Example sentences of "[adj] [vb past] up [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But , on a slow wicket , their partnership of 97 used up 29 overs , and 217 off 55 overs did not look enough . |
| 2 | Er , and this came up several years ago , when this council went into conversation with the Goddard Estate , and the Goddard Estate wishing to dispose of our assets . |
| 3 | Needless to say this churned up all the water and when I asked him politely what he was doing — he ignored me ! |
| 4 | Early references give the names of Richard Longman , Robert Mitchell and John Mitchel who in 1493 gave up eleven shillings for a chalice . |
| 5 | In response , the Public Health Act 1872 set up new local sanitary authorities to police legislation . |
| 6 | And she says , ‘ Come off it , my man , who d' you think you 're talking to , a mere jumped up commoner princess . ’ |
| 7 | That opened up whole chains of other thoughts which he put resolutely away . |
| 8 | India 's young idealists of the early Seventies gave up bright futures to work with the poorest . |
| 9 | Why get all steamed up this winter ? |
| 10 | Now I think we 'd better finish on time so you can go and stand in the , the wet and breathe in get some fresh air into your lungs and get all psyched up ready for your grading . |
| 11 | Increased mobility has reduced the feeling of attachment to neighbourhoods ; the redevelopment of old housing estates in the 1950s and on into the 1970s broke up established communities . |
| 12 | ‘ No , ’ said Lucy , ‘ it all blew up last weekend . |
| 13 | Steve Goldsmith made 202 not out ( 24 fours , 10 sixes ) as Derbyshire II ran up 324 for 1 in 41 overs to defeat Lancashire ( 323 for 4 in 53 overs ) in the Bain Clarkson Trophy limited-overs match at Checkley . |
| 14 | We all ended up happy , anyway , which is more than I can say for most marriages . ’ |
| 15 | Somehow , and from somewhere , a beautiful young woman appeared — this was no imagined vision — and she took them to some hot springs where they all ended up naked . |
| 16 | Henry Cotton , who won the Open in 1934 and 1937 and then again in 1948 kept up British hopes . |
| 17 | Rabbit first set up this side of the Atlantic with a direct sales office in Paris in June 1987 . |
| 18 | In the early 1950s , males over 65 made up 3.3 per cent of the total manufacturing work-force , but they were 4.1 per cent in shipbuilding , 5.9 per cent in cotton spinning , 5.9 per cent in cotton weaving , 10.9 per cent in lace textiles , only 2 per cent in motor-vehicle manufacture . |
| 19 | Oil production within these countries in 1983 made up some 20% of oil demand : 80% of the production is in Romania . |
| 20 | The late 1960s threw up extensive demands for public bodies to be more open and responsive to community groups and sectional interests ; the demand was for plan making to be a negotiable activity between interested parties , rather than a matter of technical decisions handed down from a monopoly elite in government . |
| 21 | In New York the Dow Jones Index tried to regain some of yesterday 's lost ground , at at four thirty stood up two point seven two points at two four five five point six nine . |
| 22 | Sly snapped up 12 kegs of stout from a downtown bar and threw a party for the cast of his latest film Cliffhanger . |
| 23 | In the age group championships Sparta and Annadale ADD01 Striders each picked up double victories , where , in the individuals stages , one of the fastest young athletes on show was Beechmount 's Cathy O'Neill . |
| 24 | Sun Microsystems Inc turned up last week with record revenues of $1.05bn for its second quarter ended December 31 , up 15.5% — however net profits were off 27.7% at $34.3m . |
| 25 | Consequently it was quite an achievement when an archaeological team in the 1950s opened up this tomb . |
| 26 | We both finished up pissed . |
| 27 | Of the remaining 21 mines , 19 blew up German fortifications on a curving front of just less than 16km/10mls , running from St Yves to Mount Sorrel . |