Example sentences of "up some [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Space is always available at airports for commercial operations such as shops and bars , but the authorities are not prepared to give up some space for security . ’ |
| 2 | So that we know we 've got to cover that and it was just er Caroline , Karen 's suggestions were in the external order , was that we , we should draw up some kind of plan , with dates as to say right , okay , we 're gon na do the work first . |
| 3 | Wright said : ‘ After the victory over Blackburn a couple of weeks ago , I picked up some kind of flu bug . |
| 4 | Oh Brenda , it 's no fun , not getting a wink at night — you could end up some kind of insomniac or a nymphomaniac , whatever the correct term is ! |
| 5 | I must say , the diplomatic bag works extremely fast in both directions , so we are managing to keep up some kind of dialogue : she was insistent that I get out of ffeatherstonehaugh 's as much as possible . |
| 6 | He asked me if I was sure I was n't working up some kind of plot against the Threarah and he got awfully angry and suspicious . |
| 7 | Q. Can you give me any information on Britain 's common toad as I am interested in raising some tadpoles — presently spawn — from a friend 's pond with a view to setting up some kind of vivarium for housing a mature toad . |
| 8 | I must admit , some of you probably were brought up on Meccano , and certainly not in the mo mo more sophisticated technology we 've got at the moment , but the point is , a lot of these have n't really seen this part of what I call the basic technology itself and er , it was interesting because we were trying to build up some kind of game for their summer fair and the game was quite obviously er , you know er propel a ping-pong into a er series of slots with er , bit like bingo to a certain extent , where you can actually er give prizes for the various holes you could actually penetrate and things like that . |
| 9 | With still not loosing site of the idea of having a cafe , bar , coffee for people , one of the things that were , that gon na look through and explore explore actually is er setting up some kind of coffee bar facilities at Kingsmoor , the play barn , there next to them . |
| 10 | A long-time adherent to the general principle that he should look around and see areas where he could help , or stir up some kind of improvement , he had lately become more willing to risk controversy . |
| 11 | She did n't exactly pray , she kept up some kind of attention , a vigil , the whole time ; she never dared let up . |
| 12 | Mother Francis did want everything that might help to push Eve up some kind of ladder . |
| 13 | The retina contains only nine light detectors , but by scanning the image up to ten times each second it is able to build up some kind of picture . |
| 14 | ‘ You assume it slams up some kind of barrier around you . |
| 15 | But he made himself walk to and fro a hundred times , slowly at first , then more briskly , to keep up some sense of health . |
| 16 | Anyone who has recently taken up some form of exercise will tell that it has brought them enhanced mental energy and concentration , the ability to sleep more deeply and a feeling of well-being . |
| 17 | If you spend most of your working day sitting down , then you are urged to take up some form of exercise . |
| 18 | You should take up some form of exercise . ’ |
| 19 | For a brief moment she tried to summon up some form of resistance , as if by an effort of will she could deny her immediate instinctive reaction to his dark enchantment . |
| 20 | Nonetheless , he tried to find some comforting way to explain it : maybe the Israelis had set up some sort of contingency fund . |
| 21 | Did the Council have to set up some sort of emergency system ? |
| 22 | Obviously then we need to pick up the appraisal system , and I think what I 'll have to do with that , is as the targets kep co start coming in , erm we 'll have to set up some sort of system , preferably I suspect computerized . |
| 23 | But anyway the idea we have to fix up some sort of system that picks up the the targets from that . |
| 24 | So you set up some sort of indent . |
| 25 | Her toe was rigged up to a bell , and she would ring this , using a number code to spell out messages , and by this means she was thus able to communicate her needs , and keep up some sort of conversation . |
| 26 | If they are n't part of your main holding company in London , maybe you could use them to set up some sort of diversion ? ’ she queried . |
| 27 | He 's rigged up some sort of snowplough behind a horse . ’ |
| 28 | This is followed by frenzied activity on the part of the band in setting up some sort of show , usually in London with all the expense that that entails , only for the big day to arrive to find that A&R have sent a tea boy ( resplendent in his raincoat ) and not the ‘ man ’ . |
| 29 | Two years on and £1,000 poorer ( I 've had to foot his costs to buy him off my land ) the lawyers have patched up some sort of agreement . |