Example sentences of "it had [vb pp] up [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | WINE maker Johann Grimes , of Wotton-under-Edge , Glos , found his labrador legless after it had lapped up a bucket of his home brew . |
| 2 | The voice was warm , too , as if it had soaked up a lot of sunshine . |
| 3 | Rosalind Wingrove , education committee chairman , said it had set up a panel to consider how best to consult parents . |
| 4 | It had set up a Committee for Research Degrees in 1965 , as well as a study group on research degrees to look at policy for this activity , and had developed research degree relationships with industrial firms and research establishments . |
| 5 | In a further move , Chevron said it had set up a $5billion agreement with international banks to provide a fighting fund to fend off its rival . |
| 6 | By announcing investigations all over Britain it had set up a series of confrontations with the public . |
| 7 | The paper indignantly rejected charges that it had set up the case which had , it seemed then , consigned Jagger and Richard to jail , but outrage at the sentences had touched liberal consciences , and galvanized youth inhabiting that grey area between music and social protest . |