Example sentences of "[noun prp] [pron] [vb past] [verb] up the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Confused by her rebellious attitude , David himself had cleaned up the kitchen behind his stepfather , and so the pattern was set . |
| 2 | My experience of working with other nationalities both at Wilhelmshaven and later , when with David Wheeler I had set up the German Fishery Protection Service in the Baltic , also taught me some fundamental lessons . |
| 3 | It had been Kurt who had set up the dozens of licensing deals for menswear and toiletries , bedlinen and beachwear , soft furnishings and costume jewellery , all bearing the name of Hugo Varna , which had not only saved him from bankruptcy but also made him his first million . |
| 4 | Earlier , holidaying in the less exotic Yorkshire resort of Filey she had picked up the American Beat anthology Protest , one of the volumes triggered by the ‘ on the road ’ boom after 1957 . |
| 5 | It was only in London they had to keep up the pretence that Buckmaster had nothing to do with his company . |