Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] up [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Between them Locke and Newton built up the mental picture of the universe which the educated classes in the eighteenth century absorbed as incontrovertible truth . |
| 2 | After consultation with the Leeds Permanent Building Society , the EOC drew up the following recommendations in respect of mobility : |
| 3 | Carleton built up a sizeable estate in the eastern and midland counties , partly by inheritance , partly through the second of his three marriages , to Elizabeth Mohun , a Northamptonshire widow who brought him the manor of Overstone , where he mostly resided . |
| 4 | In this way Dr. Bach built up a complete medicine chest of thirty-eight flowers to cover all known negative states of mind . |
| 5 | Gooch , having exceeded the mighty Hammond 's Test aggregate , edged into his stumps ; Hick messed up an attempted pull against Waqar ; Smith was held brilliantly by the substitute fielder at third slip ( Latif also happens to be the deputy wicketkeeper ) ; and on the stroke of tea Stewart , having batted imperiously for four hours , fell disappointingly to a catch at cover off slow left-armer Mujtaba . |
| 6 | Nick Pickering broke up a rare Shrewsbury attack on the edge of his own box , made a 50-yard run into the other half and played the ball forward to Ellison , who laid it off to Steve Mardenborough . |
| 7 | Kylie kept up a relentless pace during the tour , which took her to Newcastle , Manchester and Liverpool before one appearance in Scotland at Edinburgh 's Playhouse Theatre . |
| 8 | Kruger took up a sword-sharp scimitar and held it aloft for blessing . |
| 9 | Sacco swarmed up the steering-wheel post and wrestled the keys out of the ignition while the rest of the boys poked around in the cab . |
| 10 | Over the years he has played league cricket and county cricket for Sussex and Glamorgan with resounding success , and on his last trip to England thrilled the crowd with a magnificent display of strokemaking at the Oval , scoring 260 as Pakistan ran up the imposing total of 708 . |
| 11 | They cruised into a three-goal lead with goals by Keith Adamson ( 2 ) and Craig Fish , but two strikes from Steve Wheldon set up a nervous finish . |
| 12 | Mr Lang set up the working party in March 1991 after the Government rejected calls for national parks in Scotland . |
| 13 | Last week GGT picked up an extra £5m of business from Cadbury and the £4m Philips CD Interactive account . |
| 14 | Eleanor picked up the fresh flowers and began trimming their stems . |
| 15 | Frankie picked up the empty kettle and went to refill it but I noticed that none of the onlookers tried to wring his neck while he had the kettle in his hands . |
| 16 | During that summer , tenants ' associations which had been formed in Rossville Flats , Meenan Park , Shantallow , Rossville Street , Lecky Road and Foyle Hill set up a central council to coordinate their activities . |
| 17 | Manville picked up the second folder , sighing heavily . |
| 18 | Satisfied , Manville picked up the coded copy and headed towards the despatch room . |
| 19 | Once again Skaller picked up the two pictures , but only the features of the other boy still held his glance . |
| 20 | Sheffield , too , had such links ( even before reorganization ) formalized in an Industrial Development Advisory Committee , involving representatives of industry , trade unions , central government departments as well as the city council , and in the late 1970s Nottinghamshire set up an economic forum involving similar groups ( Johnson and Cochrane , 1981 , p. 171 ) . |
| 21 | The Act of Union stirred up the latent nationalism even of non-Jacobite Scots . |
| 22 | ‘ There is still a long way to go , though , and nobody at this club forgets that , two seasons ago , Aberdeen made up a ten-point deficit and took Rangers to the last day of the season before they ( Rangers ) won the title . ’ |
| 23 | Alan snatched up an osier basket and hung it on the cockerel 's rusty head to hide it . |
| 24 | Léonie lifted up the wooden flap and peered into what always seemed to her like a bird-house in which they might find golden eggs . |
| 25 | German Euro Commissioner Martin Bangemann opened up a second front by claiming the Maastricht Treaty was a milestone on the road to a federal Europe . |
| 26 | Norman Carlin opened up an 11–2 lead against club lead Alan Lambert and went on to win well by 21–12 while Terry Clarke led all the way to beat John Allison comfortably 21–12 . |
| 27 | Jasper Sharpe powered up the direct start to Moving Staircase at High Rocks to give a fun ( and 6b ) boulder problem . |
| 28 | Ditchburn covered up the extra payments through a hugely inflated figure for the purchase of straw to protect the turf from frost . |
| 29 | Even as he charmed Cagney burnt up a nervous restlessness in a way that would have been very familiar to many of his fans . |
| 30 | Step by step , Elena advanced up the academic tree in pace with Nicolae 's progress up the hierarchy of the Communist Party . |