Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun] [vb past] up a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | More than a year ago , Matthey Beyrand set up a programme which ensures total control of its lead times . |
| 2 | The Secretary of State Kenneth Baker set up a committee in 1957 , charged with the task of examining A levels ( the Higginson Committee ) . |
| 3 | When Estella finally came , with her candle , along the dark passage , Miss Havisham picked up a jewel from her table and put it in Estella 's hair . |
| 4 | Westminster City Council community liaison officer David Tan set up a training session last week , with a Cantonese interpreter at the Man Fu Kung restaurant in London 's Leicester Square . |
| 5 | J K Galbraith drew up a range of alternative situations as shown on the next page : |
| 6 | Flt Sgt David Russell ended up a prisoner of war in the Far East . |
| 7 | Alan Mullally , Gordon Parsons with a superb spell of 8–4–13–1 and Vince Wells picked up a wicket apiece before the break . |
| 8 | Alan Mullally , Gordon Parsons with a superb spell of 8–4–13–1 and Vince Wells picked up a wicket apiece before the break . |
| 9 | Christopher Hope grew up a Catholic in Pretoria and went into voluntary exile , aged thirty-one , in 1975 . |
| 10 | ELISABETH LUARD DREW UP A CHAIR |
| 11 | The pavement beside Alen Glen 's was smashed and a Corporation junction box that had stood outside Jackson 's Dog House in Dundas Street lay up a close . |
| 12 | Thanks to John Allen and the respective chairmen of the two groups , Brian Watkins ( ATCDE Drama Section ) and Ray Moss ( National Association of Drama Advisers ) , the Exeter Conference set up a dialogue between lecturers and advisers which has continued in the regions ever since . |
| 13 | That the real Mathew Bryce cut up a girl , then torched himself ? |
| 14 | But Eagles sub Hugh Waddell set up a try for winger Mark Gamson after 58 minutes , and loose forward Tony Farrell went in from 20 yards to confirm their superiority . |
| 15 | Aunt Kit picked up a newspaper and smoothed it out on her knee . |
| 16 | Sister Cooney picked up a pile of books and began to replace them on the shelves . |
| 17 | Deborah Spungen set up a support organization for the parents of murdered children . |
| 18 | Gloucester had missed four penalties … but made up for things with an opening try … as full-back Martin Roberts picked up a tap penalty and bulldozed his way through to score … |
| 19 | Some of these legendary figures may be dead , so , for instance , the Yorkshire Ripper took up a mantle laid down by the original Ripper in the last century . |
| 20 | Mr Browning drew up a chair for her , as nice as could be , and sat down himself . |
| 21 | She started as though to make for the front door , but Mr Hunter held up a hand to stop her . |
| 22 | Defender Matty Appleby picked up a calf injury , but is not expected to be sidelined . |
| 23 | Six years ago , Sir Peter set up a memorial appeal fund , with instructions that it was to be launched immediately after his death . |
| 24 | My opinion of Joey B. went up a point or two . |
| 25 | Ironside , on loan for a month , has been put on stand-by after Middlesbrough keeper Stephen Pears picked up a cheek injury at Cambridge on Tuesday . |
| 26 | Boro have recalled goalkeeper Ian Ironside from his month 's loan at Scarborough and he is on stand-by after keeper Stephen Pears picked up a cheek injury at Cambridge on Tuesday . |
| 27 | Mr McFall held up a penknife with a three-inch blade and said it could exact terrible injuries and that post-mortem examinations last year at the department of forensic medicine and science at Glasgow University showed that in 18 out of 31 stabbings , the wound was three inches or less . |
| 28 | In 1986 Middlesbrough CAB set up a specialist advice service to the local Asian community funded by the MSC Community programme . |
| 29 | Van Gelder hung up a phone . |
| 30 | The entire ZTT organisation drew up a blueprint for world domination which was a product of the desire to change the pop star syndrome . |