Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] up [art] few [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I set about building up an act with the aid of Rag magazines , joke-books , a gag nicked from here , a gag nicked from there and at my next engagement , four days later , I was billed as a comic and my fee went up a few quid . |
| 2 | Nesad Causevic , a policeman , was changing shift last November when a grenade blew up a few metres from his car . |
| 3 | A breath of cold , fresh air wafted over his face , as the heavy wooden square eased up a few inches . |
| 4 | A woman got up a few rows back , and threw the hood off her head . |
| 5 | Mala 's vigorous snort stirred up a few echoes , but no one looked around . |
| 6 | After living with his aunt for four years , Mr Banks moved in with his girlfriend , but he moved back home last September after the couple split up a few weeks later and became very depressed . |
| 7 | Cardiff foreshore turned up a few conger and codling . |
| 8 | The WI were magnificent and provided thousands of lunches ; the Red Cross picked up the few casualties and stragglers ; and children along the route played welcome hosepipes on the passing riders . |