Example sentences of "[noun sg] had [verb] up [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By the time I was involved the business had chalked up losses for many years and was in deep trouble . |
| 2 | There had been a good deal of rain , the Thames was high , and a north-westerly had piled up water at the river 's mouth , waiting for a strong flood tide to carry it up . |
| 3 | The first group had taken up position in all the key intersections so that they could control anyone who attempted to pass . |
| 4 | The funding money had to be matched pound for pound by other backers ; the people who believed in the paper had to put up £5,000 of their own money between them ; and the paper had to have a controlling group to protect it from an outside takeover which might change the political line . |
| 5 | The consequence of having such large schools with small protestant catchment areas was that those funded from the state had to make up numbers by accepting non-protestants . |
| 6 | After the service was over , they broke their fast in the small whitewashed refectory before approaching the Prior who confirmed his speculation of the previous evening that the Lord Bruce and his entourage had taken up residence in the port of Leith . |
| 7 | On the insurance side , Eagle Star had to cough up £10m in Hurricane Andrew claims while Farmers escaped scot-free . |
| 8 | Mrs Burrows nursed Betty through a dangerous illness when the doctor had given up hope on her . |
| 9 | Apart from these particular initiatives there was a general enthusiasm for the way in which fundholding had opened up communication with hospital colleagues . |
| 10 | He backed it not just because he was convinced by Rueff and his advisers that it would reduce inflation and revitalize the economy through the stimulus of competition , but because he was attracted by its theatrical elements — the symbolism of a new franc to mark a new political order , the grand gesture of carrying out commitments to Europe that the Fourth Republic had given up hopes of honouring , the rhetoric of a coherent plan of renovation as opposed to a collection of policies . |