Example sentences of "but [pron] [vb past] up [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh they , they say it 's all controllable so that I 've , I 've answered , I have n't just let the Environmental Health wash over me I 've actually written back to them again , er I 'll be interested to see whether I get a letter back from them , but I phoned up the Council this morning and they 're rejecting on two grounds , one is to do with the highway and the sort of the traffic situation coming in there , although the , the authority , the Highway Department are n't objecting to it and the other one is erm , on local environmental issues I think you know that is , is unsuitably , unsuitable environmentally to the area well I can only say that I 'm grateful to the planning , to the planning offices for they 're going out on a limb if you like because I think they 're on thin ice erm and so long as the committee will , will back them up I mean I do n't know of what else I could of done as a person |
| 2 | ‘ I do n't like making excuses but I picked up a bug in Germany at the weekend and have n't been able to shake it off , ’ explained world No13 McManus . |
| 3 | The honey was fermenting but she chewed up the nut and swallowed it avidly ; then , encouraged by Tom , she dipped her finger in the honey and licked it clean . |
| 4 | ‘ Course , in time she came to know her mother 's death was n't an ordinary drowning accident , but she kept up the pretence . |
| 5 | But she put up a barrier around her , and allowed no one to pass . |
| 6 | He was right , of course , she knew that , but she picked up the brandy Mick got her and downed it in one , then hovered on the edge of her seat until he gave up and walked her home . |
| 7 | Anne 's face was red and she felt ready to burst with anger but she picked up the baby and escaped to the bathroom . |
| 8 | But him put up a fight . |
| 9 | Not only that , but they struck up a partnership which produced thirty championship races in six seasons . |
| 10 | With the professors ' backing , disaffected St Petersburg students tried to set up a " free university " at the beginning of 1862 , but they gave up the attempt after a month when the government arrested a professor for lecturing in a supposedly provocative manner on the upcoming national millennium . |
| 11 | But he got up the front of the line and he got the job . |
| 12 | Ah , but he went up a railway track , did n't he ? |
| 13 | Maybe he had a little doubt as he approached the ramp , but he opened up the throttle again and landed on the rear wheel , as planned . ’ |
| 14 | She was not a woman to sound excited , but he picked up a thread of something like it in her voice . |
| 15 | In fact , Johnrose was due to play for Preston at Pool a week ago , but he picked up a calf injury in the pre-match warm-up and missed the game . |
| 16 | But he put up no defence ; he simply raised his hands and laid them lightly on Gentle 's shoulders . |
| 17 | But it set up a pattern of eating which would take Odette years to break . |
| 18 | I lost a lot of pictures , but it opened up the night-time for me and I felt that the mood came out . |