Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] up [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And then , from down below , an enraged roaring swelled up to fill the staircase . |
| 2 | The new council set up to reform the judiciary fell under the control of the Supreme Court , which was generally seen as being heavily under the influence of Cristiani 's right-wing ruling National Republic Alliance ( Arena ) . |
| 3 | The ‘ substantial case ’ for compensation was underlined yesterday by the local authority co-ordinating committee set up to represent the interest of councils which lost money . |
| 4 | The players will form part of a six man committee set up to oversee the Subscription Scheme which chairman Wallace Mercer hopes will entice fans to help pay for the renovations . |
| 5 | Lord Justice Higgins was appointed as a county court judge in 1971 and in 1975 he became a member of a special committee set up to review the Emergency Provisions Act . |
| 6 | Sweetheart reached up to touch the ice-cream lady 's arm . |
| 7 | A special steering group set up to examine the idea has chosen Citigen , a joint venture between British Gas and two French energy management companies , from six tenders for the system . |
| 8 | And an action group set up to fight the route looks set to demand a meeting with Mr Hunt 's successor , John Redwood . |
| 9 | The Farm Animal Welfare Council , an independent body set up to advise the Ministry of Agriculture , suggested that 600 square centimetres should be adopted as a minimum allowance in Europe . |
| 10 | ‘ I think the first clue I had that I might still be on the team was when your mum pitched up to inspect the body . ’ |
| 11 | If a head popped up to study the terrain , a bullet followed from the other side . |
| 12 | Then a sign went up saying the business had transferred . |
| 13 | Across the table sat the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits ( ARATS ) , a Beijing front organisation set up to give the SEF a liaison partner . |
| 14 | When The Fall played Leeds , part of their rider was to play a football match so all these young lads from the area turned up to take the piss . |
| 15 | PHIL NEAL , hero of the Kop and 50 times an international , last week stepped up to coach the England team . |
| 16 | A parliamentary commission set up to investigate the extent of the responsibility of the security service ( StB ) for , and the political background to , the violent police action against student demonstrators on Nov. 17 , 1989 [ see p. 37026 ] published its report on May 9 . |
| 17 | But the dog ended up chewing the thing to bits . ’ |
| 18 | Some ten to fifteen years later the French eyewitness accounts were to be corroborated by their erstwhile enemies at the court of enquiry set up to determine the extent and nature of the pillage by the Prussian troops involved in the pursuit . |
| 19 | Their billycock hats were in their hands , twisted out of shape by nervous fingers , and neither man looked up to meet the marquis 's eyes . |
| 20 | In one area of the central fruit-growing region , north-east of Santiago , 600 seasonal workers have joined a new union set up to address the needs of the seasonal labourers and their families and to negotiate with employers . |
| 21 | Then , coming to the point where he said ‘ But , my fliends , all that has changed … ’ , he suddenly straightened up , his left hand swung up to remove the moustache , the mandarin cap and the pigtail , while his right hand peeled off the Chinese jacket and gown . |
| 22 | Isabel 's hand shot up to conceal the brooch at her throat . |
| 23 | US$140,000,000 already pledged by the International Development Association towards a social fund set up to cushion the impact of economic reforms [ see p. 38209 ] was to be topped up to US$500,000,000 . |
| 24 | This is despite the near completion of a £70,000 five year project set up to save the paths . |
| 25 | This report is concerned with an NFER project set up to study the feasibility of devising tests in mathematics at several levels of difficulty , for lower attaining pupils aged 14 to 16 years . |
| 26 | The providers of training ended up playing the government 's games and giving it credibility when it was in reality doing nothing in a serious situation . |
| 27 | Because they have so much trouble finding beds in London hospitals , they 've got this little company set up to do the job for the doctors , so there is no way in the world that I can believe there 's a shortage of beds . |
| 28 | He even had a ready made foundation for the new bank — the Equivalent Company set up to administer the money and debentures paid to Scotland as a compensation for some pre-Union perfidy on the part on the English . |
| 29 | There is another brown-field alternative that has not been investigated : to build a new RIBA administrative building on a new site and sell 66 Portland place to the trust set up to operate the architecture centre and the library . |