Example sentences of "put up a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Warnie paid the cash deposit of £300 , and raised a mortgage of £500 , Minto 's trustees put up a mortgage of £1,500 and Jack raised a mortgage of £1,000 . |
| 2 | Concentrating on maintaining a foothold on rocks worn smooth by winter torrents , I put up a startled grouse that exploded into flight . |
| 3 | Teddington had to give up Laslett and Barker to England but put up a spirited performance against the national side . |
| 4 | It 's not usual to make new partners put up a lot of cash . ’ |
| 5 | Put up a detailed proposal for consideration when we get back , and we 'll see if they buy the specifics . ’ |
| 6 | PUT UP A GREENHOUSE |
| 7 | ‘ I bet they put up a bloody good fight , ’ he said . |
| 8 | As a personal trademark we put up a straw model of a short-eared owl made locally especially for us . |
| 9 | They were n't missed — the visitors put up a great show in an English field that looked forever foreign ! |
| 10 | The pair put up a brave struggle with their attackers — blood was found in their pickup truck and on nearby bushes . |
| 11 | The partners had already started to restrict drawings on the account , and Ms Harris and Charles Bullworthy then put up a £150,000 guarantee , supported by a second charge on their house , in order to increase the practice facility . |
| 12 | Put up a sign , ‘ No through road ’ , and few will venture to ask ‘ Why ? ’ or ‘ Are you sure ? ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I shall definitely think twice before I put up a sign like this again . ’ |
| 14 | They have done a little bit of redecorating , such as in the hallway where they put up a pretty floral paper with a wide matching border at dado level , and hung an original time recorder clock , made in Leeds and bought from an antique shop in Leigh-on-Sea . |
| 15 | Oh , I could have gone further , I suppose — put up a bullfight poster to make Stuart feel at home but one must n't entirely submerge one 's personality , I find , otherwise one 's guests do n't know whom they 're meeting . |
| 16 | Inspired by the presence of their most sacred relic , the Holy Cross , the Christian soldiers put up a tremendous fight . |
| 17 | " Free ale all round tonight lads ! " he told them , and they put up a cheer of delight . |
| 18 | so , they put up a front , and |
| 19 | It 's different if you 're paid to come here to give a talk and you put up a poor show but if you 've volunteered then er I think er you know you you really ought to have a different approach to . |
| 20 | We we used to get erm at the chapel meetings we used to get erm paper , newspaper and put up a s guttering , a spout you know , a drainpipe , and put a match to it . |
| 21 | Put up a fight . |
| 22 | And then they put up a big tent in the Beside the school where you went out for your supper er it was that . |
| 23 | The two Belfast Teams put up a great fight with spirited performances from Gillian Cosgrove , Eimear Grieve , Karen Ireland , Jackie Spence , Cathy Murray and Mary McGrath . |
| 24 | Put up a pin board and start a collection of cards from restaurants . |
| 25 | There is not only a form of filtering within homes of the rooms offered to those on income support , but homes sometimes put up a bar against those whose only contribution is up to the ceiling laid down by the Government . |
| 26 | ‘ Oh , they put up a fight when we jumped ‘ em , but the one with the radio head butted a baseball bat an ’ called a time-out . |
| 27 | But quite frankly we 'd prefer it if you put up a bit of a fight as we 're a right sadistic bunch . |
| 28 | A car dealer turned back the mileometer on a car and then put up a notice that the mileage " may not be correct " . |
| 29 | tutorial programme , we talked last , last term er and I said that I 'd like to as soon as possible put up a complete programme of titles , it would be nice if we could have a little er what am I supposed to call them ? |
| 30 | POST Office workers put up a first class performance blasting round Britain 's fastest motor racing circuits in a Royal Mail delivery van . |