Example sentences of "put up a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We have this morning put up a small display in the central library in Westgate , where people can pick up a leaflet er which summarises what she says and also consult if they wish , the whole report , it 's in the reference library . |
| 2 | The two Belfast Teams put up a great fight with spirited performances from Gillian Cosgrove , Eimear Grieve , Karen Ireland , Jackie Spence , Cathy Murray and Mary McGrath . |
| 3 | They were n't missed — the visitors put up a great show in an English field that looked forever foreign ! |
| 4 | POST Office workers put up a first class performance blasting round Britain 's fastest motor racing circuits in a Royal Mail delivery van . |
| 5 | tutorial programme , we talked last , last term er and I said that I 'd like to as soon as possible put up a complete programme of titles , it would be nice if we could have a little er what am I supposed to call them ? |
| 6 | It 's different if you 're paid to come here to give a talk and you put up a poor show but if you 've volunteered then er I think er you know you you really ought to have a different approach to . |
| 7 | Inspired by the presence of their most sacred relic , the Holy Cross , the Christian soldiers put up a tremendous fight . |
| 8 | Concentrating on maintaining a foothold on rocks worn smooth by winter torrents , I put up a startled grouse that exploded into flight . |
| 9 | Put up a detailed proposal for consideration when we get back , and we 'll see if they buy the specifics . ’ |
| 10 | United put up a brave fight and a little more luck in the second half might have brought them a goal . |
| 11 | The pair put up a brave struggle with their attackers — blood was found in their pickup truck and on nearby bushes . |
| 12 | Teddington had to give up Laslett and Barker to England but put up a spirited performance against the national side . |
| 13 | And then they put up a big tent in the Beside the school where you went out for your supper er it was that . |
| 14 | Shearson was left holding the baby when the music stopped after the buyout : J H Whitney Co , leading the buyout , had persuaded Shearson to put up a bridging loan , and that it would easily be able to sell much of it on ; in the event , the junk bond market collapsed and no-one wanted it . |
| 15 | ‘ Say a prayer for us ’ I asked , ‘ I really would like to be married , but I would also like HMS Western to put up a decent show . ’ |
| 16 | Some sailors were trying to put up a small sail , but the wind blew it out of their hands , away across the sea into the night . |
| 17 | Before the dissolution of her marriage in 1962 , Lady Onslow arranged for Clandon Park — the Onslow family seat in Surrey , designed by the Italian architect Giacomo Leoni in the 1730s — to be opened to the public and persuaded her husband 's aunt , the Countess of Iveagh , to put up a substantial endowment for its restoration and upkeep . |
| 18 | Me I know how to put up a four tent six tent . |
| 19 | Nowadays we are so scattered about the country that it is very unlikely that any of us would have a Stainey just around the corner who could be relied upon to put up a first class polish . |
| 20 | Fujitsu has won permission from Sedgefield District Council 's development committee to put up a chemical drum store at its factory at Heighington . |
| 21 | That was your annual affair and the er the er the chapel itself was at the end of it used to put up a tiered platform if you can imagine it you know at the end of the little chapel and the erm the younger children was on the bottom and as you got older you graduated to the top and er I do n't know why it was though but er I always had to say the collection piece . |
| 22 | We may only be able to afford to put up a certain amount of money to help fund them . |
| 23 | I 'm going to put up a good fight . |
| 24 | I 'd been expecting her to put up a stiff rearguard action , protesting that holidays were one thing and everyday life another , that she had only surrendered to me in a moment of weakness which she would regret for the rest of her life , and so on and so forth . |
| 25 | ‘ Much the same … missing Garry badly while trying to put up a brave pretence of not interfering with his work . |
| 26 | But they still managed to put up a brave show and could have won had Crusaders goalkeeper Kevin McKeown not stopped a John Drake thunderbolt in 74 minutes . |
| 27 | The simpler option is to put up a false ceiling in the room concerned , with a 100mm layer of insulation and a vapour barrier above it . |
| 28 | Thomas Duff , who had been going about his business as a messenger boy when it was said that he ‘ nearly ran in to two gentlemen ’ , put up a stout defence in court . |
| 29 | Nor was the OTC stock the only poor performer licensed dealers offered , although it without doubt put up a worse show than most shares traded on the Stock Exchange . |
| 30 | Run For Free did his best to eject Mark Perrett seven from home , but apart from that he put up a superb display of jumping . |