Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [pron] [verb] up a " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was a point which opened up a line of argument opposing the ‘ true ’ national interest of abolition to the false claims of the traders of national necessity for what they were doing . |
| 2 | Carlos Palenque , a mestizo who built up a media empire by getting poor Indians to telephone their complaints to his radio and television shows , may win quite a few votes in the capital . |
| 3 | A milkman who set up a round in competition with his old dairy firm has won a legal battle to continue his business for the time being . |
| 4 | Used to be when a carpenter put up a door he put up a door . |
| 5 | A MAN who blew up a motorist with a home-made bomb , has been jailed for 12 years . |
| 6 | A catalyst is a substance which speeds up a chemical reaction but remains chemically unchanged at the end of that reaction . |
| 7 | A statement which sets up a test condition which can be used to control the subsequent flow of the program . |
| 8 | At the other end of the rod is a transducer which sets up a controlled vibration within the sapphire . |
| 9 | As Oliver , Davis and Bentley ( 1981 ) remind us : ‘ The ‘ suburban semi ’ is a cliché which summons up a mental picture of rows of red-roofed , roughcast pairs of houses , each with its bay windows , its porched entrance , its ‘ third bedroom ’ above ’ , ( Oliver , Davis and Bentley , 1981 , p , 11 ) , recalling images of small front gardens and bigger rear ones , side garages and garden gates . |