Example sentences of "have [vb pp] up [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Peter Alliss might have given up competitive golf in the early 1970s but he still a formidable force out on the course . |
| 2 | The marriage must have broken up some time in 1980 . |
| 3 | Ruth thought her aunt would have sat up all night to prolong the time with them , but her uncle — who had tried bravely all day to behave as though nothing untoward was happening — put his arms around his wife 's shoulders and led her away to bed . |
| 4 | Only , I think , in so far as I 've seen so many pictures over the years that I must have picked up some knowledge and a sort of an overview of what there is in English art , so that I can make better comparisons . |
| 5 | After a period of use the heads may well have picked up sufficient debris from the disk surface to prevent a reliable reading of the magnetic information on the disk . |
| 6 | Folly realised belatedly that she might have stirred up some trouble for her informant . |
| 7 | He 'd have thought up some joke , or turned it to his advantage . |
| 8 | ‘ The building could have gone up any minute , ’ said police . |
| 9 | If I 'd known what it was I would have chopped up that snow-plough before the snows arrived . ’ |
| 10 | Ridley , as an ophthalmologist , might well have followed up this observation with more studies of eye infections , but the opportunity seems not to have been pursued . |
| 11 | He wanted her badly , and if he 'd taken her in his arms she did n't think she would have put up any kind of resistance . |
| 12 | He would have fitted up this room , only he could n't afford it . |