Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] up a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Lionello Venturi considered lives of artists made up a basic category of art criticism , buttressing his opinion with accounts of writings by Vasari and others . |
| 2 | The Scots opened up a 20-shot lead over Ireland after just five ends and then pulled away to finish convincing 56-shot winners . |
| 3 | He was gnawed and pinched with cold ; the scabs on his knees showed up a bright purple because of the cold and his nose was red and raw-looking . |
| 4 | • Four Petersfield drummers kept up a ten-hour drum-a-thon and raised £200 . |
| 5 | ‘ Our legal adviser told us that using such a route could even lead to the club being closed down if their investigations opened up a real can of worms . |
| 6 | Table 3.23 below shows that the unskilled and the semi-skilled manual workers made up a higher proportion of those receiving sickness or invalidity benefit than their size as a population group warranted ; the opposite was the case for the non-manual workers ; while the skilled manual workers ’ position as beneficiaries reflected their size as a group among the general population . |
| 7 | Manual workers made up a large proportion of the TUC membership , and the health of many of these was depicted as having been destroyed by their employment ; and , moreover , it was held that all workers had a right to a period of leisure in later life supported by-a full subsistence pension . |
| 8 | The anti-aircraft gunners kept up a steady fire , claiming nine aircraft shot down , including the Bf110 which crashed near Takali , and four other aircraft damaged . |
| 9 | In a typical drive in March 1990 , Penghu fishermen rounded up a mixed herd of 50 to 60 bottlenose dolphins and false killer whales ( Pseudorca ) , and drove them through the narrow channel into Shakang Harbour . |
| 10 | The badminton men 's singles threw up a new champion from a new store this year — Andy Peacock from Apsley Mills — who took the title from the holder , Phil shaw of Charlton depot , in two convincing sets . |
| 11 | Birds were always with them ; robins watched with bright eyes and sang as they passed ; wrens flew suddenly and low from branch to bush ; great tits rang out their bell-notes unseen from the tree-tops ; tree-creepers trickled headlong and caterwise down the creviced trunks of the oaks ; woodpeckers kept up a constant drum-rattle on the hollow branches , the sound coming now from the right , now from the left , now in front , now behind ; wood-pigeons wooed one another in secret leafy recesses , comforting , encouraging , cajoling ; rooks sprang upwards cawing into the blue sky as they passed beneath their nests ; and higher still , up towards the sun , they caught occasional glimpses of great birds circling , buzzards , kites , eagles . |
| 12 | Accordingly , the 1987 regulations picked up a large part of the requirements of the Bank Accounts Directive , but not all of them . |
| 13 | Rangers followed up a 3-2 win in the Skol Cup with a 4-0 victory there in the league in September . |
| 14 | And as six-month-old Farrah arrived back from Ireland with mum Bernadette and dad Shane , throngs of neighbours sent up a deafening cheer . |
| 15 | Interestingly though , whereas physical abuse investigations took up a substantial amount of home visit time , the sexual abuse investigations were heavy on office interview time . |
| 16 | The knot of demonstrators summoned up a ragged cry and waved their tattered banners , but whether it was the sight of Edwina Currie or of Virginia Bottomley was not immediately evident . |
| 17 | The number of shepherds , stockmen , etc. is simply not known , but it is still the case that employed artisans made up a significant proportion of the urban male population . |
| 18 | In front of Celtic 's lowest home gate of the season , the two sides served up a superb all-action second half which compensated for a dour first session . |
| 19 | In front of Celtic 's lowest home gate of the season , the two sides served up a superb all-action second half which compensated for a dour first session . |
| 20 | Police broke up a small gathering in Harare and arrested at least six trade unionists . |
| 21 | More demonstrations and clashes , although less violent , followed on Thursday night , while in Magdeburg , police broke up a silent march of some 500 people through the city following a prayer meeting in the cathedral . |
| 22 | FOUR men tied up a middle-aged builder and his wife and threatened them with machetes before ransacking their home , a court heard yesterday . |
| 23 | Gerald Wilkinson hit 41 as third placed Newtown seconds chalked up a six-wicket success over Much Wenlock seconds . |
| 24 | The work was less skilled than it had been formerly since no women made up a whole garment , but rather worked on one fragment of the process , for instance sewing up side-seams all day , every day . |
| 25 | In the end Purvis and his records opened up a new world for me , starting on that very first dinner when we played Beethoven 's Archduke Trio , the one in B flat major , ‘ Opus 97 , ’ he added casually . |
| 26 | The soldiers kept up a continuous fire . |
| 27 | GANGSTERS smashed up a new Pepsi factory — to keep the black market price of the drink high . |
| 28 | Then one of the goats chewed up a long roll of film and swallowed it . |
| 29 | The drums took up a slower beat now , and the procession wound its way into the cemetery . |