Example sentences of "and [vb past] up a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 He also introduced a bleachfield to supplement the local cloth trade , and built up a local mining and coal-selling business .
2 She was celebrated in the media , was featured in a 1940s radio programme and built up an impressive list of clients Sacheverell Sitwell , the Marchioness of Bristol and the Countess of Rosebery plus a clutch of other aristocrats placed regular orders , and a certain Mrs Demarest of the Manor House , Harrold , Bedfordshire used to send twelve small cheeses in lieu of Christmas cards to a selection of her titled friends .
3 In her room Phoebe pulled on her jeans and a shirt , and snatched up a thick pullover and the bottom half of her track suit for Maggie .
4 The Champagne houses were naturally outraged at the government 's ineptitude and drew up a vociferous protest , signed by eighty participants , condemning the publicity given to the ministerial communiqué .
5 As a result of the unprovoked attack by Magharba they decided to raise the stakes , and drew up a new list of candidates who were all Zuwaya , and all possessed of doctorates .
6 ‘ Thank you ! ’ he said , and drew up a third chair .
7 I sat in the café as the rain showed no sign of letting up and drew up a short list of people I had met with whom I could air my perplexity .
8 The CUMS celebrated its first local congress in October 1982 and drew up an organizational structure to give equal representation to all the organizations of women which wished to participate .
9 He turned his head and spat , then buckled and retched up a thin stream of vomit .
10 Liberated , Ethel frisked with a Jack Russell in a red , spotted scarf and wolfed up a half-eaten beefburger bun .
11 He had set some water on to boil and rigged up a makeshift affair of branches for her to hang her clothes on to dry .
12 But within three minutes of the re-start , Sergei Babkov 's two giant three-pointers had punctured English morale as Russia went into overdrive and opened up a 49–40 advantage .
13 In glorious sunshine the Hillsborough driver took the lead on stage one with his Village Homes Escort Cosworth , and opened up a one minute margin over championship leader Stephen Emerson , before centre differential failure saw his lead almost cut in half .
14 KEVIN KEEGAN 'S Geordie dream lived on yesterday as Newcastle won their ninth successive match and opened up a five-point lead at the top of the First Division .
15 She leaned and opened up a flat box .
16 By the end of the fifth of seven laps the first two groups had come together and at this stage Albert Shaw ( CB Hire/Kings Moss ) and veteran Eddie Crory ( Whirline West Down ) broke away and opened up a 40-second lead .
17 Isabel removed the seven of diamonds from the third row , placed it over the six , on the seventh row , and turned up a new card , the four of hearts .
18 ‘ We went home on the Friday evening of the move and turned up a few days later and just started work — it was great ! ’
19 He placed it on a bale of straw and pulled up an upturned bucket as a chair before hopping on to a meal bin where he sat like a pixie on a toadstool with his arms around his knees , regarding me with keen anticipation .
20 The old lady , following Sandison into the tiny bedroom , dropped to her knees , crossed herself and started up a high-pitched wailing , interspersed with fragments of speech which Sandison found completely incomprehensible .
21 Virginia buttered another roll , and sent up a silent vote of thanks for whoever had invented sun-glasses .
22 The consumer and corporate finance division kept a check on bad debt difficulties , and notched up a small profit increase to £62m .
23 But FT-SE shook off the blues and notched up a 29.5-point leap to 2687.8 .
24 And they did n't stop until he heaved and brought up a great deal of liquid into the bowl that Peggy was reluctantly holding .
25 ‘ Not at all , ’ he murmured , and reached up a strong hand to flick it out , but not before Rachel had noticed how long his fingers were , and how black hairs grew over his wrists and down towards those fingers .
26 As The Maniacs Came Killing I rolled three more into the trusty Smith and West Point and took up a manly pose .
27 It was only a dispute over finance with the Olympic authorities which prevented the EEC from enacting a programme in which the athletes of every Member State would have competed in European Community uniforms , mounted the podium to the strains of Beethoven 's Ninth in place of their own anthems , and totted up a European total of medals .
28 And Souness is hoping for a repeat of last season 's UEFA Cup triumph , when French club Auxerre were frightened by a hostile reception and gave up a two-goal lead .
29 A human pulled them out without thinking , twiddled inside with a screwdriver , and put up a new box with a lock on it .
30 She could see how that hurt him , and put up a quick hand to stroke his cheek .
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