Example sentences of "[noun sg] had [verb] up a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was no sign of Benny , but Ace assumed that the Professor had taken up a position on the other side of the stanchion . |
| 2 | The presbytery asked members of the church to note that the South Ronaldsay Parents ' Action Committee had set up a fund for legal aid to which they might like to contribute , and they asked their Social Matters Committee to look into the question of guidance to ministers in cases involving the Social Work Department . |
| 3 | This document , written by Hornby , emphasized that the Council had set up a procedure for dealing with proposals which began with a detailed scrutiny of documents from the college and involved painstaking work by the subject boards , so that the Council ‘ might establish the standards of its degrees ’ . |
| 4 | He said the council had put up a wire fence at the place on the cliff-path . |
| 5 | In August the Agitprop section of the Twelfth Party Conference had set up a commission to start a state subsidy for the politically reliable press . |
| 6 | This Section from 2 Commando had set up a road-block ambush , while the destroyer joined others in her flotilla in attacking an armed tug and other ships . |
| 7 | But the preacherman had opened up a crack , and got into her greymass . |
| 8 | His father had built up a hotel and property business in Uganda . |
| 9 | So the first man in the smithy in the morning had to pick up a hammer and strike the anvil three times — just to let the old man know we were on the job . |
| 10 | The owner had put up a £1,000 reward after the red car was stolen from his garage in Warwick . |
| 11 | The forces of federation and supranationalism were in disarray , and at the time it seemed natural to conclude that the whole momentum of European integration was lurching to a halt , in particular because the EDC debacle had opened up a rift between France and West Germany . |
| 12 | It was announced on March 30 that the USSR Supreme Soviet had set up a USSR Union Republican State Committee for the Nationalities Question " to improve state administration in the sphere of national development and inter-ethnic relations " . |
| 13 | Discovery of the micro-organic causes of disease and the mode of their transmission had opened up a domain which ‘ to the minds of our immediate ancestors seemed almost outside of the knowable ’ . |
| 14 | The wee lass had picked up a cloth and was wiping Hector 's unshaven chin free of grease ; then his hands , and the handle of his knife . |
| 15 | The farm had lined up a series of dates last month , but cancelled them due to recording commitments . |
| 16 | The farm had lined up a series of dates last month , but cancelled them due to recording commitments . |
| 17 | His skin had picked up a glow from the lilies on the table . |
| 18 | One little rascal had picked up a cigarette-end , still burning ( called a dog-end , or dout ) and was puffing away like a steam engine . |
| 19 | Up in Doncaster my mum and dad had set up a stall in the car-park of the local Asda in an effort to raise signatures for a rolling petition . |
| 20 | Inspired by Talleyrand , the founder of the Dynasty had set up a number of high sounding offices such as Vice Grand Elector and Vice Constable , and to these gothic absurdities were added the ceremonies of the lever and coucher , echoes of the ancien régime . |
| 21 | Within an hour of the crash , neighbours on the Yew Tree council estate had rounded up a youth suspected of being involved . |
| 22 | Nathan boomed and brayed so enthusiastically that his mother had to mop up a dribble of saliva that trickled out of the corner of his mouth . |
| 23 | Once the working party had drawn up a schedule of accommodation , illustrated above , it then fell to medical and nursing officers within SHHD , and CSABD , together with colleagues from SDD Building Directorate to work this schedule up into a detailed design guidance . |