Example sentences of "[verb] put up a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Blue Circle wants to put up a small commercial development on the site of the old cement works and use the profits to pay for the restoration work — two lakes — one for fishing and sailing , the other for geologists and birdwatchers . |
| 2 | Mr Welch quickly acknowledges that GE has put up a sorry performance in having only four women among its 120 top people . |
| 3 | Kim Kethavy , the party 's leader , made his fortune from petrol stations in California and has put up a large slogan outside his office in Phnom Penh 's Market Square proclaiming ‘ Communism is evil ’ . |
| 4 | We may only be able to afford to put up a certain amount of money to help fund them . |
| 5 | I 'm going to put up a good fight . |
| 6 | There was no question but that the army , the Lebanese Forces militia , and a whole new wave of volunteers would have put up a desperate resistance . |
| 7 | He might have put up a good show the other day , but that was because he was frightened . |
| 8 | No , I 'd have thought he 'd have put up a better show than that . |
| 9 | But they still managed to put up a brave show and could have won had Crusaders goalkeeper Kevin McKeown not stopped a John Drake thunderbolt in 74 minutes . |
| 10 | But at the word ‘ walk ’ Sally had started putting up a tremendous performance , and the party broke up . |
| 11 | Ronni wondered , as she flung some T-shirts and things into a bag , if she ought to have put up a stronger fight against Guido . |
| 12 | Some sailors were trying to put up a small sail , but the wind blew it out of their hands , away across the sea into the night . |
| 13 | ‘ Much the same … missing Garry badly while trying to put up a brave pretence of not interfering with his work . |
| 14 | The church was in ruins , and the monks had put up a temporary building over the main altar , where they gathered round the body of St Dunstan for their daily offices . |
| 15 | He claimed that this was not necessary , that Seton was an excellent commander and had put up a splendid defence . |
| 16 | Moreover , Lanrezac 's army had put up a stiff resistance at Guise , and the British ( the unexpected joker in the pack , for German calculations had contemptuously dismissed their strength and effectiveness ) had inflicted great slaughter as they turned on their tormentors at Mons , Le Cateau , Néry and Villers-Cottérêts . |
| 17 | THE owners of two Redcar amusement arcades have put up a substantial reward after their premises were burgled this week . |