Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] up the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When a storm of rare violence blew up the mariners , being superstitious folk , cast lots to determine which of those on board was the cause of the evil , and the short straw , broken domino or queen of spades was drawn by Jonah . |
| 2 | Brown pulled a goal back for Haverhill after 65 minutes , but –––Norwich sewed up the points when Gill scored their third . |
| 3 | Using their favoured analogy in which the complexities of a nation-state were reduced to the simplicities of a corner shop balance sheet , the newly appointed boss of the Institute took up the cudgels again in February 1990 . |
| 4 | The sun picked up the colours of a girl 's dress . |
| 5 | In the first the computer threw up the names , in the second it allocated the numbers . |
| 6 | Second , it is possible that as the mass of the planet built up the volatiles were captured as gases from the planetary formation medium ( PFM ) by the gravitational field of the ( growing ) planet . |
| 7 | The barmaid rang up the drinks on the till and then pocketed all of the change . |
| 8 | Gen Noriega was able to broadcast to the people and organise resistance over the main national radio network , until a special US assault team blew up the transmitters late on Wednesday . |
| 9 | But it 's only just over two and a half years since the village Post Office and shop put up the shutters for the last time . |
| 10 | Town put up the barricades and blocked everything . |
| 11 | Both radicals and the men of government criticized traditional Spain and its values ; this criticism opened up the polemics of Europeanization which have lasted until today . |
| 12 | The head keeper scooped up the coins as deftly as any tax collector . |
| 13 | The Cockney soap shot up the ratings after bringing in a series of controversial episodes , including rape , murder , gay love and suicide bids . |
| 14 | The sentry picked up the tags , stared at the photos and at our faces . |
| 15 | The next two hours were hectic , the Rose Bowl 's new owner struggling alone with the lunchtime rush while her assistant made up the orders that should have been done earlier . |
| 16 | My aunt looked up the records and told me about her . |
| 17 | Then Davide 's father brought up the Socialists ' opposition to the war , which Tommaso scorned ; and the talk of money resumed . |
| 18 | The government White Paper issued as a prelude to the reorganisation of local government in England outlined the aims which a new system should incorporate : At the start of the next paragraph the White Paper summed up the problems inherent in this approach with a statement of the classic political dilemma : ‘ Practical realities prevent all these aims being fully achieved together ’ ( DOE 1971:6 ) . |
| 19 | The corporation set up the networks itself , negotiating for lines with the local suppliers : BT and Mercury in the UK , HKTel in Hong Kong and , in the US , about 10 vendors offering overseas circuits . |
| 20 | That was when drought dried up the lawns , playing havoc with lawnmower sales and profits . |
| 21 | He confronted savages on tropical shores , quelled mutinies on the high seas , and in a small boat upon the ocean kept up the hearts of despairing men . |
| 22 | Jim had not in ‘ a small boat upon the ocean kept up the hearts of despairing men ’ . |
| 23 | I could only watch as the lightning lit up the windows and they struggled to get off that wall . ’ |
| 24 | The headlights of the taxi-van behind us flashed as it hit bumps in the road and the interior lit up the faces of the men in the van with me . |
| 25 | Leroy Burrell , whose storming second leg set up the Yanks for their 37.40 seconds power show in the relay , commented : ‘ Carl is in better shape than anybody who came to Barcelona . |
| 26 | Lisa settled down with the bulldog clip that held the current day 's orders , and Folly picked up the accounts book . |
| 27 | As he did so , the older man picked up the glasses which had been filled previously , and deliberately poured them over her head . |
| 28 | His strike inspired Cliftonville to step it up a gear , but the visitors defence put up the shutters and survived — despite the last-gasp controversy . |
| 29 | Then a fountain-pen needle stitched up the lips of the wound in a neat blue herringbone pattern . |
| 30 | Summer died under the weight of falling leaves , and autumn filled up the ruts in the road with rainwater , like blood filling fresh claw-marks . |