Example sentences of "the [noun pl] have [verb] up [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well yes , because in the schools now they 've started erm some of the schools have taken up celebration , Divali which is coming up in November and erm they celebrate some of the other festivals as well . |
| 2 | ( The TRAGEDIANS have taken up positions for the continuation of the mime : which in this case means a love scene , sexual and passionate , between the QUEEN and the POISONER/KING . ) |
| 3 | The conservators have put up signs on Castlemorton Copmmon today telling the travellers they 're taking legal action and asking them to leave … |
| 4 | ‘ It may be nothing , but the police have picked up Arthur Evans . |
| 5 | The nuns have run up debts of more than £1 million with an ambitious plan for a care village in the grounds of the convent . |
| 6 | The nuns have run up debts of more than £1 million with an ambitious plan for a care village in the grounds of the convent . |