Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] up a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Others have found it more advantageous to acquire a local bank or set up a joint venture with local banks . |
| 2 | One of the most important steps for the complete colonization of the land was the evolution of herbivorous ( plant-eating ) reptiles , tapping a prolific and nourishing source of food that opened up a new dimension to the ‘ food chain' . |
| 3 | She had found the tennis courts and the machine that served up a constant succession of tennis balls . |
| 4 | They finally chose the agency that dreamed up a well-known series of ads that appealed to a deeply buried vein of female exhibitionism : ‘ I dreamed I stopped the traffic in my Maidenform Bra ’ ( she wore nothing else ) . |
| 5 | Europe now produces more food than she needs and has for some years been supporting a section of industry that provides employment for less than 1% of our National workforce ; good for British agriculture , but how much better if the support had gone to those industries that took up a greater proportion of the work force , i.e. the engineers with 10% . |
| 6 | Next day we followed a faint path that continued up a steep-sided valley towards the crater . |
| 7 | It was a stupid thing , he thought , three gold baubles on springs that set up a continual motion , banging one against the other , and he kept it on his desk only to please her . |
| 8 | The Siemens family maintained both British and German connections , for William 's brother Werner remained in Berlin and built up a great electrical engineering business there , making among other things the first trams . |
| 9 | In several important ways , they resemble ourselves , for they are heirs to an ancient history and deep culture , and built up a great sea-going empire through gruelling effort and wise leadership . |
| 10 | He also introduced a bleachfield to supplement the local cloth trade , and built up a local mining and coal-selling business . |
| 11 | In his nigh on sixty years , he had lost two fortunes and built up a third . |
| 12 | He extended the family fortunes by marrying a Welsh heiress , and built up a considerable personal wealth by acting as a mortgage broker to less fortunate or less thrifty members of the gentry . |
| 13 | In her room Phoebe pulled on her jeans and a shirt , and snatched up a thick pullover and the bottom half of her track suit for Maggie . |
| 14 | Thus Stalin prevented Poland and Czechoslovakia from attending the conference of 16 European nations , which met in Paris between July and September , and drew up a joint economic recovery programme to be financed by America . |
| 15 | The Champagne houses were naturally outraged at the government 's ineptitude and drew up a vociferous protest , signed by eighty participants , condemning the publicity given to the ministerial communiqué . |
| 16 | As a result of the unprovoked attack by Magharba they decided to raise the stakes , and drew up a new list of candidates who were all Zuwaya , and all possessed of doctorates . |
| 17 | ‘ Thank you ! ’ he said , and drew up a third chair . |
| 18 | I sat in the café as the rain showed no sign of letting up and drew up a short list of people I had met with whom I could air my perplexity . |
| 19 | He turned his head and spat , then buckled and retched up a thin stream of vomit . |
| 20 | Liberated , Ethel frisked with a Jack Russell in a red , spotted scarf and wolfed up a half-eaten beefburger bun . |
| 21 | He had set some water on to boil and rigged up a makeshift affair of branches for her to hang her clothes on to dry . |
| 22 | Dorcas organized younger nomes to digging drainage trenches and rigged up a few of the big light bulbs for heat . |
| 23 | But within three minutes of the re-start , Sergei Babkov 's two giant three-pointers had punctured English morale as Russia went into overdrive and opened up a 49–40 advantage . |
| 24 | In glorious sunshine the Hillsborough driver took the lead on stage one with his Village Homes Escort Cosworth , and opened up a one minute margin over championship leader Stephen Emerson , before centre differential failure saw his lead almost cut in half . |
| 25 | KEVIN KEEGAN 'S Geordie dream lived on yesterday as Newcastle won their ninth successive match and opened up a five-point lead at the top of the First Division . |
| 26 | She leaned and opened up a flat box . |
| 27 | By the end of the fifth of seven laps the first two groups had come together and at this stage Albert Shaw ( CB Hire/Kings Moss ) and veteran Eddie Crory ( Whirline West Down ) broke away and opened up a 40-second lead . |
| 28 | He says the expert tuition has enabled him to reach new notes — and opened up a whole new repertoire . |
| 29 | Isabel removed the seven of diamonds from the third row , placed it over the six , on the seventh row , and turned up a new card , the four of hearts . |
| 30 | ‘ We went home on the Friday evening of the move and turned up a few days later and just started work — it was great ! ’ |