Example sentences of "try [verb] up a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Barney , he had these two sons — tried to set up a song and dance act . |
| 2 | Marcos , it is said , tried to set up a foundation last year to launder - sorry , deposit — the funds to benefit Filipinos , minus a 10 per cent cut for his greedy relatives and 10 per cent for the Vatican . |
| 3 | Norman Dale , 50 , was struck down as he tried to pick up a cup of tea . |
| 4 | It bit me and scratched me , and tried to escape up a curtain , which perhaps explains why I prefer Koi any day . |
| 5 | We tried to fix up a time to talk about the Willis Phazer board . |
| 6 | I tried to tidy up a bit when I first came to work here , but I soon found out I was wasting my time . |
| 7 | Mr Bishop , who has plastic joints in his hips , knees and spine , is an ex-boxer and tried to put up a struggle , but they were too strong for him . |
| 8 | The crash mayhem occurred after an incident at about 11am yesterday in which a man in his 20s allegedly tried to hold up a post office in Thelwall , Warrington . |
| 9 | The crash mayhem occurred following an incident at about 11am yesterday in which a man in his 20s allegedly tried to hold up a post office in Thelwall , Warrington . |
| 10 | A WOMAN passer-by who tried to break up a fight outside a Chinese take-away restaurant was punched in the face , Brain-tree magistrates heard yesterday . |
| 11 | The police were attacked as they tried to break up a crowd of about 10,000 people gathered in a field at Sidlow Bridge , near Reigate , Surrey . |
| 12 | I tried to crush up a salt tablet in a cup and dissolve it in the water but she moaned when I held the cup to her lips and tried to turn her head away . |
| 13 | For Jackie I 'll try to pick up a paperback book . |
| 14 | The Council may also try to draw up a science policy for Europe , if it is serious about this it will have to soil its hands a little more with the sharp end of applied research . |
| 15 | The object was to prevent takeover by a rival paper , or even by a consortium of people opposed to NoS and its politics which might try to build up a majority shareholding . |
| 16 | You should try to build up a network of people you trust , based on your professional support team who know the patient 's case in detail . |
| 17 | Try to rig up a line through there and down the side of the pod . |
| 18 | So of course you rifle the fridge and the larder for signs of malpractice , and even though you 're a wholemeal bread fan ( do you make a fuss over it at hotels in the morning ? ) and you try to keep up a regime of healthy , dull , fresh fruit eating , the evidence is all there : tinned baked beans ; deep frozen specialist pork sausages ; stilton . |
| 19 | As you do so , try to build up a system of classification , explaining your basis for making distinctions . |
| 20 | Try to build up a rapport with the judge . |
| 21 | ‘ I try to build up a rapport with the callers and being able to speak a little French helps , ’ she said . |
| 22 | I want you every moment of the day and night and every time I try to fold up a map . |
| 23 | Windsor has already tried to set up a team of his own in F1 and knows the problems involved , not least of which is the mega money needed to gain a foothold , never mind putting together the technical talent needed to build his own car . |
| 24 | ‘ It 'll not be the first man I 've seen after he 's tried to fill up a car with a lighted cigarette in his mouth — nor the last . |
| 25 | I have tried to build up a repertoire that incorporates only pieces I can live with throughout an entire lifetime . |
| 26 | There is no reason , however , to suppose that Isabella had deliberately tried to build up a party amongst the bishops . |
| 27 | So one tries to build up a kind of agenda of all the things that different people involved think might be important , before one tries to produce a plan as to how one 's going to , to work . |
| 28 | So one tries to build up a kind of agenda of all the things that different people involved think might be important before one tries to produce a plan as to how one 's going to work , and even then there may be a chance for you actually to discuss the plan with various people as well . |
| 29 | This time , gently stretch upwards for 10 counts , trying to pull up a bit further with each count . |
| 30 | so it 's a bit trying to set up a system |