Example sentences of "[vb past] up the [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some stories say the scribe who drew up the document for the Queen Regent was a Madeiran and that he deliberately forgot to include Madeira . |
| 2 | They ran the most influential party journals , drew up the agenda for party conferences and congresses , and spearheaded the internecine struggle in which the parties were involved . |
| 3 | Indeed those who drew up the blue-print for the Common Market in the 1956 Spaak Report sought to make available to Europeans those advantages so long enjoyed by US manufacturers in the USA 's single market . |
| 4 | She wore a pale blue suit , skirt slit up the thigh for combat , and a white blouse . |
| 5 | It has been postulated that it was either the dinosaurs that opened up the way for the angiosperms , or instead it was the changing nature of the flora itself that was in some way the prime mover of evolutionary trends ; that , in spite of all the advances in jaw structure discussed above , they somehow speeded up trends towards extinction . |
| 6 | It brought her four children who opened up the world for her and unlocked her own narrow viewpoint — though not enough , as events were to show . |
| 7 | This not only gave good grounds for peace and stability in Europe , but also opened up the prospect for bigger cuts in military spending . |
| 8 | I lost a lot of pictures , but it opened up the night-time for me and I felt that the mood came out . |
| 9 | I was an ardent admirer and supporter of MacBrayne 's buses : they opened up the north-west for me . |
| 10 | Maybe it 's a pity that people have n't lost the head a bit ; that they have n't gone berserk and showed up the authorities for what they are — I do n't know , unfeeling , inhuman , unconcerned . |
| 11 | The lamps were out and the curtains open , letting in an aquarium light that showed up the room for what it really was : a cold , colourless tomb . |
| 12 | Another knock on the door , he packed a small suitcase while the police dug up the garden for ‘ subversive ’ literature . |
| 13 | Paid up the insurance for the car , yeah ? |
| 14 | Professor Khan had been a crucial cog in the great mesh of wheels that made up the whole for the creation of an Iraqi nuclear warhead . |
| 15 | Jane made up the basket for the bridesmaid from a sweet and innocent mixture of soft pink roses , sweet peas ( the pink and mauve ‘ Painted Lady ’ and the blue ‘ Countess Cadogan ’ ) , small sprays of pink larkspur , pink marguerites and the miniature Victorian gladiolus ‘ The Bride ’ . |
| 16 | When Kevin O'Reilly , who runs the only pharmacy in Ederney , returned to the province , he made up the product for one psoriasis victim . |
| 17 | ‘ We were a player short and he made up the numbers for us . ’ |
| 18 | My mother and I helped push him up the ladder into the attic ( not easy — he was no lightweight ) , and then passed up the bucket for him to quench the flames . |
| 19 | Mrs Lark said ‘ goodbye ’ and locked up the piano for another week . |
| 20 | They followed up the cases for 12 months to discover how the accident had affected their general mental state , travel anxiety and their attitude to driving or being a passenger . |
| 21 | We have undertaken a randomised trial of elemental diet v prednisolone , to consider these points , in patients with newly diagnosed or recurrent attacks of Crohn 's disease , and followed up the patients for one year after treatment or until relapse . |
| 22 | We also hired a speedboat in Ipsos and powered up the coast for a beautiful view . |
| 23 | She kept up the palazzo for twenty years — two decades . |
| 24 | Second and third produced a 9–9 stalemate , so Harrogate kept up the pressure for a final place after their 13–7 home victory over Winnington Park . |
| 25 | Factory expansion kept up the demand for machines and power which fed the heavy industries . |
| 26 | Mr Robinson took up the case for a majority of the Castlereagh firemen who left the Fire Service because they were not prepared to uproot their families and move to Carryduff . |
| 27 | ‘ Mr Shah , who put up the money for the school , is a Wimbledon Dharjee . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Perdita , bra-less , in a T-shirt and a skirt that buttoned up the front for easy access , writhed and burned beside him . |
| 30 | Some boys simply gave up the struggle for power , or scarcely attempted it . |