Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] up [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The industry built up a new audience not by giving a social elite privileges but rather by suggesting that anyone who had paid their admission price would be given value for money and in particular would be given films that had been made with care and attention . |
| 2 | Indeed , " the main theme " of the book is the argument that the triangular pattern of cooperation between government and the two sides of industry built up a new form of harmony which lasted until the mid-sixties and led to the trade unions and employers ' associations being elevated to a new sort of status so that they became " governing institutions " sharing some of the political power and attributes of the state itself . |
| 3 | Mr Gordon Greig of the Mail turned up a fresh page in his notebook , and Mr Chris Moncrieff of the Press Association , who could sleep standing up , opened a parrot-like eye . |
| 4 | On three occasions a diligent search turned up a small droplet on the ground , and under the microscope it turned out to be a sperm mass . |
| 5 | Further research turned up a small shipping business , but it was modest indeed beside the kind of wealth claimed by Kleinworts . |
| 6 | The darker ‘ skunk-stripe ’ of walnut in the back of the neck covered up the rear installation of the truss rod . |
| 7 | ‘ The DJ took up the same line when he came on for the broadcast quiz interview , ’ she went on . |
| 8 | The Bowling League of Ireland side put up a heartening performance on Saturday , their biggest problem is finding front end players , especially leads . |
| 9 | By the kindest count , seven catches were grassed at Auckland , and six more chances were spilled on this opening day , with Gooch missed twice off Cairns before reaching double figures , after a 90-minute delay while the groundstaff mopped up the previous day 's heavy rain . |
| 10 | A ladybird crawled up a dry stalk , then stepped delicately across to the oiled and battered stock of the rifle . |
| 11 | One study summed up the overall situation as follows : |
| 12 | In 1987 , the US Drug Enforcement Administration set up a dummy company called Eurame here in Nicosia , on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus . |
| 13 | Attempts to contact Australia 400 miles ( over 640km ) to the south were unsuccessful , but the 1 09-set picked up a Dutch broadcast which was translated for the Company by a passing Dutch soldier : it announced the surrender of all their forces in the East Indies . |
| 14 | The first watcher picked up the red phone nearby and punched out three digits . |
| 15 | Since that time , and despite further hostilities in 1965 , the 1949 ceasefire line or " line of control " had separated Azad Kashmir ( " Free Kashmir " — the northern Pakistani-controlled sector ) from Indian-administered Kashmir , which together with Jammu further to the south made up the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir . |
| 16 | Anabelle watched from under the gate while the boy snatched up the huge bowl and dashed into the house . |
| 17 | Over those years accumulation built up the phenomenal momentum which it was to sustain through the sixties . |
| 18 | A joint congressional committee drew up a common version of the two bills which was duly approved by the two chambers , and was signed into law on Sept. 22 by President Fidel Ramos . |
| 19 | A person buys a new washing machine , and is unfortunate enough to discover that ( a ) the cabinet is badly scratched , and thus not of merchantable quality ; ( b ) the machine ripped up the first batch of clothes and half-flooded the kitchen ( ie it was not fit for the purpose ) ; and ( c ) the model delivered by the suppliers was not the model agreed upon in the shop ( ie the goods were not as described by the retailer ) . |
| 20 | ‘ That one scene took up a whole morning and I did think to myself I could have written half a script in that time . |
| 21 | Another 17-year-old girl kept up a regular correspondence with her natural mother and went to see her once or twice a year referring to her as an ‘ auntie ’ . |
| 22 | Fang took up a senior research post at Cambridge University 's astronomy department . |
| 23 | The broad gauge won , but the narrow gauge put up a respectable performance . |
| 24 | In retrospect , it is clear that this preemptive strategy succeeded : in most areas of France , the transfer of power into the hands of the Gaullist state went relatively smoothly ; Vichy 's bureaucracy put up no substantial resistance to de Gaulle ; and the AMGOT threat was averted . |
| 25 | Out of the window the setting sun lit up the perfect whiteness of the Caucasus mountains ; a party of Austrian holidaymakers was down there somewhere , getting in some good skiing . |
| 26 | The rising sun lit up the topmost stones of the Pyramid , and Flaubert , looking down at his feet , noticed a small business-card pinned in place . |
| 27 | A sudden explosion of brightness lit up the whole sky . |
| 28 | Then the Judge picked up the stiff body of the student in his arms . |
| 29 | Meanwhile , according to the Financial Times of Aug. 13 , the State Council set up a special group to co-ordinate the government 's response to the Shenzhen riot , headed by Zou Jiahua , a Vice-Premier and the Minister in charge of the State Planning Commission . |
| 30 | In order to monitor and facilitate this process , the Council set up a Further Education Board in 1979 which , among other things , produced a set of guidelines , which has been formally approved by the Council , for colleges submitting courses for validation . |