Example sentences of "[num ord] [noun sg] [verb] up [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the giant duo strode imperiously through the mud during the second half to set up Saints ' two match-clinching tries . |
| 2 | Now he has called on British Rail for a second time to step up safety and end the easy access to the East Coast main line . |
| 3 | Parental smoking was dichotomised ( regular or occasional smoker v non-smoker , former smoker or not known ) , and father 's occupation was categorised into four groups : manual , non-manual , unemployed , and not known ( this last category made up 21% ( 943 ) of the 4538 responses ) . |
| 4 | Then as soon as the last act goes up Bobby will ring for a doctor and say that Bunty 's had an accident . |
| 5 | ‘ In his last will and testament , the celebrated philosopher , author of Pythagorean Mysticism and the Ninfanian School , left his entire estate , the noble house at Punta del Giorno , the farms and their sheep folds in the hills at Crotone , Metaponto and Matera , the vineyards that fringe the banks of the Sauro gorge , to none other than himself , when he should return in his next incarnation to take up residence on his territories again . |
| 6 | I 'm kept up ‘ til early morning by the sound of people in the next room chopping up lines . |
| 7 | Meanwhile , Bristol police last night stepped up security plans for the match . |
| 8 | ARMED robbers last night held up security guards at Dundee 's head post office and got away with bags containing an unknown sum of money . |
| 9 | Being one of those select few companies that have been able to secure access to initial deliveries of Texas Instruments Inc 's SuperSparc RISC processor ( UX No 384 ) , it is understood that ICL last week totted up numbers required by its various departments and placed its order with TI for the part , which will feature in the DRS6000 workstation range from the fourth quarter . |
| 10 | By way of example , SunSoft last week picked up Burlington , Massachusetts-based Object Design Inc 's Persistent Storage Manager Engine , an object store technology which will run on top of Solaris . |
| 11 | Pressure from western governments , unwilling to contemplate another famine on their domestic television screens , forced the junta last year to loosen up control of farms and trade ; but too late . |
| 12 | IRAQ : Government troops last year stepped up ground and aerial attacks on the southern marshes of Iraq , where tens of thousands of government opponents and military deserters , mainly Shi'a Muslims , remain in hiding . |
| 13 | Jonathan Goodman believes that publishing should be a ‘ dynamic entrepreneurial business ’ , and last year set up Carlton Books to prove it . |
| 14 | When Congress last year held up legislation to give the EPA cabinet status , wanted by Mr Bush , some people saw the vengeful hand of Mr Darman at work . |
| 15 | They are the Brockman River 1990 Sauvignon Blanc and Cabernet Sauvignon and the 1991 Chardonnay , products of the Chittering Estate Winemaker Steve Scapera learned his art in California and last year built up exports to the American market to 41 million . |