Example sentences of "[noun sg] had [verb] up [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After the monitor had gathered up the papers and placed them on the small , square , wooden table that acted as the sister 's desk , the class sat quiet , waiting anxiously for the verdict , a tick or a large cross , the while automatically mumbling Hail Marys . |
| 2 | He , along with Spaak and the long-serving Luxembourg premier , Joseph Beck ( who chaired the meeting ) , were the driving force at Messina : they were , in fact , the three men who in exile had drawn up the plans for Benelux . |
| 3 | Wakefield Council had set up an Adaptations and Disability Unit , bringing together staff from social services , environmental health and housing departments . |
| 4 | At a Local Government conference , someone at the venue had put up the mikes but had not checked to make sure they were fixed properly , so they were slowly drooping ! |
| 5 | The DHAC had softened up the Unionists by publicising the housing situation in Derry and causing embarrassment for the Stormont government , but it was the Nationalists , as elected representatives , who were able to press home the advantage and force the concessions . |
| 6 | Labour chiefs branded the rush of openness too late after the Government had hushed up the payments for 18 months . |