Example sentences of "[art] [noun] [vb past] up [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The buyer held up delivery and the juice went bad as a result . |
| 2 | Instead , the Armada sailed up channel and the watchers at Rame , including Carew , could view the first engagement of battle early that Sunday morning off Plymouth , with the first galleon exploding . |
| 3 | He kicked his horse into a trot and the hooves kicked up sparks from the cobbles . |
| 4 | The most serious attacks occurred in the decade after 998 when the Norsemen set up winter quarters in what was to become their favourite location , the Isle of Wight , and ‘ lived off the land ’ by repeatedly plundering the south coast . |
| 5 | When the magistrate and his party from Burford reached the encampment , the militiamen took up positions virtually surrounding the celebrating gipsies . |
| 6 | As the FMLN opened up war fronts and established itself in several areas of the country , many medical students and health workers joined the liberation army and worked with the communities to set up their own alternative health system . |
| 7 | The Volvo picked up speed . |
| 8 | The car picked up speed and shot off into the distance . |
| 9 | As the bomber hung up Eileen had already reached for another phone to warn the police . |
| 10 | The few ships out in the harbour sent up fireworks and flares , and the low hills around town echoed with the wail of sirens and foghorns — at least until the dark did set in at about three in the morning . |
| 11 | The Mitchells set up Eden Woodland Products in 1990 , after the builder they were contracted to went bust in the 1988 crash . |
| 12 | The mob smashed up Ms Wilson 's first-floor home before leaving , after what police described as a ‘ particularly brutal ’ murder . |
| 13 | From June onward warming through the ice set up circulation currents which gradually raised temperatures to a uniform 4°C throughout the water column ( Rigler , 1974 ) . |
| 14 | But the Labour government fell in October 1951 and the Conservatives took up office . |
| 15 | Two of the Kamalians scooped up Skorpions . |
| 16 | The Unit is sponsored by the Scottish Home and Health Department , the Scottish Health Education Group and the Economic and Social Research Council and commenced operation when the Director took up post in September 1983 . |
| 17 | The fish took up residence , and the male immediately started pushing the female against the side of the pipe and wriggling against her as she laid her eggs , which he then fertilised . |
| 18 | Six hundred people in the business coughed up £2 10s 0d each , thereby becoming known as the Noble Six Hundred ; subsequent donations and the proceeds of Royal Variety performances meant that a nursing wing was added two years ago , and today there are 36 residents with a staff of 60 to look after them . |
| 19 | Ignoring all orders to stop the tug continued up channel , still under fire from the French cutters . |
| 20 | It is often asserted that the First World War rescued the Unionist Party from an impossible position and left it poised to become the dominating force ; the war broke up Liberalism and destroyed the Liberal-Labour alliance , so opening the way for Unionism ; Lloyd George carried the party to victory in 1918 , incurred the odium for the post-war slump and was cast aside ungratefully in 1922 . |
| 21 | Sponsored by UNESCO , the meeting followed up initiatives that sprang from the Third Consultation of Ministers of Culture of Latin America/Caribbean in September last year . |
| 22 | Chant did so , slamming the cab door with no little satisfaction , and barely managing to reach the seat before the cab picked up speed . |
| 23 | The managers built up portfolios which enabled them to demonstrate competence in ten specific areas from their day to day work . |
| 24 | In October 1321 the king took up arms to restore his personal authority . |
| 25 | THE UK clocked up record exports of £4.3 billion in January , but nobody was cheering in the City yesterday , writes Magnus Grimond . |
| 26 | The screws made up promises , like if we took the barricade down they 'd leave us alone , they would n't punish us . |
| 27 | The hirer sued the owner of the excavator as vicariously liable for the driver 's negligence , and the owner set up clause 8 of the contract as a defence , on the basis that it transferred liability for the driver 's actions to the hirer . |
| 28 | Although the Commission drew up proposals , adopted by the Council in June 1980 , no conferences have been held since . |
| 29 | Mrs Burrows and the sisters bought up remnants of material at the sales and " sewed and sewed " to get Eva ready . |
| 30 | The government set up Committees for the Defence of the Republic . |