Example sentences of "[noun pl] [was/were] [verb] up for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The transformations complete , all six readers were lined up for the final photograph . |
| 2 | Children were out playing in the schoolyards , shouting and enjoying the sunshine ; shops were closed up for the dinner hour . |
| 3 | The boundaries were drawn up for the Directive on a Commune by Commune basis with the vast majority of Communes being entirely allocated to one or other LFA zone . |
| 4 | With competition becoming intense the first set of Motor Racing rules were drawn up for the Paris-Amsterdam-Paris race of 1898 . |
| 5 | In later years some swings were put up for the school , but that was after my time . |
| 6 | Then there was a long break as the cameras were set up for the dramatic shot over Sir Rupert Cartland 's shoulder . |