Example sentences of "people [verb] up [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When people make up stories , they often start from something that has really happened to them . |
| 2 | Well , we already do that at the moment , trying to assess a myriad of individual benefits with people filling up forms and sending them all over the country . |
| 3 | We saw lots of people picking up stones erm from around , by the edges of the roads and making little piles and they would then get picked up by lorries and I should think they 'd get a , a couple of pence through doing that . |
| 4 | When it rains , people put up umbrellas . |
| 5 | Intrum Justitia — latin for ‘ Justice for All ’ — employs 1,600 people to chase up debts on the doorsteps . |
| 6 | ‘ I have even heard of people buying up airmiles through newspaper adverts to get there ! ’ |
| 7 | That is why we must encourage people to build up savings , investments , and occupational and personal pensions . |
| 8 | Er well through progression , through whatever people giving up chickens and pigeons and all that sort of thing . |
| 9 | This is vital because most people taking up franchises are not experienced in running their own businesses . |
| 10 | Too often people throw up ideas — ‘ Let's have so-and-so as a speaker on Tuesday and a dance on the Wednesday and a banquet on Thursday ’ — without ever stopping to think how any of these will help reach goals or fit into the overall time . |
| 11 | The accused , who were apparently without legal representation , faced various charges arising from the rebellion , including inciting people to take up arms , accommodating rebels and planning the rebellion . |
| 12 | Discussion was amiably wide-ranging , enabling people to bring up points related to the issue , and then points related to those points . |
| 13 | People picked up hitch-hikers all the time . |