Example sentences of "up a [noun sg] [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On April 30 , however , security forces broke up a rally by supporters of the UDPS , and unofficial reports claimed that two people were killed . |
| 2 | The young Haworth left school at 14 to work in the factory and was required to pick up a knowledge of dyestuffs . |
| 3 | Perk up a chest of drawers , cupboards or a wardrobe with a new set of handles . |
| 4 | And I might , I think I 'll put in there , I 'll make him up a basket of goodies with erm a few telephone stamps on a card and ooh I do n't know what . |
| 5 | The League drew up a scale of reductions whereby players on £5 a week ( the maximum ) took a 15 per cent cut and these on £3–4 a 5 per cent cut , the money saved going into a fund to help clubs in financial straits . |
| 6 | TOUR operator Airtours has set up a hit-squad of inspectors to seek out and axe shoddy Continental hotels . |
| 7 | You could draw up a checklist of topics which are of current concern to your students to help you select suitable items from news programmes . |
| 8 | Draw up a checklist of queries ( eg What does it do ? |
| 9 | the japanese say they are looking for the instructions they can work a solar car but ca n't put up a tent for eats … its what you fancy … at night its noodles … come daybreak its what 's left … |
| 10 | Pick up a heap of leaves at one point . |
| 11 | He has therefore built up a heap of images which express something about a place and its people but also includes his own relationship to the world — what he likes , thinks and feels . |
| 12 | He has therefore built up a heap of images which express something about a place and its people but also includes his own relationship to the world — what he likes , thinks and feels . |
| 13 | In all cases , they had purchased an ill-afforded shoeshine for the occasion and begged someone — the mothers of the infants , Davide supposed to spruce up a suit of clothes , by dangling a magnificent future before them , and then wrapped their proof in a newly-washed blanket . |
| 14 | CHOOSE YOUR TOP VIDEOS AND PICK UP A CLUTCH OF GOODIES |
| 15 | It was very cold in the room , for Iskandara had given orders that a fire was not to be lit there as a matter of course and Alexandra was shy of asking Mary or little Annie to bring up a bucket of coals for her . |
| 16 | These events in his native land must have appeared insignificant to Nkrumah , engaged in building up a structure of organisations to develop an awareness of African identity and solidarity . |
| 17 | The same thing applies when you build up a story in words . |
| 18 | In the intervening months the Labour Party has built up a range of policies for education , science and industry which will help Britain build the strong , competitive economy it so desperately needs . |
| 19 | Physics , I was often told , was a ‘ general degree ’ , one which opened up a range of possibilities ; it was also , many students said , ‘ one of the best degrees you can get ’ . |
| 20 | Over the centuries carving has built up a range of chisels and gouges , the names of which are as esoteric as the craft itself |
| 21 | Rainbow , borne on wings of her own desperation , has summoned up a battalion of supporters : the odd , the wild , the hopeful , the visionary , the smarter-than-is-good-for-them , the reckless , the excommunicated , the ignored . |
| 22 | Digging up a can of worms |
| 23 | He realised that he 'd opened up a can of worms . |
| 24 | The chairmen of these committees made up a Board of Ministers . |
| 25 | I can therefore understand why at that awful moment he should seek to summon up a talisman of words , a secret defence against abomination , or perhaps even an excuse in the form of some kind of precedent that a word expresses and so takes the edge of uniqueness off the contemplated evil . |
| 26 | DARLINGTON plan to draw up a short-list of applicants for the manager 's job early next week . |
| 27 | The computer matches symptoms with diseases to draw up a hierarchy of hypotheses . |
| 28 | To allow other users access to modules , LIFESPAN provides a facility for setting up a hierarchy of users . |
| 29 | The bill 's most contentious provision , which has polarised the profession 's two branches , sets up a framework for solicitors to appear in the higher courts , now the barrister 's preserve . |
| 30 | The bill 's most contentious provision , which has polarised the profession 's two branches , sets up a framework for solicitors to appear in the higher courts , now the preserve of barristers . |