Example sentences of "[to-vb] up a [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And to pick up a deposit cheque . |
| 2 | For Jackie I 'll try to pick up a paperback book . |
| 3 | He walked over to the neatly stacked rods and selected one , then bent to pick up a wicker fishing box from a corner of the room . |
| 4 | She leaned forward to pick up a cigarette box . |
| 5 | Her life-long friend , Catherine Quinn , 23 , escaped serious injury because she had bent down to pick up a 20p piece , and she was flung over hand railings . |
| 6 | Is that not sort of I mean , I was n't aware that anybody was n't supposed to pick up a fire appliance or not . |
| 7 | He threw the orange to one of the theatre-goers , then stooped to pick up a glass jug , keeping the book and the saucepan going . |
| 8 | You ca n't contact the ‘ Bears ’ direct on that rig but they might just be able to pick up an emergency signal . |
| 9 | After a few months he had borrowed enough money to set up a drug store in Sydney . |
| 10 | Simple commands have been used to set up a recording system , add data to it , change its structure and produce reports . |
| 11 | ICI has said that all halon production will cease by 1995 , and supports government intervention through regulation and financial incentives to set up a halon bank linked to an international regulatory system . |
| 12 | We 're going to set up a safari park in the back garden and cream teans on the lawn |
| 13 | By lining a perforated box with filter matting , covering with a layer of gravel , and filling with planting media and bog plants it 's possible to set up a vegetable filter over the back of a tank . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'm hoping to set up a river watch for the Skerne with one of the schools to monitor the wildlife and pollution , ’ said Mr Dods . |
| 15 | It had not originally been intended to carry on the research after that date , but it was so successful that finding was obtained to set up a panel study . |
| 16 | To set up a Publicity Sub Group to support the Steering Group . |
| 17 | The move follows the announcement in July by the International Stock Exchange that it intended to set up a clearing house to handle existing and projected settlement services in London . |
| 18 | The position of the Socialist Unity Party — Party of Democratic Socialism ( SED-PDS — since December the new name of the communist Socialist Unity Party or SED — see pp. 37107-09 ) had been badly damaged over its controversial attempt to set up a successor organization to the hated State Security police or " Stasi " . |
| 19 | You would need to set up a system drill . |
| 20 | Could you please give me some advice on how to set up a Mbuna community ? |
| 21 | The Foreign Ministers of member states of the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe ( CSCE ) , meeting in Helsinki in March [ see p. 38841 ] , agreed to set up a peace conference in Minsk comprising 10 CSCE members ( Armenia , Azerbaijan , Czechoslovakia , France , Germany , Italy , Russia , Sweden , Turkey and USA ) and with the participation of a delegation from Nagorny Karabakh . |
| 22 | The agreement to set up a peace conference followed a meeting of senior CSCE officials in Prague on Feb. 28 , which proposed a peace plan recognizing that Nagorny Karabakh belonged to Azerbaijan but proposing that it should be allowed self-determination . |
| 23 | For any effective right of tax-diversion would require legislation to set up a Peace Tax Fund ; to prescribe the uses to which tax resources diverted into the fund might be put ; and to authorise the Inland Revenue Commissioners to take into account a person 's conscientious beliefs in determining which account that person 's taxes should be paid into . |
| 24 | It called on ministers to set up a firearms control board which would vet all applicants before issuing a guns licence . |
| 25 | One of the first changes Laura made to Rhydoldog was to set up a telex room and offices at the end of the corridor on the ground floor . |
| 26 | So far David 's letters from a couple of children who understand his fascination but what he really wants is enough other fans to set up a collectors club for cone crazies . |
| 27 | Youth Club In the junior section there has been a steady attendance and it has been necessary to set up a waiting list . |
| 28 | Youth Club In the junior section there has been a steady attendance and it has been necessary to set up a waiting list . |
| 29 | Although law reform was at hand , the government found it politic in 1977 to set up a Home Office Committee on Obscenity , Indecency , Violence and Film Censorship under the Chairmanship of the Cambridge Professor of Philosophy , Bernard Williams . |
| 30 | I am therefore planning to set up a Council Tax enquiry line and a small team to deal with all enquiries . |