Example sentences of "up [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | that 's the fir , and you ring up hairdressers and |
| 2 | Get on the phone and phone up Currys and say I 've got this model freezer |
| 3 | You ai n't likely to pick up Prince Charming in a bar . ’ |
| 4 | After planting a flag on the summit and taking photographs in bright sunshine , Ms Stephens — who only took up mountaineering four years ago — lost no time in getting off the peak as the weather closed in . |
| 5 | For the year ending Mar 31 , 1991 , we have made mainly useful progress with the herd average moving up 770kg to 7320kg a cow of standard milk ( ie corrected to 3.8% butterfat and 3.2% protein ) or 7400kg at 3.89BF and 3.03 protein uncorrected . |
| 6 | the Masai officers should be of exceptional physique , preferably unmarried ( though this has disadvantages ) but , if married , then without children ; that their wives shd. be happy in solitary surroundings , and that they ( the men ) should , if possible , be able to pick up Masai and shd. have leanings towards the study of native customs . |
| 7 | The player has to smash up opponents . |
| 8 | Maybe the powers that be have been only interested in cleaning up opponents . |
| 9 | Strategists pinned up maps . |
| 10 | Caswell had n't only been doing some thinking , he 'd been looking up maps and timetables . |
| 11 | As the cricket world reeled at yesterday 's shock news that Gooch 's 16-year marriage to wife Brenda has broken up , Test and county chiefs expressed their amazement — and drew up contingency plans . |
| 12 | And , despite the increased political tension in South Africa in recent months , RWC officers said they were not interested in setting up contingency plans . |
| 13 | The South China Morning Post says that despite its opposition , the Ministry is drawing up contingency plans should the second network goes ahead . |
| 14 | ANGRY managers have drawn up contingency plans to keep an Essex port running if dockers vote for an all-out strike , it was revealed last night . |
| 15 | In such situations , it may be prudent to prepare for the worst eventuality by drawing up contingency plans . |
| 16 | Conscious of the uncertainty attending relations with its Middle East neighbours , however , Iraq had set up contingency arrangements . |
| 17 | As a precaution it drew up contingency plans in May 1946 in case the loan was rejected by the US Congress , plans which included a list of significant import cuts . |
| 18 | Meanwhile the Americans could draw up contingency plans on the assumption that there would be air bases in Egypt from which to strike against southern Russia . |
| 19 | When Marcus came in for supper , two hours later , Daniel 's Mum was still talking , to Stephanie , who was in and out of the kitchen dishing up vegetables and making gravy , to her son , who moved his weight cautiously from time to time on a dining-room chair and frowned and frowned . |
| 20 | Provide her with drills , preferably on tape , to which she can listen while feeding the baby or cutting up vegetables . |
| 21 | In the Forest of Dean the verderers sat with the deputy Constable of St Briavels to hold attachment courts at Kensley every six weeks ; fines were imposed for hunting with long bows , and for offences against the vert such as cutting great branches , rooting up hollies , hawthorns and hazels , and collecting ‘ Oke-cornes ’ . |
| 22 | He 's not only had to pick up technique in racing , he 's had to learn how to train — that 's been the secret , he says . |
| 23 | We can recognise a ‘ dull load ’ as a sign of indigestion through its being located in the stomach , since previous stomach-located ‘ dull loads ’ have occurred in conjunction with the other things which go to make up indigestion . |
| 24 | Charged by Bragg with writing up notes on the case , Morton decided that they could equally well be done that night , at home . |
| 25 | That evening , after supper , I was too tired to write up notes , so I lay thinking over the day in order to make it easier to write them up in the morning . |
| 26 | what 's it here or er whatever or even pick up notes from Edinburgh people |
| 27 | There 's a mutilated notes department as well that you can send really screwed up notes to . |
| 28 | Töpfer also announced that DM13 billion would be made available for cleaning up uranium mines , and DM45 billion to shield buildings from ( naturally-occuring ) radon gas . |
| 29 | He would meddle with fishing nets , pull up anchors and tow boats , tease dogs and tow swimmers . |
| 30 | A local volunteer centre or Age Concern group should be able to match up talents with projects that need them . |