Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] up [noun] from " in BNC.
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| 1 | Courtaulds has called up £11million from its pension fund surplus to fill a large part of the interim profit hole from the South African pulp sale . |
| 2 | Courtaulds has called up £11million from its pension fund surplus to fill a large part of the interim profit hole from the South African pulp sale . |
| 3 | The Brighton Constabulary , whose marksmen had taken up positions from which they could command the Grand Hotel , was stood down after half an hour . |
| 4 | I learned the basics of welding at college and have picked up tips from the experts while working on my scrap metal cows at Beamish Tram Shed and a pipe factory in Hebburn on Tyneside . |
| 5 | TONY BARRY and Joe Watson have woken up house from its drug-induced stupor , given dance music back its structure and neatly picked up a thread left dangling behind by Marvin Gaye and Otis Redding . |
| 6 | And as a special treat we have lined up jokes from the last people you would expect to give you a laugh , ranging from the dreaded tax inspector to an undertaker ! |