Example sentences of "to put up a [adj] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Before the dissolution of her marriage in 1962 , Lady Onslow arranged for Clandon Park — the Onslow family seat in Surrey , designed by the Italian architect Giacomo Leoni in the 1730s — to be opened to the public and persuaded her husband 's aunt , the Countess of Iveagh , to put up a substantial endowment for its restoration and upkeep .
2 We may only be able to afford to put up a certain amount of money to help fund them .
3 ‘ Much the same … missing Garry badly while trying to put up a brave pretence of not interfering with his work .
4 The simpler option is to put up a false ceiling in the room concerned , with a 100mm layer of insulation and a vapour barrier above it .
5 IAN WOOSNAM , so out of form coming into the Masters , nevertheless began to put up an heroic defence at Augusta National yesterday and was within a stroke of the lead as he came into the finishing holes in his second round .
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