Example sentences of "'d [vb pp] up [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 'd picked up the literary allusion immediately , and enjoyed those few seconds during which the man 's intensely blue eyes had held her own . |
| 2 | This year it was ever-reliable Tony Humphries who shifted the club world on its axis and demolished the Sound Factory Bar by creating an hour-long mega-mix out of a tune he 'd picked up the previous week during one of his periodical spinning visits to Switzerland . |
| 3 | The man who 'd turned up the sexual voltage after their night out , only to be found embracing his secretary at precisely the time they 'd agreed to meet today … |
| 4 | For years she 'd built up a protective shell around herself , a barrier against which the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune had bounced and fallen harmlessly to the ground . |
| 5 | Researchers could n't be sure radon was such a danger until they 'd built up a complete picture . |
| 6 | And already , at twenty-four , he 'd built up a formidable business , successfully fulfilling contracts all over the world . |
| 7 | Through nominees he 'd bought up a major holding in the company . |
| 8 | I had no previous experience of building anything like this , but by studying the old sheds and some leaflets from a company that made stables , I 'd knocked up a working drawing . |