Example sentences of "'ve [verb] up a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There 's the odd exception where I 've picked up a brand new one and it 's worked right away . |
| 2 | You see , we 've picked up a thief who had a cape he admits to stealing . |
| 3 | I 'm a dealer and I 've picked up a couple of pieces which I can probably place with clients |
| 4 | ‘ I 've picked up a bit , ’ Emily said , ‘ but the law takes a kind of mind . |
| 5 | I THINK I 'VE PICKED UP A BUG OF SOME SORT . |
| 6 | ‘ We 've picked up a distress signal . |
| 7 | You 've picked up a book — you might even have bought it — that you thought was about cancer , but all you 're getting is an incoherent autobiography about an unknown . |
| 8 | No well er I , I expect you 've caught up a bit now have n't you ? |
| 9 | When you 've saved up a card , I do n't know how many there are in it you got a pound worth of gifts at |
| 10 | Whenever the Fedpol think they 've built up a case on one world or another , they find platoons of sharp lawyers appearing , kilocreds are spent , evidence vanishes , witnesses have strange accidents … |
| 11 | And er over the years we 've built up a reputation I know is is a genuine one say that because I know that you 're going to appreciate this course and I use the term very very particularly you will enjoy it . |
| 12 | Since then , in the last seven years , we 've built up a market of 50,000 tonnes of it at good prices , under the name ‘ Andricite ’ — from anhydride and JCI . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I 've built up a dossier on his drug and arms deals over the past few years . |
| 14 | He smiles : ‘ I 've grown up a lot and I 'm now enjoying important fights that used to fill me with nerves . |
| 15 | ‘ I 've grown up a lot in the last two years , ’ she said quietly and I silently agreed with her . |
| 16 | ‘ When I 've made up a lie I can believe in , ’ came the reply . |
| 17 | We 've cleaned up a lot of parts of our city . |
| 18 | We 've , we 've soaked up a lot of pressure without having too many goal attempts at us , and then we 've broke away and scored two goals ; the plan 's worked a treat and I was due to do something right . |
| 19 | With no game this weekend the Manor Ground was closed for business … but the directors were working overtime in the boardroom … sorting through thirty applications for the manager 's job … they 've drawn up a shortlist … four men are being interviewed over the next couple of days … who are they … the club are keeping the names a secret … we reckon Chris Nicholl … the former Southampton manager is still in the running … so too is the former Sunderland and Bristol City chief Denis Smith … the fans favourite is Mark Lawrenson who was in charge of United for a short spell before he fell out with Maxwells and the fourth man … is a mystery … could be the dark horse the names of former England keeper Ray Clemence and one time Villa striker Peter Withe have been under discussion … all will be revealed later this week … |
| 20 | d' ya know it 's funny , on a Wednesday when I go , when they 've gone home and I 've tidied up a bit |
| 21 | But I 've packed up a bundle of bedding — towels — things like that for you to use in the meantime . ’ |
| 22 | She says they 've set up a field hospital with the latest equipment . |
| 23 | ‘ We 've set up a sub-group on child protection and invited schools to further training and seminars . |
| 24 | They 've cut the Health and Safety Secretary 's budget for this year , they 're looking to privatize many of the H S E's functions , they 've set up a review to identify health and safety legislation that is a so-called burden on employers . |
| 25 | They 've set up a fund to buy shares in Morland , to help resist a hostile takeover bid from a rival brewer . |
| 26 | Because we 've set up a deal with that school |
| 27 | They 've set up a pyramid hotline where a tip off is passed along the line . |
| 28 | ‘ Few clients can give us a breakdown but historically we 've burnt up a lot of fuel . |
| 29 | Er we 've run up a cost of two hundred and fifty quid getting . |
| 30 | so he goes oh what the hell and they shovel tea down him and erm he starts throwing up and , what happened is that when he , when he gets like cut down they ta take him back to the room and they put them in their boxer shorts just sitting there and they 've wired up a mouse trap to like their their |