Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] up the [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | She kept up the palazzo for twenty years — two decades . |
| 2 | She held up the lanthorn for a better look . |
| 3 | I was an ardent admirer and supporter of MacBrayne 's buses : they opened up the north-west for me . |
| 4 | They followed up the cases for 12 months to discover how the accident had affected their general mental state , travel anxiety and their attitude to driving or being a passenger . |
| 5 | The driver of the jeep said they picked up the Arab for questioning because he could not explain what he was doing in the area . |
| 6 | ‘ We were a player short and he made up the numbers for us . ’ |
| 7 | When Kevin O'Reilly , who runs the only pharmacy in Ederney , returned to the province , he made up the product for one psoriasis victim . |
| 8 | I lost a lot of pictures , but it opened up the night-time for me and I felt that the mood came out . |
| 9 | But the suggestion is that he was the black sheep , because he gave up the throne for a woman . |
| 10 | He pouches the ball with the eye of a major league outfielder , and that is because he was a player of some repute before he gave up the bat for the bag at the start of the 1970s . |
| 11 | In 1985 , it set up the Society for the Psychological Study of Lesbian and Gay Issues . |
| 12 | Please could you give me some information to help me set up the tank for coldwater fish , such as filtration , lighting , decor and stocking ? , . |