Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] up [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Between them Locke and Newton built up the mental picture of the universe which the educated classes in the eighteenth century absorbed as incontrovertible truth . |
| 2 | After consultation with the Leeds Permanent Building Society , the EOC drew up the following recommendations in respect of mobility : |
| 3 | His papers were at once sealed by order of the king ; and in the 1680s Colbert de Croissy built up a large working archive covering the years from 1660 onwards . |
| 4 | Carleton built up a sizeable estate in the eastern and midland counties , partly by inheritance , partly through the second of his three marriages , to Elizabeth Mohun , a Northamptonshire widow who brought him the manor of Overstone , where he mostly resided . |
| 5 | In this way Dr. Bach built up a complete medicine chest of thirty-eight flowers to cover all known negative states of mind . |
| 6 | Both eased their way to victory over Yorkshire and Surrey to set up a final day showdown . |
| 7 | Gooch , having exceeded the mighty Hammond 's Test aggregate , edged into his stumps ; Hick messed up an attempted pull against Waqar ; Smith was held brilliantly by the substitute fielder at third slip ( Latif also happens to be the deputy wicketkeeper ) ; and on the stroke of tea Stewart , having batted imperiously for four hours , fell disappointingly to a catch at cover off slow left-armer Mujtaba . |
| 8 | Nick Pickering broke up a rare Shrewsbury attack on the edge of his own box , made a 50-yard run into the other half and played the ball forward to Ellison , who laid it off to Steve Mardenborough . |
| 9 | Kylie kept up a relentless pace during the tour , which took her to Newcastle , Manchester and Liverpool before one appearance in Scotland at Edinburgh 's Playhouse Theatre . |
| 10 | Kruger took up a sword-sharp scimitar and held it aloft for blessing . |
| 11 | Sacco swarmed up the steering-wheel post and wrestled the keys out of the ignition while the rest of the boys poked around in the cab . |
| 12 | 1968 : MCA sets up a British operation . |
| 13 | Hilton sums up the whole process as he has defined it in Book One through the two images of sin and Christ with a quotation from Galatians 4:19 : Scale 1 , then , maps the whole area of the contemplative life and shows it may be accessed through inner participation in the truth revealed at the Incarnation : Most of the book , however , is occupied with the effort to clarify the process by which the reformation to the likeness of Jesus in his manhood may be begun , the experience of this likeness in the reformed " " of the soul and how it leads to contemplation of the Godhead is not explored in any fullness although it is present as a stated goal . |
| 14 | Over the years he has played league cricket and county cricket for Sussex and Glamorgan with resounding success , and on his last trip to England thrilled the crowd with a magnificent display of strokemaking at the Oval , scoring 260 as Pakistan ran up the imposing total of 708 . |
| 15 | Eight years after her marriage to Robert Dudley , Amy Robsart , daughter of a Norfolk knighted gentleman , moved from Lincolnshire to Berkshire to take up the vast abode that her charming if rakish husband had provided for her . |
| 16 | As her head emerged from the neck hole Travis held up a small square package . |
| 17 | They cruised into a three-goal lead with goals by Keith Adamson ( 2 ) and Craig Fish , but two strikes from Steve Wheldon set up a nervous finish . |
| 18 | On Sept. 21 , Gorbachev set up a Political Consultative Council , to be subordinate to the USSR President . |
| 19 | Mr Lang set up the working party in March 1991 after the Government rejected calls for national parks in Scotland . |
| 20 | Last week GGT picked up an extra £5m of business from Cadbury and the £4m Philips CD Interactive account . |
| 21 | Eleanor picked up the fresh flowers and began trimming their stems . |
| 22 | Frankie picked up the empty kettle and went to refill it but I noticed that none of the onlookers tried to wring his neck while he had the kettle in his hands . |
| 23 | During that summer , tenants ' associations which had been formed in Rossville Flats , Meenan Park , Shantallow , Rossville Street , Lecky Road and Foyle Hill set up a central council to coordinate their activities . |
| 24 | Satisfied , Manville picked up the coded copy and headed towards the despatch room . |
| 25 | Sheffield , too , had such links ( even before reorganization ) formalized in an Industrial Development Advisory Committee , involving representatives of industry , trade unions , central government departments as well as the city council , and in the late 1970s Nottinghamshire set up an economic forum involving similar groups ( Johnson and Cochrane , 1981 , p. 171 ) . |
| 26 | Runcorn 's Justin Wall had rattled the post before Phil Brown punished a debut slip by defender Andy Taylor to set up a close range opener for David Riley . |
| 27 | The Act of Union stirred up the latent nationalism even of non-Jacobite Scots . |
| 28 | ‘ We were sent to a landing strip on the coast near Bardia to set up a listening post on a wavelength contained in sealed orders . |
| 29 | Only Forster and Silk followed , Lawton staying to assist Nell bring up the extra combat kit that they would now recover from the assault boat . |
| 30 | ‘ There is still a long way to go , though , and nobody at this club forgets that , two seasons ago , Aberdeen made up a ten-point deficit and took Rangers to the last day of the season before they ( Rangers ) won the title . ’ |