Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun sg] [verb] up a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nine CIS member states ( all except Armenia and Ukraine ) had also signed an agreement at the Alma Ata meeting setting up a council to co-ordinate the work of their intelligence services . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | The moribund mainframe market is about to wake up to a flurry of developments in the storage area , with Hitachi Data Systems Inc preparing to announce a Symmetrix-type disk array for mainframes on May 25 , and IBM Corp following up a week later with launch of the 3390-9 disk drive , which is now expected to be accompanied by a new 3990-4 controller . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | In 1986 Middlesbrough CAB set up a specialist advice service to the local Asian community funded by the MSC Community programme . |
| 7 | The entire ZTT organisation drew up a blueprint for world domination which was a product of the desire to change the pop star syndrome . |
| 8 | It was the first UK brewer to set up a home sales division and was for years undisputed leader in this field . |
| 9 | Marsh 's book had considerable influence and played a role in stimulating the US government to set up a Forestry Commission to manage the nation 's resources . |
| 10 | Visitors to the Stoke-on-Trent stand picked up a Passport to the Potteries leaflet which allows them a discount when visiting sites of interest such as the Wedgwood Visitor Centre . |
| 11 | Last November , the Two Castles Housing Association and Darlington Council set up a mortgage rescue scheme for people who found themselves threatened with repossession after falling into arrears . |
| 12 | A ROBBER wearing a Santa hat held up a bank with a sawn-off shotgun before escaping on a bicycle yesterday . |
| 13 | The Birse Group notched up a £750 000 saving on insurance premiums through improving their systematic management of health and safety . |
| 14 | TRUE to the traditions of cup competitions , rugby union 's Pilkington version threw up a number of surprises in the last round , not least the demise of all three big West Country clubs . |
| 15 | Soon the family get unwittingly caught up in an attempt by an extreme IRA faction to blow up a limousine carrying one of the Royal family . |