Example sentences of "the [noun] [verb] up " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a mild voice he had just asked the porter to come up , with some story about a tap dripping in the kitchen . |
| 2 | Just imagine if Deano started scoring a couple of goals and the defence tightened up just a fraction more . |
| 3 | Having emptied the honey-pot , I understand that the trustees are now allowing the income to build up again before further distributions . ’ |
| 4 | She could feel the defences going up again , brick by brick , but there was no way of breaching them . |
| 5 | ‘ Brian Gayle did n't defend well for the first goal and Gage did a Val Parnell act in the middle of the park to set up the lad for his second . ’ |
| 6 | Most of the lakes in the park dry up since they rely on the north-east monsoon . |
| 7 | BIRKENHEAD 'S Queensway tunnel will be closed for major electrical works this week and Mersey Tunnels staff are taking the opportunity to spruce up the tube . |
| 8 | With a First National Bank loan secured on your property you have the opportunity to borrow up to £50,000 for any purpose whatsoever . |
| 9 | ‘ We had outgrown our present building when the opportunity came up to purchase the adjoining freehold . |
| 10 | When the opportunity came up again we did n't hesitate . ’ |
| 11 | It 's not so bad in Division Four , and when the opportunity came up at Ards , I jumped at it , ’ said Armstrong , who captained and coached Bangor before going back to end his playing days at Collegians a few seasons ago . |
| 12 | The " cooling-off " period in the case where the debtor makes an offer , allows the debtor the opportunity to cancel up to five days from receipt of the second copy of the agreement which must be sent to him ( s68(a) ) . |
| 13 | JUNE 16 : Today I visited the Department of Trade and Industry , where I had the opportunity to pick up a copy of The Personal Protective Equipment Directive ( Directive 89/686/EEC ) , which as a every single-market fan will know , cam into force on July 1 , 1992 . |
| 14 | Free tea , coffee and biscuits were on offer and , as well the opportunity to pick up useful leaflets and booklets , visitors could consult stallholders . |
| 15 | When old Mother Jacobsen had unlimited time at her disposal and the opportunity to take up the strands from where she had laid them down the previous day or week , she embroidered her stories with meticulous and colourful detail . |
| 16 | Looking back over the last 19 years he said : ‘ Having had the opportunity to set up and develop the education service in Lothian has been enormously challenging and satisfying and I believe it is an education service of good quality with many forward-looking policies now established . |
| 17 | Then in 1986 came the opportunity to set up independently with Tim Hely Hutchinson and Sue Fletcher . |
| 18 | The database administrator ( DBA ) is given the opportunity to set up indexes at data creation time and this will increase the speed by which data is retrieved . |
| 19 | Falling sea levels periodically gave mainland species , isolated on islands for thousands of years , the opportunity to join up again . |
| 20 | Frank also gave Crawford the opportunity to dream up stunts that would put his previous daredevilry in the shade . |
| 21 | In addition , participants will have the opportunity to brush up on their skills in radio and video production , journalism and graphic design . |
| 22 | Hill , who survived a late collision with Berger 's Ferrari lost a lot of time in the traffic and this gave Gerhard the opportunity to close up in the closing stages . |
| 23 | Can I er take the opportunity to clear up some technical sort of er technical points to do with the plans , however , probably inadvertent , the first one , erm in the er letter copy of the letter that you sent to the er Planning Authority , erm and you mentioned one plan being erm handed , it does n't say , actually it did n't specify which house or which is the proper way it should be handled , but in the small plan showing the site , and the position of the houses , the attached er garage on the house on plot number two , that 's the one erm you notice the bridge , this end one , is shown on the right , but in the detailed plan of the house it 's shown on the left , now |
| 24 | Valuable time was lost , the troops opposed to us were able to recover from the disorganization produced by our first attack , and the enemy was given the opportunity to bring up reinforcements . ’ |
| 25 | Erm I 'm er rising to take the opportunity to sum up the debate er for those of us on this side of the house and to say that on this side of the house we do welcome these orders actually coming through , delayed though they are and er besmirched though they are by the usual examples of government incompetence in failing to send them to the scrutiny committee in the proper manner to allow the usual processes to take place but wi that 's par for the course these days . |
| 26 | The successive rounds of the game give us the opportunity to build up trust or mistrust , to reciprocate or placate , forgive or avenge . |
| 27 | A telephone conversation allows the opportunity to build up a personal relationship . |
| 28 | In selling direct to a customer overseas , there is the opportunity to build up close relationships with individual customers , based upon trust , commitment and understanding . |
| 29 | Over 40 former staff took the opportunity to catch up with old friends and discuss their pension queries with Beryl Aldridge from Pensions Department , Hammersmith . |
| 30 | Producer Michael Mills saw the opportunity to team up a new writer with an actor new to television comedy . |