Example sentences of "an [noun sg] [verb] up [noun] " in BNC.

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1	Trickstick is based on a novel electrical effect , it uses the human body as an aerial to pick up mains hum .
2	It not only gives the inexperienced teacher an opportunity to build up confidence , it also gets children used to role play being taken seriously .
3	A meeting at the end of the Summer term provides an opportunity to sum up progress over the year and to talk parents through school reports particularly in terms of National Curriculum attainment levels and programmes of study .
4	He called for both prosecution and defence to declare their hands fully to each other before the start of a serious fraud case in an attempt to speed up proceedings .
5	Surplus crops in wheat , cotton and wool were bought up by government-financed Stabilization Corporations , in an attempt to keep up prices in these commodities .
6	If this does not help , the doctor may be able to give an injection to dry up secretions and make the noise less upsetting .
7	When they reached the railway station it was already plying for new hire and the sound of an engine gathering up steam could be heard .
8	The subject was whether they would support an initiative to tighten up laws on pornography , and all were in favour .
9	And how do you see it as being an area to bring up kids ?
10	At the vets in an X-RAY shows up letter three ,
11	With the decline in the herring fishing , followed by a complete ban on all herring catching in an endeavour to build up stocks again , the pelagic catchers turned their attentions to mackerel which hitherto had been despised as food in the North of Scotland .
12	Part delivery to the buyer does not prevent the remainder being stopped in transit unless the part delivery is made under such circumstances as to show an agreement to give up possession of the whole of the goods .
13	There is no need in this case for an operator to call up applicants individually .

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