Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] up the [num ord] " in BNC.

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1 Renault set up the first European organisation to collect and recycle certain car parts which had not previously been dealt with .
2 Manville picked up the second folder , sighing heavily .
3 Dawn found me stretched out on the bench below the War Memorial in Glencoe Village soaking up the first warm rays of sun and waiting for the shop to open .
4 Wickham bounded up the last flight , shirt-sleeved , jacket in hand .
5 But then should I also have said that Oliver rang up the next day and asked if I 'd liked them ?
6 When Mary woke up the next morning , she saw a young servant girl cleaning the fireplace .
7 The Lima to Huancayo train in Peru reversing up the next section of the highest railway in the world .
8 The Lions eased away after the anticipated all-action start from North Harbour and a 70-yard touch kick by Rob Andrew set up the first score in the ninth minute .
9 The government had been thinking about ways for the administration to maintain some degree of control over the colonies since the mid-1650s ; in 1675 Charles set up the first organization to establish any record of continuity , a sign that his possessions overseas were settling down into some sort of discernible order .
10 Nevertheless , having had far too much to drink , Clare woke up the next morning in James 's bed , saw that it was nearly nine o'clock , fled to work in her crumpled clothes but arrived late again .
11 When Clare woke up the next morning , the sky was grey and the sun was not shining .
12 The poster has been displayed on Underground stations throughout London as part of the ‘ Art on the Underground ’ series , and on hand to help Adrian put up the first poster , naturally at The Oval station , was veteran commentator and director of The Cricketer , Brian Johnston ( both pictured left ) .
13 When John Moores set up the first Littlewoods catalogue in 1932 , housewives ' shopping clubs were all the rage .
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