL investors could use any spare cash to pick up a few holdings in carefully chosen smaller companies . |
| 5 | ‘ I do n't think that professionalism as such should have a place within the playing side of the Association , ’ states the Dungiven clubman , ‘ We play for pure enjoyment and recreation and if along the way we manage to pick up a few honours , then that 's great . |
| 6 | ‘ Scurrying round to pick up the few crumbs that fall from the table ? ’ |
| 7 | With the change in wording necessitated by the inclusion of ‘ disorderly , ’ this is in virtually identical terms to the provision in relation to section 4 , and would therefore seem to open up the same possibilities for argument that that section does through section 6(3) . |
| 8 | Surely it could not take this long to gather up a few baskets of food ? |
| 9 | The Prince 's Youth Business Trust , which gives grants and loans to disadvantaged young people hoping to start their own businesses , is looking for volunteer business advisers prepared to give up a few hours a month to help the youngsters get their projects off the ground . |
| 10 | The Down 's Syndrome Association desperately need volunteers to give up a few hours before or after work on Thursday June 24 to help them collect donations at mainline stations . |
| 11 | With a line of retreat set up , Carson went back down the stairs and got ready to stir up a few wasps . |
| 12 | Or go back to HQ , and try to think up a few lines of enquiry for the staff there to pursue — men and women looking progressively more unwashed and unkempt and incompetent as the small hours of the morning gradually wore on . |
| 13 | Together , by getting their fingers in the rat-holes , they managed to tug up a few feet of rotten chestnut boarding , tindery at the edges . |
| 14 | They walked in silence for a short distance before he asked casually , ‘ You 're not gripped by a mad urge to rip up a few ferns ? ’ |
| 15 | And I did so want to dig up a few artichokes this evening . |