Example sentences of "[art] [noun pl] [verb] [verb] up [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The researchers tried to bump up numbers by installing large wooden nest boxes ( 0.5 m x 0.5 m x 1.0m ) on the top of telegraph poles throughout three plantations .
2 Well yes , because in the schools now they 've started erm some of the schools have taken up celebration , Divali which is coming up in November and erm they celebrate some of the other festivals as well .
3 The air force general leading the mutineers refused to give up control of the base even as the seige of Makati ended .
4 The air force general leading the mutineers refused to give up control of the base even as the seige of Makati ended .
5 ( The TRAGEDIANS have taken up positions for the continuation of the mime : which in this case means a love scene , sexual and passionate , between the QUEEN and the POISONER/KING . )
6 Then the minders threatened to smash up Gaynor 's camcorder . ’
7 The demonstrators threatened to blow up factories .
8 The conservators have put up signs on Castlemorton Copmmon today telling the travellers they 're taking legal action and asking them to leave …
9 The railroads began to open up America during the 1830s : the ‘ De Witt Clinton ’ , one of the most historic locomotives on the Mohawk and Hudson Railroad , 1831 .
10 1.3.3 In the wider community there was praise in the Gunn Report for the way in which the modules had opened up training pathways to satisfy employment needs in Leisure and Recreation .
11 ‘ It may be nothing , but the police have picked up Arthur Evans .
12 Luckily boys do n't notice datedness too readily , and the boarders seemed to lap up Biggles , or John Buchan , or even Edgar Wallace .
13 Just as he did during the general election when we said that the Tories planned to put up VAT .
14 If the Tories want to bring up cases at Points of Order I am prepared to do so . ’
15 The nuns have run up debts of more than £1 million with an ambitious plan for a care village in the grounds of the convent .
16 The nuns have run up debts of more than £1 million with an ambitious plan for a care village in the grounds of the convent .
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