Example sentences of "was [verb] [verb] up [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The convention 's eighth protocol , which was opened for signature in March 1985 and was intended to speed up procedures before the Commission of Human Rights and the Court of Human Rights ( see p. 33881 ) , came into force on Jan. 1 , 1990 . |
| 2 | It may be that the Breton expedition was intended to keep up pressure on the French to make the sort of concessions the English would feel able to accept , but it is equally possible that the confused direction of English policy reflected conflicting influences at court . |
| 3 | This monumental image was designed to stir up emotions of awe and respect , but could scarcely evoke feelings of warmth and affection . |
| 4 | He decided to go home and pick it up , and in fact he was seen going up St Giles ' on his bicycle towards North Oxford . |
| 5 | During the 1930s and throughout the Second World War the site had been an isolated airfield and it was here , immediately following the end of the war and a clamp-down on the interchange of information with the USA , that it was decided to set up Britain 's civil atomic energy programme . |
| 6 | Soon after Manfred and Gloria had gone , when I was hurrying to make up time , a second German couple jumped out of another Land Rover . |
| 7 | Tear gas was used to break up demonstrations by 300 striking bus drivers and students in Managua on July 21 . |
| 8 | For example , in 1987 , a Public Accounts Committee report ( 1986–7c , paras 20 , 44 ) claimed that ‘ a major effort ’ was needed to speed up implementation of the FMI . |
| 9 | These two operations went together , for additional capital was needed to buy up competitors , and iron and wire suppliers . |
| 10 | In the Wessex Dairies case , it was found that on the last day of his employment as a milkman the defendant , whilst on his round , informed customers that he would soon cease to be employed by the plaintiffs , that he was going to set up business on his own and could supply them with milk . |
| 11 | Well she was going to go up Kingswood to see Lynn . |
| 12 | I 've got it all on this tape Malcolm X , Kerry 's saying Malcolm X is brilliant , he was a black man , he was a nigger and Truno was going shut up Truno 's black too and she was going shut up ! |
| 13 | Quayle was commissioned to serve up Shakespeare in Stratford : Burton was discovered to complement Quayle . |
| 14 | As a medical student at Newcastle University in the 1950s Neubauer was inspired to take up psychiatry by Prof Martin Roth . |
| 15 | The coming world shortage was bound to put up prices , he said . |
| 16 | As a student at Cambridge he played squash for the University and three years ago he was set to take up stock car racing . |
| 17 | The remainder of my time with him was spent picking up tips on desert survival . |
| 18 | He was intending to go up West himself that evening , but hardly expected to meet McAllister when he did so , seeing that , for once , he was going out with his disreputable brother Stair , and God knew where they would end up — nowhere respectable , that was for sure . |
| 19 | Vial was asked to draw up regulations for the school and infirmary , keeping in mind the example of the foreign veterinary schools . |
| 20 | Westminster City Council 's was appointed to set up training sessions with Chinatown restaurant owners as they prepared to meet requirements as laid down by the Food Safety Act . |
| 21 | State governments will continue to have their own radio stations — that much is guaranteed by the constitution — but in 1981 the FRCN was authorized to draw up plans for the setting up of its own stations in every state . |
| 22 | The Leeds , first of the so-called big five building societies to report full-year results , was forced to push up provisions sharply in the face of recession . |
| 23 | 4 years ago Jeff Lockyer was forced to give up work because of ill-health , he suffers from heart disease . |
| 24 | He was forced to give up football after stepping on a magnet . |
| 25 | Robert had earlier won the 250cc race but in the superbike he was forced to make up ground after a bad start and was never able to get to grips with the leader . |
| 26 | On the date on which the dividend was declared , a resolution was passed to call up £40 per preference share . |
| 27 | Margaret 's mini was passed soaring up hills , so I changed into low gear and closed the windows so as not to be suffocated by diesel fumes . |
| 28 | He was poised to carve up Chester 's and collect his profits without a backward glance … he was bad news … |
| 29 | Commentators said that the conciliatory tone of the speech indicated that South Korea was hoping to speed up reunification talks before Kim Il Sung transferred power to his son , Kim ChongIl . |
| 30 | Welsh coach , Clive Griffiths , who names his team today , was hoping to clear up doubts over Widnes second row Paul Moriarty and Salford full back Phil Ford . |