Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [vb past] up [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The buyer held up delivery and the juice went bad as a result . |
| 2 | Instead , the Armada sailed up channel and the watchers at Rame , including Carew , could view the first engagement of battle early that Sunday morning off Plymouth , with the first galleon exploding . |
| 3 | The car picked up speed and shot off into the distance . |
| 4 | As the bomber hung up Eileen had already reached for another phone to warn the police . |
| 5 | The few ships out in the harbour sent up fireworks and flares , and the low hills around town echoed with the wail of sirens and foghorns — at least until the dark did set in at about three in the morning . |
| 6 | The mob smashed up Ms Wilson 's first-floor home before leaving , after what police described as a ‘ particularly brutal ’ murder . |
| 7 | From June onward warming through the ice set up circulation currents which gradually raised temperatures to a uniform 4°C throughout the water column ( Rigler , 1974 ) . |
| 8 | The Unit is sponsored by the Scottish Home and Health Department , the Scottish Health Education Group and the Economic and Social Research Council and commenced operation when the Director took up post in September 1983 . |
| 9 | Six hundred people in the business coughed up £2 10s 0d each , thereby becoming known as the Noble Six Hundred ; subsequent donations and the proceeds of Royal Variety performances meant that a nursing wing was added two years ago , and today there are 36 residents with a staff of 60 to look after them . |
| 10 | Ignoring all orders to stop the tug continued up channel , still under fire from the French cutters . |
| 11 | It is often asserted that the First World War rescued the Unionist Party from an impossible position and left it poised to become the dominating force ; the war broke up Liberalism and destroyed the Liberal-Labour alliance , so opening the way for Unionism ; Lloyd George carried the party to victory in 1918 , incurred the odium for the post-war slump and was cast aside ungratefully in 1922 . |
| 12 | Sponsored by UNESCO , the meeting followed up initiatives that sprang from the Third Consultation of Ministers of Culture of Latin America/Caribbean in September last year . |
| 13 | Chant did so , slamming the cab door with no little satisfaction , and barely managing to reach the seat before the cab picked up speed . |
| 14 | In October 1321 the king took up arms to restore his personal authority . |
| 15 | The hirer sued the owner of the excavator as vicariously liable for the driver 's negligence , and the owner set up clause 8 of the contract as a defence , on the basis that it transferred liability for the driver 's actions to the hirer . |
| 16 | Although the Commission drew up proposals , adopted by the Council in June 1980 , no conferences have been held since . |
| 17 | The government set up Committees for the Defence of the Republic . |
| 18 | When the government set up Local Enterprise Companies as an important tool for economic development there was no place in their plans for trade union representation . |
| 19 | The air gave up appearances |
| 20 | The firm took up references on all the candidates interviewed . |
| 21 | As trains halted , the orchestra struck up Aaron Copland 's Fanfare For The Common Man much to the amusement and delight of curious passengers . |
| 22 | The search lasted until 1130 hours , after Which the platoon took up positions along the route and established vehicle checkpoints on roads throughout the area . |
| 23 | I mean I 'm no historian , you 'd have to check up on this with my hubby , but as far as I know the Reformation started up North in Europe a guid lang mile away from Rome and the Pope and that , up in the Region of what we now know as Holland , and Germany and Alsace Lorraine . |
| 24 | Only one thing she drew the line at and that was when the prostitution took up bairns . |
| 25 | As the undercarriage was retracted , the plane picked up speed . |
| 26 | The hand closed over the receiver picked up vibration , and the cord to the microphone went up the wearer 's sleeve unobtrusively . |
| 27 | There was n't any problem with old Pinkie Blenkinsop , but when the matter came up Trueman refused to give a promise that we could all stay here until we were carried out feet first . |
| 28 | Their visits were threatening and long , and eventually the agency gave up hope of substituting mulberry trees for opium . |
| 29 | Mining companies all over the world set up consortia to study ways of mining the manganese nodules on the floor of the deep oceans , but have been unwilling to proceed until the world can agree on laws to cover deep sea mining . |
| 30 | Also , through documentaries and slots on magazine programmes , the medium opened up questions about class , colour and sex that many filmmakers seemed convinced could not interest an audience . |