Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] [vb past] up [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After she completed her degree course , they moved to the United States , where she took up an appointment as an instructor in English at Smith College . |
| 2 | Just the same refuges of the elderly also appear in the Social Survey of Merseyside of 1934 , where they made up a third of the tenants of the largest multiple households . |
| 3 | ‘ The tree in the forest , where he sealed up the dybbuk … ’ |
| 4 | ACROSS 1 Give bad reviews to dumb show — he might be in this ( 9 ) 6 Old-time US lawyer and rocker ( 5 ) 9 Reversing of French vehicle went quickly ( 5 ) 10 Dynamic object contains fungus ( 9 ) 11 Main entrance where he went Up the third time ? ( 3,5 ) 12 Baldwin shortly takes on church position ( 6 ) 14 The man himself ( 7,6 ) 16 New sandpit from E. Europe used to treat shoes ( 4,3,6 ) 21 Gauges placing a thousand rows ( 6 ) 22 Seller hears another way to say in other words ( 8 ) 25 Phone round Esquire readers with article on things observed ( 9 ) 26 One lady posed as the one with tattoos ( 5 ) 27 Equipment in ship for sketches he 's appeared in ( 5 ) 28 One put her away immediately ( 9 ) |
| 5 | no , not yet , I 've seen the beginning where he set up the and that |
| 6 | When he was at home he had begun living at the School , where he boarded up the broken windows and had the chimneys cleaned . |
| 7 | And as independents Tony Carlin and William McCorriston , both formerly of the SDLP , counted their losses last night , the SDLP was celebrating victory in both the Northland Ward , where all five fielded candidates were elected , and on the Waterside , where it picked up an extra seat . |
| 8 | ‘ So I took up a hold on 210 overhead the ditched pilot using Rate 1s as crosswind and base legs . |
| 9 | The tide had n't covered the pebbles yet , so I took up a handful and lobbed them at the bottle . |
| 10 | I did n't offer an opinion on that since I did n't have any , so I took up the time admiring the surroundings . |
| 11 | Then I remembered the location of a luxurious caravan a relative has near Perpignan , so I looked up the guide , and found that there are a number of crags nearby — even better . |
| 12 | The waiters were all busy at that moment so I picked up a full glass from the table and fought my way to where she was holding court in the middle of the mass — standing up , of course . |
| 13 | I must do something , I thought , so I rang up a friend of mine called David Woolcock . |
| 14 | When Nicklaus did finally track me down he told me the bag was still mine if I wanted it , but I told him I 'd already committed myself , so I gave up the chance . |
| 15 | While it was charming I was not at all happy there so I gave up the grandiose life and moved over to the Peel Street YMCA . |
| 16 | Jane found it cold , but her visitors found it freezing , so she turned up the thermostat to seventy . |
| 17 | One night he nearly caught her , so she climbed up a lamppost. and waited until he had gone . |
| 18 | Mona was quiet , hardworking and extremely stubborn , anxious to be agreeable ; but once she took up a position — or got caught in one — she was obstinately immovable and this had often brought her into conflict with Moran . |
| 19 | Then she had to go back to the shop to get our fish and chips , so we bundled up the rest of the wood and , as it was dark , ventured out to see if Dad could find some customers for his new business . |
| 20 | This could have had unfortunate consequences , so we started up the motor and went on towards the beach . |
| 21 | That occurred although it took up a large slice of their already-depleted income , and they also ran the risk of getting lung cancer and other smoking related diseases , and placed the health of their children in jeopardy . |
| 22 | In 1908 the Standard was not printing photographs and , although it took up the art form in the 1920 's and it is a curiosity to learn that the first photograph it published to do with the Club was in fact of the Opening Match , but 50 years after the event . |
| 23 | Mark Hughes slotted in comfortably at centre-back , although he picked up a booking and went close to receiving a red card . |
| 24 | ‘ My lipstick fell out of my bag , you see , and he trod on it — not on the carpet , thank heaven ! — so he picked up the mangled remains and asked if he could get me another . |
| 25 | When he returned from exile , he was fired with the wish to help his country catch up with the advanced industrial countries of the west , so he set up the Czech Industrial Museum in his family brewery . |
| 26 | Zacchaeus knew he would n't get a very good look at Jesus because he was too short to see over the heads of the crowd , so he shinned up a tree . |
| 27 | A Chinaman was suffering terrible toothache , so he phoned up the dentist to make an appointment . |
| 28 | But he was told that he would have to pay rent for the land until the end of time , so he gave up the idea . |
| 29 | Nevertheless he was determined to do his bit , so he gave up the firewood business and went back to the casting shop to make shell cases . |
| 30 | ‘ When I bought this hat , I 'd just had a horrible haircut so it covered up the mistake nicely . ’ |