Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [vb pp] up [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What annoying snag had cropped up this time ? |
| 2 | At the subsequent AGM of the Alliance , Charles Ward argued that following the electoral truce of the war years conscientiously observed by the Alliance but not its opponents , the organisation had made up lost ground through steady educative work , and was now able ‘ to get in closer touch with the people ’ ( SE 12 February 21 ) . |
| 3 | Elections were to be contested up to the level of Dáil Éireann when the movement had built up sufficient support . |
| 4 | The Economist referred to the device of ‘ calling in a High Court judge to write incredible economic nonsense ’ , but whatever view is taken of the justice or the wisdom of the report which recommended a considerable wage increase and which formed the basis of the settlement , the impression given was that the government had set up this enquiry to produce a report which would enable them to yield to the miners ' claim without total loss of face . |
| 5 | Work preparing the ‘ Marco Polo ’ story for the studio had taken up more time and resources than was originally envisaged . |
| 6 | Though my Mother had enough barbiturates in her system to kill ten people , her addiction had built up sufficient tolerance to suggest the possibility of an accidental overdose . |
| 7 | It was somewhere along the lane between Nunes and Hadleigh but so much vegetation had grown up that spring that everything looked different . |