Example sentences of "[to-vb] up the [n mass] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The sales conference , held just before the all-important Christmas run-up began , was meant to psych up the sales force for the new line . |
| 2 | Barnet players have not been paid by the club for the past three weeks and , although the Professional Footballers ’ Association have moved in to pick up the £30,000 tab , £80,000 in promotion bonuses remains unpaid . |
| 3 | The Commission aims to open up the £60billion telecoms industry as part of the 1992 single European market . |
| 4 | The move to set up the staff commission comes after local authorities asked that a body be set up to protect the interests of employees . |
| 5 | On arrival Rick and I walked around the lake and chose two likely looking swims towards the bottom end near the dam where we proceeded to set up the carp rods . |
| 6 | He had deserved all he got — was that what ministers and teachers were paid for ? to draw up the militia lists and condemn the young men to the barracks and the camps , to swamp fever in the Indies and their legs and arms blown off ? |
| 7 | To tidy up the l.e.d. holes , use panel bushes which fit into the 6mm ( ¼″ ) holes already drilled and the l.e.d.s themselves then snap into these . |
| 8 | No matter what we did we caught carp but still we found that 17lb was about the ceiling and with the bait situation looking very low and the prospect of the homeward journey the following morning we both decided to pack up the carp rods and fish all out for the cats . |