Example sentences of "[vb pp] up at a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The base was picked up at a second-hand store , and the crimson cotton shade came from Habitat . |
| 2 | I myself found at the entrance of one of them a small neatly-worked tomahawk , of an inch and a half in length , together with some slips of blue cotton rags , which the birds had doubtless picked up at a deserted encampment of the natives . ’ |
| 3 | Interest in recycling was stirred up at a free seminar organised by ICI 's plastics environmental affairs group . |
| 4 | They said that a state of infinite density might occur only if the galaxies were moving directly toward or away from each other ; only then would they all have met up at a single point in the past . |
| 5 | Other party leaders , such as the former Communist Herbert Wehner , agreed change was needed , and in November 1959 their views triumphed in the Bad Godesberg programme , drawn up at a special party meeting . |
| 6 | Reforming legislation was to be drawn up at an extraordinary PCT congress in 1991 . |
| 7 | Torch batteries were being bought up at an alarming rate . |
| 8 | The scheme was carried out by the Agricultural Adjustment Administration ( AAA ) and the committees were set up at a local level with farmer representatives from the various areas of production , such as wheat , cotton , dairy produce , rice and tobacco . |
| 9 | If the cell is set up at an appropriate angle to the incoming light , then when the amplitude of the standing wave is zero the cell transmits the light in the usual way ; when the amplitude is at its maximum the light is deflected at angle equal to twice the incident angle ( Figure 2 ) . |
| 10 | When these are considered of more than local importance , they are taken up at a national level . |
| 11 | He had put up at a cheap pension , the Hospedaje Lisboa ( ‘ Camas , Comidas ’ — Rooms , Meals ) , where he had an even smaller room than the one assigned to me at the Colegio . |
| 12 | SCIENCE lessons have perked up at a junior school since youngsters discovered the secrets of a special science activities box . |