Example sentences of "[adj] [vb past] up [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This opened up a four-shot lead but at the 5th Greg hit a bad second shot and chipped up , missed the putt and dropped back to three ahead . |
| 2 | For the first time this opened up an honest discussion of feelings , and started the process of constructing a new pattern of interaction . |
| 3 | This opened up an interesting line of enquiry . |
| 4 | And he half hopped and half flew up the rough beach , stopping frequently to see that she was following , until with a final struggle they got back to safe rocks along the cliffs over the tideline . |
| 5 | In desperation the British gave up the Palestinian mandate in May 1948 , while trying to rescue what they could of their relationship with the Arabs . |
| 6 | This held up the whole meeting and finally it was decided to postpone the event for over an hour , so we all left the track . |
| 7 | On becoming choirmaster at south Hackney parish church ( 1872–5 ) Hunt gathered the support of leading organists in London and in 1872 set up an independent institution to provide better training for church musicians . |
| 8 | This set up a Civil Rights Commission empowered to assist blacks to exercise their right to vote . |
| 9 | After considerable lobbying , the Television Act was passed in 1954 and this set up the Independent Television Authority ( ITA ) to supervise a federal structure of commercially funded television companies , each serving a different region or market . |
| 10 | Rather , erm , one was in one position and then a second took up a different position . |
| 11 | In the Habsburg territories in central Europe , which because of their exposed geographical position and limited economic strength greatly needed an effective and well-controlled foreign policy , the Emperor Joseph I in 1709 set up a new committee of nine officials for this purpose . |
| 12 | This situation began to change under the Yorkists as Edward IV built up the royal estates and improved their management . |
| 13 | The Transport Act 1962 broke up the British Transport Commission established under the Transport Act 1947 . |
| 14 | ‘ The ordering-off broke up a successful partnership between Hateley and Ally McCoist and we can not hide from that fact , ’ said Smith . |
| 15 | Incidentally it did not escape our notice that Colin , his wife and John Stowell all gave up a significant part of a day for our benefit . |
| 16 | The stockmarket rally that started in the last quarter of 1992 pushed up the composite share index from a low point of 459 on August 21st to 678 at the end of the year , up 11% from 12 months earlier . |
| 17 | Following a military coup in 1980 legislative and executive powers were assumed by a National Security Council ( NSC ) led by Gen. Kenan Evren , which in October 1981 set up a Consultative Assembly to draft a new constitution which was approved by referendum in November 1982 . |
| 18 | Last year twenty thousand set up a tented shanty town on the site , taking police by surprise and enraging local people . |
| 19 | A typical letter in the correspondence columns of The Daily Mail in 1977 summed up the commonplace fears and aspirations which are arranged around this slogan : This kind of commonsense reasoning , invariably linked to the perceived upsurge in crime and mischief , has become such a day-to-day feature of life in contemporary Britain that one hears complaints phrased in the idiom of ‘ Twenty Years Ago ’ amidst the gossip of bus queues , pubs and launderettes . |
| 20 | That took up an awful lot of time in my second year , although it was good fun . |
| 21 | And with Conor O'Shea kicking five penalty goals , the Irish kept up a steady scoring rate . |
| 22 | The DC on May 8 set up a special commission to manage the affairs of its Milan branch . |
| 23 | ‘ When some of these smart Alecs in 1974 put up a venomous plaque to my brother in Soho , outside the Plough tavern in Museum Street , I went over there , in the winter , and tore it down . |
| 24 | A verse from the Sydney Bulletin in 1882 summed up a familiar controversy about how to interpret a phenomenon such as Larrikinism : We must leave the question of the origins of the ‘ Hooligan ’ style where it rests , however , as simply one murky aspect of an otherwise murky affair . |
| 25 | When , worn down at last , he mentioned a man who lived as far away as Prudhoe , the polite picked up a young fellow known as Billy the Badger , which apparently had nothing to do with his poaching activities , but was given him because he always wore a white muffler , the ends tucked into his trouser tops , and on Sundays , when he wore his best , which was a black coat and trousers , his pointed face above this ensemble roughly depicted the night creature of the woods . |
| 26 | President Suharto on Nov. 19 set up a seven-person commission to investigate the Dili incident , headed by Chief Justice Jaelani , a retired army general , and comprising officials from the Home Affairs , Foreign and Justice Ministries , and representatives from the Supreme Court , armed forces and parliament . |