Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb -s] up [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But my mind conjures up images of how they know my secret shame , and are talking about me behind my back . |
| 2 | Right : Mazda 's modern-styled Approach Light picks up movement in a wide detection zone , and has an economical five minute switch off delay |
| 3 | Open account : Under this payment method the exporter gives up control of the goods to the importer and receives debt settlement at a later date under the contract 's terms . |
| 4 | A boy picks up souvenirs from a wrecked car in Florida |
| 5 | A small boy rounds up chickens with a stick twice as long as himself . |
| 6 | Dressing often becomes a battle at this time , as you try to hurry the process by helping where help is n't wanted and she becomes more and more frustrated when her leg goes in the wrong hole or the jumper ends up back to front . |
| 7 | Car bomb blows up president after only 17 days in office Arab League close to despair Lebanon leader killed . |
| 8 | Crowds possess great wit ; the group throws up nicknames of an aptness and ingenuity the clever individual by himself could never invent . |
| 9 | This of course opens up possibilities of positive social change . |
| 10 | Such blindness distorts truth ; such political irresponsibility stores up trouble for the future . |
| 11 | We all know how the smell of such and such a flower or soap or tree conjures up memories of an incident in our past life . |
| 12 | In 1858 a wild rabbit takes up residence in the garden ; Gustave forbids its slaughter . |
| 13 | The public sector centres such as schools , colleges , community/adult education makes up 98% of candidates . |
| 14 | In Alton Locke Kingsley takes the reader into a house like the ones depicted by Godwin with the caption given ( Fig. 35 ) , where the rushlight picks up reflections through the broad chinks in the floorboards of the sewer below . |
| 15 | It singles out one form of non-marital living arrangement and penalises it ( if the woman sets up house with her sister , her father , her adult children or her lesbian lover she would still have some entitlement to SB ) . |
| 16 | The Meien valley road climbs up west from Wassen through varied alpine landscape including tunnels , through one of which it traverses the Susten pass summit ( 2,224m , 7,295ft ) . |
| 17 | Even though the government picks up 80% of the cost of the huge security operation needed to guard the airline against terrorism , that still leaves El Al with a large bill . |
| 18 | News of the negotiations pushed Cable & Wireless shares up 29p to 548p on the stock market in London . |
| 19 | University steps up pressure over dental hospital |
| 20 | Initiated by the CBSO under its electrifying young conductor , Simon Rattle , it will soon receive another boost , when Sadler 's Wells Ballet takes up residence in the refurbished Hippodrome under its new name , the Birmingham Royal Ballet . |
| 21 | When path picks up line of iron fence continue to follow this , keeping it on left-hand side , to reach trig point on summit . |
| 22 | assimilation : it is argued that initial information sets up expectancies about a person . |
| 23 | Telly star serves up cheer for homeless |
| 24 | Raider beats up widow aged 99 |
| 25 | They say its colour scheme conjures up thoughts of Union Jacks , bovver boys and patriotism . |
| 26 | The feed pipe is fixed at the throat and as water flows from the tap the suction draws up chemical from the drum to mix with the water . |
| 27 | Dad picks up £76,324 for running the country . |
| 28 | In these schemes , a widow 's or widower 's pension can only be achieved if the member gives up part of their own retirement pension . |
| 29 | Meanwhile the detector picks up hum from mains lighting and clicks are likely to occur whenever a flashing light is detected from whatever source . |
| 30 | The automotive arm makes up 62% of overall group sales . |