Example sentences of "have [verb] [verb] up " in BNC.
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| 1 | Is n't it just coming to something when one has to try to keep up with one 's daughter ? ’ |
| 2 | NORMAN Riddell , the chief executive of Capital House , the fund management arm of the Royal Bank of Scotland , has resigned to take up a similar position at Invesco-MIM . |
| 3 | Er much reference has already been made to this er golden corridor between Leeds a and York and I I really fail to see th that it is going to pose the the threat that some people think it will and and the analysis that we 've carried carried out has has thrown up two two figures , one in the region of twenty er a need of twenty to twenty five hectares in what describe as a northern centre based on on Tadcaster and I think we acknowledge that er we may struggle to achieve those twenty to twenty five hectares in and around Tadcaster , partly because of greenbelt constraint and and partly because of other constraints . |
| 4 | Erm yes , er erm er another bit of paper to dish out to have a look at er for those that er are not too familiar with the motorway project which has has taken up erm quite a lot of my time . |
| 5 | I hope that the Ministers will seriously consider that the time has come to tidy up that particular aspect of health and safety . |
| 6 | Addison , 31 , did n't compete on the track last summer and has decided to hang up her spikes . |
| 7 | NOW THAT Jim McLean has decided to hang up his boots at Dundee United , Alex Miller is the Premier Division 's most experienced manager . |
| 8 | Just recently , however , the humbucker has decided to give up on me . |
| 9 | Exmoor National Park has decided to set up information agencies in selected village shops . |
| 10 | The Lord Chancellor originally intended that lenders should be self-regulating , but since publishing the white paper he has decided to set up a new Authorised Conveyancing Practitioners ' Board , with consumer representatives , to police lenders offering conveyancing services . |
| 11 | A pilot project has been started in the refugee camp at Leon , where the resident psychiatric social worker has decided to set up discussion groups on mental health and is encouraging the community to use its own resources : |
| 12 | The usual difficulties which arise from restraint of trade and business secrets clauses in employment contracts occur because an employee has decided to set up as , or work for , a competitor of his employer . |
| 13 | The Transport Secretary has decided to set up a new rail pension scheme to safeguard their interests . |
| 14 | You 'll be please to know our patient has decided to waken up and grace us with his company , at long last . ’ |
| 15 | But he has made standing up to the teaching unions his thing . |
| 16 | Much of the woodland in the valley is managed by the Forestry Commission , which has helped to draw up the new plan . |
| 17 | It raises funds for conservation and its concerns are with earth-bound pandas ( it has helped set up ten panda reserves in China ) rather than ocean-going whales . |
| 18 | At his office in the stable block of a former count 's palace in north east Moscow , Grigoriev 's company , Vagrius , has helped set up the Task Force Against Piracy , a legal action fund to combat flagrant breaches of copyright which sees Western books and Russian editions illegally produced and sold . |
| 19 | A FATHER whose son was killed in a road accident has helped set up a support network in the North West for the families of other victims . |
| 20 | He has been a staunch advocate of the open skies policy which has helped to open up regional aviation . |
| 21 | The Dutch government has helped to set up a national halons " bank " to ensure the most effective use of the chemicals . |
| 22 | Ronnie Sales has helped to brighten up the lives of residents living on the Cosy Estate in Sunderland — in more ways than one ! |
| 23 | Their goodness has helped to make up the huge amount of goodness which has been accumulating for thousands of years and which we call the Created God . ’ |
| 24 | At Guy 's Hospital the poisons unit has had to set up a psychiatric liaison service to help such patients . |
| 25 | But it is perhaps worth noticing here that firms have not been conspicuously forthcoming with offers to fund the schools , and the DES itself has had to put up considerable sums to support the first of them . |
| 26 | London Transport ( LT ) , for example , has had to put up recently with dubious accusations that its trains have suddenly started running late . |
| 27 | ‘ Yes , I am remembering ; and please remember , too , Great-grandmother , that I am not a miss any more ; I am a married woman who has run your house for years and has had to put up with a man of your choosing . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ They have already had a bit of excitement , while the rest of the country has had to put up with the phoney war . ’ |
| 29 | It 's the 5th time in 4 years that Margaret Jebbit has had to clean up her kitchen after flooding . |
| 30 | She has had to give up work , which has put a financial strain on the family . |