Example sentences of "[v-ing] [vb pp] up [art] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having gathered up the elements of his story from Wordsworth and John Cruikshank , Coleridge had , in a week of brilliant creativity , produced not a gothic ballad of the supernatural , but a strange and capacious metaphor of life itself-of man 's lonely voyage on a ‘ wide wide sea ’ , of his struggle with evil , of guilt and imperfect redemption . |
| 2 | United and today 's opponents Arsenal have both been under the disciplinary spotlight , having picked up a stack of yellow cards between them . |
| 3 | Some market men said they believed Smith was trying to support the price because the firm was already heavily exposed to Ferranti , having picked up the bulk of shares placed at 81p in July by Jim Guerin , International Signal and Control 's former chairman . |
| 4 | Martin and Vicky Cardale came to Castle View with a wealth of valuable experience , having built up a chain of hotels in Australia . |
| 5 | Having opened up the process of selecting technologies that surround the core System V.4 operating system beyond Unix System Laboratories Inc , Unix International plans to go to the industry at large for three technologies this year , according to president Peter Cunningham . |
| 6 | Having opened up the process of selecting technologies that surround the core SVR4 operating system beyond Unix System Labs ( UX No 42 ) , Unix International plans to go to the industry at large for three technologies this year , according to UI president Peter Cunningham . |
| 7 | In his last Test at Sydney in 1984–5 , having wrapped up the series with three victories in the first three games and not having lost for 27 Tests since 1981–2 , his team suddenly collapsed to an innings defeat , the architects of which were Bob Holland and Murray Bennett — spinners both . |
| 8 | Me having tied up the whole of this campaign while you 've been whooping it up in Valencia — ? ’ |
| 9 | Having mopped up the majority of Motif users , IXI is now gunning for Sun Microsystems Inc 's Open Look user base — both installed and new accounts — as its next outlet ( UX No 388 ) , and has hired the advertising guns of Saatchi and Saatchi to try and tease Sun users to X.desktop with its largest advertising campaign to date . |
| 10 | Having brought up a tray of pizza , salad and fresh fruit , from a capacious pocket Rosa produced the missing locket . |
| 11 | Having set up a presence in the south east with representative offices in Japan , P&W felt confident enough to establish a bridgehead in Glasgow and it opened an office in the city last January . |
| 12 | Having run up a debt of over £100,000 , they 're unlikely to be forgotten by Virgin Records in a hurry . |
| 13 | He retired from the sea at the age of 36 , having taken up a career with the brush . |
| 14 | Match fees and bonuses for winning pushed up the wages of the best players , but travel and hotel expenses had to be met out of the £5 or £6 payment for away games . |