Example sentences of "had put up [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 A short time before , estate agents ' men had put up a board to say that five houses were to be built — but they had erected it in the flower garden of the house instead of in the field as they had been instructed .
2 The owner had put up a £1,000 reward after the red car was stolen from his garage in Warwick .
3 The FIS had put up a candidate in each constituency ( and claimed to be the only party to do so ) .
4 The FIS was the only party to offer a candidate in all 430 constituencies , although the FLN had put up a candidate in 429 .
5 The previous day the Yugoslavs had put up a proclamation in Klagenfurt claiming that Carinthia was part of Yugoslavia .
6 I told him how he had put up a man who was interdit de séjour … .
7 He said the council had put up a wire fence at the place on the cliff-path .
8 Normally , little jumble could be expected from the few cottages on the headland , but Alex Mair , anxious to associate the power station with the community , had put up a notice on the staff board and the two tea chests were usually fairly full by the time the October sale came round .
9 They , Castle Houses , had put up the prize for a steeplechase and had also taken over a prestigious handicap hurdle race already in the programme for Saturday .
10 Mr Cinnamond said all the money was ploughed back into the club , except for what it took to pay back those who had put up the finance to buy it in the first place .
11 Lorton had put up the cash .
12 At a Local Government conference , someone at the venue had put up the mikes but had not checked to make sure they were fixed properly , so they were slowly drooping !
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