Example sentences of "[vb past] up [art] good " in BNC.
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| 1 | The right hon. Gentleman ignores the fact that I head a Government who have cut interest rates seven times in the past 12 months , halved inflation in a year and built up the best industrial relations in half a century . |
| 2 | The days of reading philosophy , politics , and economics , called PPE , came up a good deal . |
| 3 | Yesterday 's annual results showed that it kept up the good work in 1991 . |
| 4 | We were — ’ I thought up a good lie quickly ; they 're the best ones ' — remembering all the times we had when we were students . |
| 5 | In the main gatehouse tower on the first stack , Moray was asking of the guard-captain whether the Countess was at home when the door from the first of the bridge-corridors was flung open and a young woman came in at the run , hair blown , laughing-eyed , skirts kilted up the better to run , fine bosom tumultuous — as unusual a Countess of Dunbar and March as was the castle of which she was chatelaine . |
| 6 | She put up a better show in the 1980s . |
| 7 | Cricket now , and a bumper crowd has been watching Gloucestershire put up a good fight against Essex in the quarter finals of the Nat West trophy . |
| 8 | ‘ My team put up a good workmanlike performance . |
| 9 | In the continuing war of words between reformers and hardliners , Mr Nemeth conjured up the best insult of the day when he referred to his opponents as ‘ Stone Age conservatives ’ . |
| 10 | We struck up a good relationship almost immediately . |
| 11 | ‘ I 've established myself in the Premier League and struck up a good relationship with the fans . ’ |
| 12 | Ardingly , thanks to 67 from Adam Slight , set up a good declaration at 225/6 for their opponents who accepted the challenge and won by five wickets . |
| 13 | For instance , it 's easy to plug in , set up a good tone and say , ‘ There you go — a great amp ! ’ |
| 14 | A neat interchange in the 24th minute set up a good chance for Dinamo 's Djamaravli , but he scooped his shot high and wide . |
| 15 | At last week 's advertising awards , the Esso tiger picked up the Best Animal trophy when to me it was obvious that the Andrex puppy was the better creature . |