Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [verb] up [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | S J Paliwoda ( International Marketing ) draws attention to the need to evaluate political risk in a country before taking a decision to set up operations within that country . |
| 2 | She put an end to the nuns ’ little treats and tricks , whilst at the same time allowing a whore to take up residence there . |
| 3 | So far as the former are concerned , the Act ( as does the Financial Services Act ) assumes that public issues of debentures will be undertaken by the same methods as issues of shares and it provides that a contract to take up debentures , like one to take up shares , may be enforced by an order for specific performance . |
| 4 | In the silence we hear a cow tearing up grass by the roots and chewing . |
| 5 | Flick of a switch opens up Europe |
| 6 | The European Community ( EC ) has agreed on a programme to clean up sewage which pollutes rivers and beaches , poisons fish and renders water unfit to drink . |
| 7 | It made no sound , and even seemed to absorb the sounds around it , like a sponge soaking up water . |
| 8 | They knew that palladium soaks up deuterium ( a form of hydrogen found in heavy water ) like a sponge soaks up water , an electrical current from a battery forcing the deuterium atoms out from a solution of heavy water and into the spaces between the palladium atoms . |
| 9 | we rehearsed it and we rehearsed it and I mean I did n't mind they were paying the bill for and I literally with a college took up residence for several days before it in a local hotel and we went through it in every fine detail |
| 10 | Aunt Margaret was bird-like herself , in her hither-and-thither movements and a certain gesture she had of nodding her head like a sparrow picking up crumbs . |
| 11 | Allegations of treason were made concerning the loss of lands in France , a matter which may have particularly concerned the Kentishmen , whose vulnerability to raids was obvious , and who may well have been alarmed by the issue of a commission of array , and a command to set up warning beacons , on 14 April . |
| 12 | For every evening wasted in the contemplation of Tubular Bells we spent no more than the time it takes to finish a vodka-and-lime soaking up Sugar Baby Love by the Rubettes . |
| 13 | Among the ideas under consideration are : — changes to bus lanes in a bid to speed up services ; — giving buses priority at traffic lights ; — contraflow bus lanes allowing public transport to travel against the main flow of traffic in a one way street ; — measures to protect bus stops from careless motorists who park illegally . |
| 14 | British Coal Enterprise Ltd has recently set up a Fast Track Loans Scheme to provide almost ‘ instant loans ’ for small businesses in a bid to speed up job creation in pit closure areas . |
| 15 | AN MP has called for immediate action to stop finance companies using ‘ blatant political scare tactics ’ in a bid to drum up business . |
| 16 | For Humphrey , aesthetic structuring arises from the urge to group and classify information as well as from a capacity to pick up similarities and associations that generate a sense of rhythm and rhyme . |
| 17 | This is when the bream are feeding very confidently , usually on maggots which they are picking up directly from the bottom , much as a chicken picks up corn one grain after another without having to move too far to do it . |
| 18 | They will offer package programmes at minimal cost , in the hope of recovering their outlay and , most importantly , providing an inducement for a sponsor to put up £6 million for world-wide exposure . |
| 19 | A PLAN to draw up registers of land which may be polluted has been abandoned by the Scottish Secretary , Ian Lang , writes Auslan Cramb . |
| 20 | A plan to clean up Florida 's endangered Everglades has been agreed between sugar growers and government officials , following a five-year legal battle . |
| 21 | A PLOT to blow up Britain 's tallest tower was foiled last night when suspicious security guards caught terrorists dumping a van loaded with explosives . |
| 22 | A boy picks up souvenirs from a wrecked car in Florida |
| 23 | As mayor , he launched a campaign to clean up Athens , and was often to be seen — much to the irritation of the government — riding refuse lorries through the city in the early morning . |
| 24 | write to him as well disgusting , as if you do n't , you do n't need that sort of aggravation from a teacher stirring up trouble like that making the kids making him a laughing stock , he does not need that , its just not on is it ? , and as he says I 'm sure she does it on purpose . |
| 25 | FitzAlan and de Villiers were glaring at each other across her , but as she made a move to sit up Isabel saw the scowl fade from Simon 's face and he reached down a hand to steady her . |
| 26 | They only become annoying , meaningless rituals if they are too rigid or obsessive — when a routine tidying up session turns into a ‘ you must always put away all your toys and clothes before you get into bed ’ command , no matter what the unusual circumstances may be that night . |
| 27 | He and Ollie and Mac made a good team , playing at various Underground stations all that autumn and winter until Mac left because he had found a place to live up north and they took Peter on . |
| 28 | For example , a plain jacket built on the Scandinavian shape , basically a tube split up centre front , with a slit at each upper side edge for straight cast off edge sleeves , could have woven strip front fastenings . |
| 29 | This guy has a business picking up fossils and selling them ? |
| 30 | Mr. Croucher said there was a need to build up funds for premises , which towns such as Alton already had . |