Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] up [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Timman won a pawn , then Speelman gave up a second one to create counterplay . |
| 2 | Renault set up the first European organisation to collect and recycle certain car parts which had not previously been dealt with . |
| 3 | Manville picked up the second folder , sighing heavily . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | German Euro Commissioner Martin Bangemann opened up a second front by claiming the Maastricht Treaty was a milestone on the road to a federal Europe . |
| 6 | Wickham bounded up the last flight , shirt-sleeved , jacket in hand . |
| 7 | But then should I also have said that Oliver rang up the next day and asked if I 'd liked them ? |
| 8 | Johnny Jamieson picked up a first half knock in the 2– defeat by Portadown but he is expected to be fit in time for Saturday . |
| 9 | When Mary woke up the next morning , she saw a young servant girl cleaning the fireplace . |
| 10 | The Lima to Huancayo train in Peru reversing up the next section of the highest railway in the world . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | In 1987 detectors in Japan and America picked up a ten-second burst of neutrinos from the collapse of a giant star . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | When Clare woke up the next morning , the sky was grey and the sun was not shining . |
| 16 | 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 ) . |
| 17 | When John Moores set up the first Littlewoods catalogue in 1932 , housewives ' shopping clubs were all the rage . |
| 18 | EDINBURGH 's Mark Maclean set up a last 16 meeting with World No4 Brett Martin when he beat Australia 's Craig Rowland 15-7 , 14-15 , 15-9 , 15-9 in yesterday 's opening round of the Leekes Squash Classic in Cardiff . |