Example sentences of "[noun] had [verb] up [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The French Dragoons had taken up positions in the southern houses , while the Prussian infantry in their dark blue coats and black shakos lined the barricade . |
| 2 | As this demonstrated , the defection of Warwick had opened up gaps in the king 's authority and Gloucester was again an immediate beneficiary . |
| 3 | As this demonstrated , the defection of Warwick had opened up gaps in the king 's authority and Gloucester was again an immediate beneficiary . |
| 4 | Much time is spent by teacher-librarians in secondary schools in giving pupils busy introductions to reference books and library catalogues , and we saw in Chapter 3 how tutor-librarians in technical institutions along Hertfordshire lines had built up programmes of instruction in all aspects of information-seeking . |
| 5 | By the time I was involved the business had chalked up losses for many years and was in deep trouble . |
| 6 | There had been a good deal of rain , the Thames was high , and a north-westerly had piled up water at the river 's mouth , waiting for a strong flood tide to carry it up . |
| 7 | The first group had taken up position in all the key intersections so that they could control anyone who attempted to pass . |
| 8 | Joshua Morris had given up hope of ever reaching the promised land . |
| 9 | Orders had pushed up men on top of men and set up a living wall against the monstrous German avalanche . ’ |
| 10 | The funding money had to be matched pound for pound by other backers ; the people who believed in the paper had to put up £5,000 of their own money between them ; and the paper had to have a controlling group to protect it from an outside takeover which might change the political line . |
| 11 | In the late eighteenth century , John and William Hunter had built up collections of anatomical specimens for teaching purposes ; the Hunterian Collection in London became one of the sights not to be missed by the intellectual tourist in the early Victorian period , when Richard Owen was in charge of it . |
| 12 | The consequence of having such large schools with small protestant catchment areas was that those funded from the state had to make up numbers by accepting non-protestants . |
| 13 | After the service was over , they broke their fast in the small whitewashed refectory before approaching the Prior who confirmed his speculation of the previous evening that the Lord Bruce and his entourage had taken up residence in the port of Leith . |
| 14 | In the eighteen months since Mrs Thatcher had taken up employment at Dickins and Jones , the mood of the Party had perceptibly changed for the better , the great bulk of the membership having transferred its loyalty smoothly from the old Leader to the new . |
| 15 | Two years earlier Jones had given up work as a hod carrier when Wimbledon signed him from Wealdstone for £10,000 . |
| 16 | You were n't supposed to stick anything on the walls , but Jamila had pinned up poems by Christina Rossetti , Plath , Shelley and other vegetarians , which she copied out of library books and read when she stretched her legs by taking a few steps around the tiny room . |
| 17 | On the insurance side , Eagle Star had to cough up £10m in Hurricane Andrew claims while Farmers escaped scot-free . |
| 18 | Mrs Burrows nursed Betty through a dangerous illness when the doctor had given up hope on her . |
| 19 | The other groups had set up camp on the far side , waiting for a few clear days and the worst of the snow to melt . |
| 20 | Meanwhile the Elector Carl Theodor had taken up residence in Munich , and had invited the members of his court to join him there ( though they could stay on at Mannheim and retain their salaries if they wished ) . |
| 21 | Apart from these particular initiatives there was a general enthusiasm for the way in which fundholding had opened up communication with hospital colleagues . |
| 22 | Reports in early July said that the USA had drawn up plans for closer monitoring of international sanctions against Iraq following Jordan 's alleged violation of the trade embargo . |
| 23 | Armoured carriers had taken up positions in the east of the city but the western approaches seemed to be still subject to heavy fighting . |
| 24 | The Brighton Constabulary , whose marksmen had taken up positions from which they could command the Grand Hotel , was stood down after half an hour . |
| 25 | He backed it not just because he was convinced by Rueff and his advisers that it would reduce inflation and revitalize the economy through the stimulus of competition , but because he was attracted by its theatrical elements — the symbolism of a new franc to mark a new political order , the grand gesture of carrying out commitments to Europe that the Fourth Republic had given up hopes of honouring , the rhetoric of a coherent plan of renovation as opposed to a collection of policies . |