Example sentences of "we [vb past] up a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alison Vaissiere ( the Fair 's organiser ) : Four years ago we drew up a five-year plan ; the first theme in 1989 coincided with the tercentenary of William and Mary and was titled ‘ A tribute to the age of William and Mary ’ ; the following year was ‘ Italy and the Grand Tour ’ ; last year , ‘ The Art and influence of Japan ’ coincided with the Japan Festival ; and of course this year celebrates American patronage . |
| 2 | Gradually we built up a common world , partly based on the great of the past , like Jane Austen , partly on Ivy . |
| 3 | We drove up a steep gravel path , and soon beheld the well , Tobernalt . |
| 4 | ‘ We soaked up a great deal of pressure , but then hit them on the break , ’ he said . |
| 5 | However , we climbed up a little way , just to get off the road . |
| 6 | We climbed up a twisting staircase past two floors of tables and then took our place in the bay window on the top floor . |
| 7 | And him being a lawyer and all , we cooked up a grand scheme between us so that I could go back to Ireland with my pride intact . ’ |
| 8 | It 's out of date in certain areas , there are cer We 'd never you see what we did we knocked up a rough copy . |
| 9 | ‘ We grew up a little bit as people , but also as a band . |
| 10 | We went up a few steps and into a small majlis which was nearly choked by deep couches pushed against its walls . |
| 11 | We struck up a good relationship almost immediately . |
| 12 | ‘ We 've lost four clients out of a total of 1,800 and I expect others will drift away , but we picked up a new client just this morning . ’ |
| 13 | Black , rather coarse , straight hairs are most plentiful ; then there were finer , dark-brown hairs on the jacket and shirt ; finally , we picked up a few animal hairs almost certainly from a cat . ’ |
| 14 | And erm well we wrapped up a whole pile of paper for paper paper recycling and erm we mushed it up and the best of the stuff we put in the liquidizer and erm we put it in a tank and dyed left some stuff as it were and we dyed some other stuff green . |