Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] up the [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Photographs , coloured yarn and a short text made up the rest of the display . |
| 2 | Two skimmers to pole and bloodworm tactics made up the bulk of his 4–1–3 winning weight , pipping England international Alan McAtee ( Elton Tackle ) on 3–13–8 . |
| 3 | HM Inspectorate helped in various ways and Statistics Division of the Scottish Office Education Department drew up the sample of schools at short notice . |
| 4 | Schellenberg turned up the collar of his greatcoat and leaned back in the corner pulling the peak of his cap over his eyes . |
| 5 | At a recent meeting of the party 's Central Committee , President Gorbachev opened up the prospect of a future coalition government when he talked of ‘ equal possibilities for the Communist party and other political and social organisations . ’ |
| 6 | A deal signed with the American biotechnology firm , Genentech , for the mass-production of the protein opened up the prospect of supplying a massive world market for haemophiliacs . |
| 7 | In 1889 the NAS&FU 's instruction to its members not to sign on with any company until all Liverpool shipowners had acceded to its demands stiffened up the resolution of the thirteen principal lines affected . |
| 8 | It was from here that the Stuarts sized up the potential of the area for exploitation . |
| 9 | Lucy walked up the fight of steps ; the plate glass doors slid open electronically as she crossed the beam . |
| 10 | Nellie pulled up the collar of her coat against the wind . |
| 11 | The departmental appraisals took up the bulk of the self-evaluation report . |
| 12 | A dozen books took up the space of three dozen nomes , and while Grimma privately thought that some of the books were more useful than many of the nomes , she 'd accepted Dorcas 's promise that they would come back , one day , and try to retrieve them from their hiding place under the floor . |
| 13 | Devon and Cornwall police last Friday took up the case of Pipe 's Her Honour , found to have been doped when flopping at Kempton in January . |
| 14 | The Midlands leader of the pit deputies union NACODS was first to emerge from the review meeting at Edwinstowe Ray Hilton summed up the mood of the mining unions . |
| 15 | At a recent Royal Institute of British Architects ' conference , author Simon Inglis summed up the mood of many anti-relocation fans , unswayed by the clubs ' need for cash . |
| 16 | At the edge of her hearing , Bernice picked up the sound of a roaring furnace engine , overlaid with the high pitched whine of cooling heat shields . |
| 17 | In the course of the work , Hubble set up the classification of galaxies displayed in his famous ‘ tuning-fork ’ diagram , which has been used ever since . |
| 18 | Some mill-workers on a mid-shift and a group of men crossing the river to look for work made up the rest of the throng , with the exception of a portly little man with a bowler hat , waistcoat and watch-chain , a foreman from one of the Govan yards on an errand for the Head Office . |
| 19 | Although reformist communists made up the bulk of members of these groupings , they refused the whip of the local party committee . |
| 20 | Outside the hotel Maggie turned up the collar of her mac . |
| 21 | Alfred Hedgehog climbed up the bank of the canal and started off down the trail . |
| 22 | When they 'd gone Maggie gathered up the rest of the dishes and piled them in the sink . |
| 23 | Some while later Colonel James Churchward picked up the idea of Mu . |
| 24 | The stick and the fist backed up the array of legal powers . |
| 25 | Unfortunately , the woman in question picked up the piece of paper with her name and address on along with all the Sanctuary 's records , and has not been seen since . |
| 26 | The establishment of English Heritage opened up the possibility of a second refuge for endangered houses , capable — at least in theory — of taking houses on without the massive endowments required by the National Trust . |
| 27 | A twenty-five-foot wave flung itself at the canoe from an unexpected angle and before the crew could turn to absorb the blow , the Hokule'a rose up the face of the wave at forty-five degrees , and was capsized as it flew off the peak . |
| 28 | Whatever Jenny was involved in at any given moment took up the whole of her . |
| 29 | 3–11–1898 The Moderator read the following extract minute of Presbytery ; " The presbytery took up the report of the committee on union with the United Presbyterian Church as sent down by last General Assembly , and as Instructed by the Assembly , agreed to transmit the said report to the Kirk Session within their bounds for their information . " |
| 30 | Radio One DJ Jakki Brambles had the bright idea of getting Jason to record As Time Goes By after she and producer Jonathan Ruffle dreamed up the idea of broadcasting her show from Morocco to mark the film 's 50th anniversary . |