Example sentences of "'ve [vb pp] up [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 've given up the cello for the moment , ’ said Finch . |
| 2 | He could take her away , I thought , he could just do that , he has such power to hurt me , this little furry creature who has n't even noticed that I 've given up the weed . |
| 3 | There 's the odd exception where I 've picked up a brand new one and it 's worked right away . |
| 4 | You see , we 've picked up a thief who had a cape he admits to stealing . |
| 5 | I 'm a dealer and I 've picked up a couple of pieces which I can probably place with clients |
| 6 | ‘ I 've picked up a bit , ’ Emily said , ‘ but the law takes a kind of mind . |
| 7 | I THINK I 'VE PICKED UP A BUG OF SOME SORT . |
| 8 | ‘ We 've picked up a distress signal . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Actually they 've picked up the pace Forest since the goal erm do n't this Leicester are playing anywhere near as well as they were at the time they scored . |
| 11 | I believe many people increasingly want their news when it is convenient for them — when they get in from work , when they 've picked up the children from school , when they take a break from their work , or finish a meeting , when they arrive in a hotel . |
| 12 | I believe many people increasingly want their news when it is convenient for them — when they get in from work , when they 've picked up the children from school , when they take a break from their work , or finish a meeting , when they arrive at a hotel . |
| 13 | No well er I , I expect you 've caught up a bit now have n't you ? |
| 14 | 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 |
| 15 | 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 … |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I 've built up a dossier on his drug and arms deals over the past few years . |
| 19 | ‘ And now you 've built up an appetite for sampling some of the fish which may have been brought ashore here ? ’ |
| 20 | He smiles : ‘ I 've grown up a lot and I 'm now enjoying important fights that used to fill me with nerves . |
| 21 | ‘ I 've grown up a lot in the last two years , ’ she said quietly and I silently agreed with her . |
| 22 | ‘ When I 've made up a lie I can believe in , ’ came the reply . |
| 23 | ‘ You 've made up every word of it and you know it . |
| 24 | But if you 've made up the gain at all , then since it 's residential property , it 's exempt . |
| 25 | We 've cleaned up a lot of parts of our city . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | We 've wrapped up the Universe . |
| 28 | ‘ You 're not going up to your room till you 've washed up the supper things . ’ |
| 29 | 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 … |
| 30 | as we can cos of the cost side erm I 'm not happy about the way they 've drawn up the writ because it does n't say precisely wh it does n't say what that invoice says it 's only |