Example sentences of "[num] [noun] [vb base] up [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Group official Carol Bouziane said yesterday : ‘ Three muggers beat up the man and stole his money and mobile phone in full view of two booking clerks .
2 The three partners set up the Viscose Syndicate in 1893 , with the aim of producing adhesives , films , coatings for natural fibres , and mouldings , and British Viscoid Ltd. followed in 1896 .
3 I got into the car ; we started to reverse the fifty yards back up the drive .
4 Approximately 150 people make up the population of Tibthorpe ; their homes with beautiful views over the surrounding countryside .
5 Therefore , these two speeches sum up the difference between Brutus and Cassius : Brutus works unselfishly and nobly for the good of the people of Rome , disregarding personal cost ( for it did cost Brutus a lot to kill Caesar ) , while Cassius is jealous of Caesar 's great power and begins the conspiracy with hopes of gaining more prestige and power for himself .
6 In each text , the first two sentences set up a context that makes a different one of these two structures more plausible by allowing fully referential success only for that one structure .
7 The words echoed in Isabel 's head as she clung to Chalon 's saddle , where fitzAlan 's shove had sent her , and watched the four soldiers size up the situation .
8 Some 126 companies make up the membership of the BSIA .
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