Example sentences of "[num] [noun] [vb past] up the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The 2 friends took up the tandem around 5 months ago especially for the race . |
| 2 | A dozen books took up the space of three dozen nomes , and while Grimma privately thought that some of the books were more useful than many of the nomes , she 'd accepted Dorcas 's promise that they would come back , one day , and try to retrieve them from their hiding place under the floor . |
| 3 | Half a dozen geese waddled up the bank . |
| 4 | With the deaths of Parent and Brassey in 1870 Buddicom wound up the partnership . |
| 5 | White liberals , including the President 's wife , Eleanor , gave their support to the cause of the blacks , and in 1941 Roosevelt set up the Committee on Fair Employment Practices . |
| 6 | But in 1908 Edison set up the Motion Picture Patents Company ( MPPC ) , which included among its aims an increase in the share of the US market taken by domestic productions . |
| 7 | What happened in Panama was that when the other 50 photographers showed up the Americans went on some mock patrols in some neighbourhoods where there was nothing ; it was basically a photo-op for the press . |
| 8 | One layman summed up the feeling with the remark , ‘ If there were stolen goods anywhere on the premises , the Church must keep out of the matter . |
| 9 | Under the progressive system of construction it was , however , impossible to do this , and with a very few exceptions a shortage of any one part held up the whole of the line . |
| 10 | One ambulanceman summed up the mood as he threw his hands up in disgust and muttered : ‘ Absolute rubbish . |
| 11 | They trained to land in various numbers , although in later years some nine men made up the team in a powered dory . |
| 12 | One doctor summed up the change : ‘ We 've actually seen them for once ; they 've been out here visiting just to make sure that we are aware of their potential services . ’ |
| 13 | One supporter summed up the feelings of them all about the authorities who took them away . |
| 14 | The Daytona race became part of the " Championship " in 1965 and in 1967 a total of eight races made up the Prototype competition . |
| 15 | Eventually , four non-farmers took up the challenge in the hope of winning a ten thousand pound nest-egg . |
| 16 | The two moments summed up the difference between the teams . |
| 17 | The incident began when two settlers picked up the Arab , 19 , in their jeep at the edge of Susiya settlement . |
| 18 | From 1624 to 1640 Dutton bought up the land round Sherborne Park in order to create a deer park , to be enclosed by a high wall . |