Example sentences of "have [vb pp] up a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have given up a lot of my independence . ’ |
| 2 | The leases have brewed up a storm in Darlington as landlords say they could mean the end of many traditional pubs . |
| 3 | But City have picked up a bit with a draw at Chelsea and a comfortable win against Crystal Palace , and with the suspended Morley replaced by Oldfield , who knows where the goal is , they will be confident today . |
| 4 | Both Arsenal and United have picked up a stack of yellow cards . |
| 5 | At the other end of the scale , however , our machines have picked up a host of animal noises at frequencies above the range of our ears , called ultrasound . |
| 6 | On a lighter note police radios have picked up a Christmas tree decoration 's rendition of Jingle Bells , and their portable radios have operated the police car locking systems . |
| 7 | ‘ The C & D category societies ( the smallest ) have picked up a lot of savings business by offering high interest rates , but that money has to be lent out and the sort of mortgage business they have been picking up at the rates they charge looks very doubtful to me . |
| 8 | Once you have picked up a signal you concentrate in that area until the signal is received at the greatest possible volume . |
| 9 | Top equity and foreign exchange dealers have picked up a minimum of £200,000 before bonuses and perks — the real whiz-kids making upwards of £300,000 . |
| 10 | ‘ The Millar ’ are to be seen regularly at numerous parades and have built up a reputation of excellent musical ability , together with superb marching talent . |
| 11 | What they do find difficult is filling their day once they have actually come off drugs because they have built up a kind of lifestyle that has already been said |
| 12 | We know that people do not drift away from their main sources of financial help , social support and continuing treatment , particularly if they have built up a relationship with someone in the service they trust . |
| 13 | They have built up a list of people all over the world who have been sending them football songs and now send Beatles covers as well . |
| 14 | In that time they have built up a force of one hundred and fifty vehicles and three hundred and forty staff . |
| 15 | ‘ Over the years I have built up a collection of around 1,700 . ’ |
| 16 | I have built up a rock structure to the water height in the middle of the tank . |
| 17 | They copy each other 's institutions ; and , to strengthen their common interests , they have built up a series of common institutions — international unions to govern postal , railway and tele-graphic communication , conferences and conventions to regulate affairs both of property ( such as copyright ) and labour ; international law courts ( at the Hague and elsewhere ) supported by a network of Arbitration and other treaties ; a sort of World-Duma , in the periodical Peace Conferences at the Hague ; and last but not least , the growing international organisation of the Labour and Socialist movements . |
| 18 | I have built up a conception in which the agents belonging to a given economic class ( defined at the level of property holding ) may be distributed in various ways into more or less strongly formed social collectivities of various degrees of political pertinence . |
| 19 | However , the evaluators are not satisfied that they have built up a picture of library use which permits them to be confident in drawing firm conclusions about the project 's success in these terms . |
| 20 | Indeed , to the extent that inflationary expectations have built up a momentum of their own that it regards as excessive , the government may be forced to adopt demand management policies which aim to raise the unemployment rate above the natural rate so as to throw the process outlined above into reverse gear . |
| 21 | ‘ The new production quotas have stirred up a hornet 's nest — and that 's without the added difficulty of a flu epidemic . ’ |
| 22 | Dr Martin says that the team hoped the work would round off one of Mendel 's experiments but the results have turned up a surprise . |
| 23 | " No , my dear , you are just as tired as I am , and I shall rest presently in the dressing-room where I have made up a bed for myself . |
| 24 | The only wildlife problem has been created by the jackdaws trying to nest in the front-room chimney , so I have pushed up a chimney brush to discourage them . |
| 25 | Occasionally governments have opened up a discussion by publishing a ‘ Green Paper ’ which set out alternative possibilities . |
| 26 | Meanwhile , Field & Trek have opened up a branch in the High Street . |
| 27 | I have opened up a dealership for North Humberside and can now try out as many machines as I like . |
| 28 | I have therefore taken my discussions with senior staff one step further and have drawn up a discussion document on Council Tax Structure and Staffing which addresses the various issues currently being examined . |
| 29 | The largest companies have drawn up a criteria which demand inter alia that new book purchases must be based on a stock turn of one year ( in other words , the whole print run has to sell out within one year of US publication ) and that the projected gross margin must not be less than 50% . |
| 30 | DEVELOPERS have drawn up a hit list of high street names in a bid to fill Darlington 's new £45m Cornmill shopping complex . |