Example sentences of "[was/were] put up [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The big second-hand machines and new boiler were stored in the vacated building and a two-storey building was put up with a canteen at the front and offices at the rear . |
| 2 | This was first suspected in 1878 , when a row of electric lights was put up at a hotel in New York . |
| 3 | So secure was this control , I was told , that if a monkey in a red jacket was put up as a candidate it would be elected . |
| 4 | I cos I ca n't picture another stone you know on any other roadsides and I 've been on plenty that and I travel and no and I can never know of another st stone that was put up to a tramp . |
| 5 | Some of the money was put up by a pensioner who lives in the town , but wishes to remain anonymous . |
| 6 | Some of the money was put up by a pensioner who wishes to remain anonymous . |
| 7 | Sloth was put up by a youth named Don Whillans . |
| 8 | The building was put up by an insurance company . |