Example sentences of "[noun pl] had [vb pp] up [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Four times , he said , Scots had woken up the morning after an election to find a Tory government : ‘ We can not guarantee when they wake up the morning after the election in 1997 that we will have got rid of them . ’ |
| 2 | Piers had set up the garden table and two benches , and they had what turned out to be a very edible meal under the fading sun , with a magnificent view overlooking the still blue sea , with all the night noises playing a symphony around them . |
| 3 | The previous day the Yugoslavs had put up a proclamation in Klagenfurt claiming that Carinthia was part of Yugoslavia . |
| 4 | Nesting for the first time in the delta since the 16th century , the flamingos had flown up the coast from the southern province of Malaga after finding their traditional nesting ground in the Fuente de Piedra lake had dried up after a prolonged drought . |
| 5 | Ellen tapped her heel , where the strap of a new pair of sandals had rubbed up a blister . |
| 6 | The Fine Gael TD for Westmeath , Paul McGrath , told the Dail that a group of terrorists had set up a firing range on the shores of Lough Derravarragh last week and fired off 1,000 rounds of ammunition from Kalashnikov rifles . |
| 7 | The first was William Purser who over twenty-five years had built up the Delta mission , originated work for the blind , organised teacher-training and supervised the small theological school of the diocese . |
| 8 | In the next year , one in which bad harvests had pushed up the price of wheat to 119s. 6d. a quarter , the overseers not only paid 1s. per week to Mary , but also found a further 2s. per week for Thomas himself from 26 May until 30 June on account of him having ‘ No work ’ . |
| 9 | Genetic tests had matched up the body parts on Moloch with everyone who had been there , apart from Ace and Christine . |
| 10 | The men had picked up the sacks and shaken them out . |
| 11 | A short time before , estate agents ' men had put up a board to say that five houses were to be built — but they had erected it in the flower garden of the house instead of in the field as they had been instructed . |
| 12 | The police had rounded up a circle of drug users and suppliers . |
| 13 | The negotiations had driven up the share prices , which was wonderful . |
| 14 | They immediately had to dive for cover , however , as the Germans had set up a pair of machine guns in front of the doors behind hastily piled crates . |
| 15 | In Scotland , by 0830 on the Sunday the sappers had cleared up the site , breakfasted , packed up their tents and kit , loaded the vehicles and parked them safely away from the danger area . |
| 16 | Nearer the cottage the soldiers had set up an infestation grid , the dull mauve light attracting anything small and winged from the surrounding meadows . |
| 17 | It was also the last test flight for the station 's long serving test pilot … and his colleagues had lined up a surprise . |