Example sentences of "he [vb past] [verb] up a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On Nov. 23 former Vice-President Oginga Odinga announced that he planned to set up a political party , saying that an open political process was necessary to wipe out " political hooliganism and thuggery " . |
| 2 | Prosecution witness Isham Chandra Dutta said he agreed to set up a dummy gems company in Bombay , for a £20,000 fee , which included a mail message centre with false letterheads and invoices . |
| 3 | Amanullah had been influenced by what he saw as the modernising reforms introduced in Turkey and Iran : he tried to build up a central army , organised a parliament , and decreed that women should wear western dress : the final straw for the tribes came when he made their leaders listen to a five-day speech . |
| 4 | By 1780 John Browne could make one of the principal virtues of the expensive academy for gentlemen 's sons that he proposed to set up a total absence of corporal punishment . |
| 5 | It had seemed even more logical to choose this MP since he 'd built up a vast international organization devoted to security . |
| 6 | And already , at twenty-four , he 'd built up a formidable business , successfully fulfilling contracts all over the world . |
| 7 | Through nominees he 'd bought up a major holding in the company . |
| 8 | As one of his responsibilities he began to build up a permanent collection of works of Art for West Riding Schools . |
| 9 | And thirdly , the care and trouble he took to build up a splendid and lovely collection of contemporary , original works of art , to be displayed in schools . |
| 10 | He dominated the conversation , holding the Hackett and Townshend women spellbound as he told of how he had broken up a white-slave ring in Dublin , and how he had rescued an innocent young girl from a fate worse than death . |
| 11 | When he entered the room he had hung up a pale mackintosh and a trilby hat . |
| 12 | In addition to his father 's considerable herds , he had built up a sizable flock of his own and dreaded the thought of a harsh winter . |
| 13 | His style was light and friendly ; in no time he had built up a big following among the viewers . |
| 14 | He called it the Black Beevbilde and by 1965 he had built up a sizeable herd . |
| 15 | Since leaving in March , he had set up a private school in St. Peter 's Parsonage , with about sixty pupils from his old school . |
| 16 | He had set up a 10-strong Renewable Energy Advisory Group ( REAG ) . |
| 17 | Not marrying , he had set up a small business in specialised agricultural machinery — which had gone bust in 1975 . |
| 18 | He had drawn up a long list of people she ought to talk to during the day : fashion houses , designers , a couple of artists ' studios , a gallery specializing in contemporary prints . |
| 19 | His Pilgrim 's Progress was by far the most popular book in the cottages of the poor , and in Apollyon he had conjured up a monster fit for any fable : scaled , bear-footed , dragon-winged and breathing fire and smoke from a lion 's mouth . |
| 20 | Coming round the final bend he had opened up a substantial lead and seemed to be coasting home . |
| 21 | ‘ I 've got my sandwiches ’ he said holding up a soggy parcel . |
| 22 | Thus provided with capital and having gained almost a decade of experience in the iron industry , he resolved to set up a similar ironworks with the assistance of his two elder sons , John and Archibald . |
| 23 | He intended to build up a small collection of workmen 's clothes , a Brabant smock , a fisherman 's outfit of yellow oilskin and a sou'wester , a grey linen suit of the sort worn by miners , straw hat , wooden clogs , so that he could dress his models in them . |