Example sentences of "[num] [noun] [to-vb] up " in BNC.
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| 1 | He has asked the bank 's 160,000 shareholders to stump up another 90 billion roubles to finance modernisation . |
| 2 | In a scheme expected to take between six and 12 months to set up , 30 per cent of the capital would be set aside exclusively for Romanian nationals in five private ownership funds . |
| 3 | One American psychologist surveyed 659 people to count up some 21,000 examples of everyday irritations and annoyances . |
| 4 | Intrum Justitia — latin for ‘ Justice for All ’ — employs 1,600 people to chase up debts on the doorsteps . |
| 5 | Both teams won their second successive victory on Saturday , the PGL scraping home by nine shots against the Bowling League of Ireland and the NIBA beating the Provincials by 12 shots to line up what promises to be a cracker at the Ulster Transport Club on Thursday . |
| 6 | He 's been rattling on about people bemoaning the passing of Trevino and Palmer , saying there are no characters left , merely machine-like robots who take five minutes to select a club , 10 minutes to line up a putt , and five-and-a-half hours to complete a round . |
| 7 | She had exactly six hours till midnight , six hours to make up her mind whether to go down to the beach bar , or give it a miss for the very first time . |
| 8 | So you are doing six hours to make up the four . |
| 9 | It simply set out some crude ideas on how public spending could be reduced and suggested that ministers should have six months to come up with more refined views . |
| 10 | It has reconstituted for six months to come up with specific proposals and a plan . |
| 11 | But it 's bring , it says things about care and assessing that quality care 's being met on their ward and the hospital itself and about once every six months to meet up with |
| 12 | Yeah , it 's it 's it 's the build up to it as well , there 's a lot of excitement , I mean , most people it takes about six months to build up to the big day , and then finally it 's there and it all happens and , I think that makes it a lot , exciting for a lot of women . |
| 13 | But however reasonable , nothing was as cheap as free accommodation , and she had been counting on these next six months to build up a bank balance . |
| 14 | will go straight out the window and they wo n't bother with us , a very short time it 's taken five I mean six years to build up the credibility |
| 15 | Public pressure on the Canadian and Quebec governments has resulted in the pledge of more than 2.4 billion dollars over the next 10 years to clean up the St Lawrence and create a marine sanctuary for the remaining belugas . |
| 16 | Following the government retreat over the terms of the Directive in 1988 it was estimated that Anglian would have to spend £60-£70 million over the following 10 years to clean up the water supplies of Bedford and Norwich , along with a total 25 supplies that had been subject to derogations . |
| 17 | A jet engine can take up to six seconds to spool up . |
| 18 | THE SOVIET UNION is supplying the Afghan government with another 2,000 trucks to step up the supply of food , fuel and ammunition to Kabul 's 1.5 million people before the winter snows affect the roads . |
| 19 | Town 's reprieve FOOTBALL : A winding-up hearing yesterday gave Northampton chairman Michael McRitchie eight weeks to come up with a financial package to save the debt-crippled club . |
| 20 | It means that there are holes in the DLV's willingness to connect up the evidence and enforce the conclusions it generates . |
| 21 | A J-C-B digger was brought in , but it still took more than three hours to clear up the mess . |
| 22 | Sink It took two people 90 minutes to wash up , dry , clean sink and draining board and put the dishes away . |
| 23 | Three words to sum up the feelings of the Hereford fans on Saturday . |
| 24 | Ronnie Wood came over once and it took me three months to clean up the mess . |
| 25 | It was obvious from the moment she came into the house that Dawn , as I 'd immediately christened her ( after all , I 'd had three weeks to dream up the name ) , was a real character . |
| 26 | Manufacturers DMF Sportswear are in the first year of a three-year deal with Third Division Barnet , who have three weeks to come up with the cash or face High Court action . |
| 27 | They have just three days to brush up their technique before being plunged into another confrontation with their conquerors in Bombay on Friday . |
| 28 | They still have not moved in properly , and do not have anything like the quantity of clothes , books , porcelain and paintings which took the Thatchers three days to pack up . |
| 29 | It took three days to clear up the damage to the River Windrush at Witney in Oxfordshire . |
| 30 | This new venture aims over a period of three years to train up to ninety students not only as teachers of BSL but as BSL English interpreters . |