Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] up the [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only disturbance to its surface happened in the nineteenth century when the architect Gilbert Scott took up the edges in order to install a heating system . |
| 2 | Lewis was almost treeless from quite early times until Lady Matheson planted up the grounds of Lews Castle in Stornoway in the middle of the last century , largely on soil imported from the mainland as ballast . |
| 3 | Eritrean media expert Hanna Simon summed up the feelings of the group : ‘ We believe the media still can and should be a means of national mobilisation for the tasks of reconstruction , but it also has to be a forum for national debate and the free airing of different views , ’ she said . |
| 4 | Eritrean media expert Hanna Simon summed up the feelings of the group : ‘ We believe the media still can and should be a means of national mobilisation for the tasks of reconstruction , but it also has to be a forum for national debate and the free airing of different views , ’ she said . |
| 5 | Mr. Crowther picked up the papers in front of him and set them down again very neatly . |
| 6 | Redcar MP Marjorie Mowlam served up the trophies after the North-East Junior Tennis Tournament for Hearing Impaired Children . |
| 7 | A few minutes after Amiss had gone Sunil cleared up the fragments of cheese and biscuits , deposited them neatly in the waste-paper basket , picked up a couple of books and some blank paper and descended to the next storey . |
| 8 | The " Hallelujah lasses " had been used to raising their own voices in protest and employing some fairly dramatic methods to attract attention from the time Catherine Booth took up the cudgels on behalf of women in the early days of the movement . |
| 9 | Aggie gathered up the letters from the table , returned them to the writing case , then rose heavily , saying , ‘ Time enough to think about that . |
| 10 | Abruptly Aggie picked up the handles of the flat-cart , then almost growling ‘ Come on ! ’ she pushed it along the road , the child trotting beside her now . |
| 11 | Dr Groome tapped up the images of Ida Lupino in High Sierra , Shelley Winters in A Double Life and Gloria Grahame in Crossfire . |
| 12 | By the late 1660s it is almost certain that , as Thomas Shadwell [ q.v. ] suggests in The Medal of John Bayes ( 1682 ) , he began employing the young Dryden to write prefaces , commencing a relationship that developed through the 1660s and 1670s when Herringman bought up the copyrights to most of Dryden 's work . |
| 13 | Joe summed up the feelings of them all when he said , ‘ It was a wonderful experience , but I 'm glad it 's all over and pleased to be home . ’ |
| 14 | Herbert Read in his book Education through Art took up the categories of types put forward by Jung . |
| 15 | Lord Denning M.R. summed up the facts by saying , at p. 286 : |
| 16 | By the time Coleman picked up the threads of the plot in February 1987 , there was still no clear plan of attack , although it was generally agreed among Hurley and his colleagues that luring Younis into a drug deal was probably the key , and that a lot of political hassle would be avoided if he could be taken , say , in international waters . |
| 17 | Wycliffe turned up the reports of telephone enquiries made among Francis 's customers to find Kevin Brand of The School of Occult Studies , Carn Fellow , near Penzance . |
| 18 | De Valois summed up the ideas of these two great choreographers by saying : ‘ Only synchronisation of arms and legs will give symmetry to step and pose , strength to the jump , speed to the pirouettes , calm to the adage and spaciousness to the dance . ’ |
| 19 | The Crown claims that Gallen picked up the bombers in Donegal , drove them to the yard and returned an hour later to pick them up . |
| 20 | The BRU summed up the principles in eight points . |
| 21 | Two fine headed goals from Paul Smith and Scott Leitch wrapped up the points in a hard-fought derby match at Central Park which saw Cowdenbeath 's Billy Herd ordered off early in the second half for a foul on Neale Cooper . |
| 22 | " I think I 'm going to try and cut the grass , " Quentin Featherston said as he and Lavinia washed up the dishes after the Mothers ' Union tea-party , which had been even more trying than usual . |
| 23 | For a side challenging in Europe Rangers performance was disappointing , but manager Smith fired up the troops at half-time . |
| 24 | Crawford scooped up the suds in his hands and put them back in the machine — through the open door . |
| 25 | Merrill summoned up the remnants of her ebbing courage . |