Example sentences of "they [verb] [verb] up [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of them has taken up residence in a hut in Roche 's garden . |
| 2 | They were so intent on watching every car that they failed to pick up Moran 's until it was turning slowly in the gate under the yew tree . |
| 3 | Oh , do n't really know , they tend to go up sort of two |
| 4 | Yes , of course — how silly of me , they 'd gone up market now , and it was funeral directors ' suppliers I needed . |
| 5 | I think you had a little bit of a soft spot for Poole did n't you , and you 'd have quite liked to have gone there and a little bit perhaps disappointed when you heard that they 'd picked up Marvin Cox ? |
| 6 | Well not disappointed that they 'd picked up Marvin Cox because obviously they 're going to need a very strong side if they 're going to win anything so erm you know , with guys like Marvin around , then it 's got to be a good idea , you know , they 've obviously made a big jump there to grab someone they think 's going to make a difference . |
| 7 | When they began to dig up waste land on St George 's Hill in Surrey , they were driven off by local farmers , who almost certainly included small peasants angered at the usurpation of their common rights . |
| 8 | Millwall v Arsenal Arsenal still have to find their form of a year ago but they continue to pick up points at regular intervals , and with Marwood fit and Groves recovered from a virus they should have the resources to beat a Millwall side again lacking Briley and looking for their first League win since September 23 . |
| 9 | They started ringing up London recruitment agencies , such as Cambridge Appointments , asking if there were any sharedealing jobs around . |
| 10 | A chasm has undoubtedly developed , but the sporadic re-emergency of the blasted simulators — they keep crawling up time and time again with bedraggled , sanguine hollers of intent - and the beady eyes cast by all manner of unlikely contenders on pop 's centre stage ( ‘ We see no reason why this band should n't be huge ’ ) — suggests that our new proposition of an overground and underground sticks in the craw . |
| 11 | Despite their chefs ' and St Trinians outfits , they managed to clamber up poles and leap over jumps in relay and raise more than £400 for charity . |
| 12 | Macdonald 's survey of 1904 claimed that in Edinburgh women were involved in " every process except making up and carrying type " , suggesting that they did lock up formes and do corrections |
| 13 | They may be worth considering if you live in a high-rise flat , or have infrequent refuse collection , but they do take up space . |
| 14 | If they start locking up players for vagrants , then clearly the country lays no store by its Mysteries . |
| 15 | When next they start going up month by month , will the headlines trumpet , Good news for home owners ? |
| 16 | Datapro Canada , Unican and UniForum Canada are holding the Fourth Annual Executive Symposium on Open Systems & Client/Server Computing at the Sheraton Centre in Toronto April 6 to 8 : they 've rounded up people like Doug Michels of Santa Cruz Operation Inc , Roel Pieper of Unix System Laboratories Inc , John Paul of Compaq Computer Corp , Jon Gossels of the Open Software Foundation , Bill O'Shea of NCR Corp , Heinz Lycklama of Open Systems Technology Associates and George Shaffner of X/Open Co Ltd to speak . |
| 17 | But they 've made up stories about Ships coming from other worlds . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ They 've given up boiler suits , ’ said Constance , ‘ some time ago — except for the pregnant ones , and that 's a mistake if you like . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Since her arrest , they 've trumped up charges against her , and she 's been deported to Beirut . ’ |
| 20 | They 've set up camp , saying the impounded vehicles were their homes and they now have nowhere to live . |
| 21 | They 've set up nest boxes so its easier to check the population regularly . |
| 22 | The government 's listening centre at Cheltenham hit the headlines in 1984 , when staff were told they had to give up union membership . |
| 23 | They had chased the car at speeds of up to 90mph but lost it , and they had picked up Mr Beaton near Windyedge Farm , between Perth and Stirling . |
| 24 | Val left him for the first time since they had set up house , and went briefly ‘ home ’ . |
| 25 | He had even established a system for sending money home to their families once they had set up house in this country . |
| 26 | Ben was standing several paces from his father , looking back up the grassy slope to where they had set up arc lamps all around the cottage . |
| 27 | Every moment of their spare time had been spent cleaning and painting , and , with the help of Helen 's handyman , they had put up shelves and partitions , and the gleaming , spotless rooms did credit to their hard work . |
| 28 | Instead , they had taken up position in one of the shops opposite where they were concealed by heavy wooden boarding and from where they could see directly into Mordecai 's shop . |
| 29 | In several respects , though , the fate of Black Fury had confirmed basic Warner Bros notions and they continued to pick up ideas for movies from the daily papers , they went on believing that social melodrama could be profitable , and they had been given further evidence that Muni could win acclaim by projecting himself as a hard-done-by but eventually triumphant saint . |
| 30 | The men were shot as they waited to pick up fares at a Castle Street taxi rank . |