Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [verb] up [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus , the decision by the county at the end of the following season not to re-engage him and Garner came as an enormous surprise and caused a furore ; from the emotional angle it was poor reward for years of devoted service , but rationally , since the opportunity to sign up Martin Crowe of New Zealand , who promised so much , had either to be taken or lost , it was a sensible move . |
| 2 | So we made the decision to go up Beinn Damh , not a Munro , but nevertheless a divine mountain of 902 metres situated conveniently behind the cottage . |
| 3 | It 's likely that the decision to blow up Pan Am Flight 103 was made in Tehran , in revenge for the downing of an Iranian Airbus over the Persian Gulf by the USS Vincennes in 1988 , killing 290 civilians . |
| 4 | As the interview winds up Bruce Foxton is complaining bitterly about yer' man 's Nigel Mansell impersonation going over Vauxhall Bridge . |
| 5 | then off to the cafe to pick up Fairbrother |
| 6 | As the bomber hung up Eileen had already reached for another phone to warn the police . |
| 7 | The mob smashed up Ms Wilson 's first-floor home before leaving , after what police described as a ‘ particularly brutal ’ murder . |
| 8 | Earle caught the eye setting up John Fashanu 's opener then he punished a poor punch by Bruce Grobbelaar with a superbly-judged 25-yard lob . |
| 9 | And Clark delivered the killer punch with a run down the right to set up Gavin Peacock for his 12th goal of the season five minutes from time . |
| 10 | Laughing , he adds : ‘ I spent the evening chatting up Elizabeth and then asked Julie out . ’ |
| 11 | Their opening fixture was a home match against Potley Town and the club decided that this was the day to wake up Whaddon to its new go-ahead football team . |
| 12 | And when , after lunch , she came downstairs in her new outfit , bought from Selfridge 's last week with the money which J. D. O'Connor had paid her for her articles , and with her next two articles in her bag , ready to be handed in to the great man himself before she returned to the rectory to pick up Rose Bailey , whose time off did not begin until four-thirty , both Dr Neil and Matey thought that she looked enchanting . |
| 13 | It is misleading , therefore , of the Government to hold up Sweden as a model for its madcap rail privatisation plans . |
| 14 | As trains halted , the orchestra struck up Aaron Copland 's Fanfare For The Common Man much to the amusement and delight of curious passengers . |
| 15 | There was n't any problem with old Pinkie Blenkinsop , but when the matter came up Trueman refused to give a promise that we could all stay here until we were carried out feet first . |
| 16 | Resolution Trust Corp , the agency cleaning up America 's savings and loan mess , is to sell 215 more S&Ls , with assets totalling $38 billion , by September 30th . |
| 17 | EastEnders : Misery all the way Lighten up Brookside , Coronation Street and Eldorado ! |
| 18 | The jerk of the rubber punched up Trent 's arm and into the right side of his chest . |
| 19 | Along the way she found the time to set up Ranzau , and in March this year the couple ploughed their capital into beefing it up . |