Example sentences of "[was/were] put up [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This week 14 paintings were put up for auction in London so the gallery could clear its debts and provide grants for artists , particularly students , in the region . |
| 2 | And there 's gon na be many many many thousands of worried parents whose children were put up for adoption , whose children vanished , brothers and sisters who said , I thought I had a brother . |
| 3 | Following the death of William Lewis in 1843 , both Port and Brimscombe Mill were put up for sale . |
| 4 | Earlier this year WEKA decided to close down its UK publishing operation and a number of titles , appealing to a broad spectrum of business and hobby readers , were put up for sale . |
| 5 | United were put up for sale yesterday in a shock move at Bramall Lane . |
| 6 | The privatization of industry in the Czech Lands began on Aug. 8 when 50 of the republic 's largest businesses were put up for sale on international markets . |
| 7 | In September 1957 the Gladstone Street buildings were put up for sale ; in 1958 the Temps moved out , and in 1959 the Hall was demolished and the Institute converted into shops . |
| 8 | Her hair was put up with rhinestone forget-me-nots instead of diamanté ones and when her friend Mr Lewis says : ‘ might I divest you of your plastic mac ? ’ the whole process shut down for an hour or so whilst six fairly literate people racked their brains for a ‘ mac ’ substitute . |
| 9 | Painted in the Company 's all yellow colour scheme and registered as SE–BRD , the Firefly flew with the Swedish company for thirteen years until being declared redundant , whereupon the aircraft was put up for disposal along with three other Mk 1s . |
| 10 | Bob Hoover 's North American P-51D Old Yeller was put up for action , but with a $1 million reserve Hoover gets to fly it for another year . |
| 11 | Two-thirds of AMI Healthcare was put up for auction this week after the company 's Los Angeles parent changed hands . |
| 12 | The business was put up for auction two months ago when Whitbread decided that its spirits operation , including brands such as Long John Scotch , Laphroaig malt whisky , Burrough 's mixed doubles and Beefeater gin , was too small to compete with the giants of the industry like Grand Metropolitan 's IDV , Guinness ' United Distillers and Allied-Lyons ' Hiram Walker Allied Vintners . |
| 13 | The company 's stay was fairly brief , for in 1908 operations ceased and the mill was put up for auction . |
| 14 | Lincoln went into receivership and was put up for sale on 4 February , 1922 . |
| 15 | The club was put up for sale after the Kumar brothers ' business empire went into receivership last month . |
| 16 | The lease of Headington Hill Hall was put up for sale along with 32 other properties in January by receivers , Grant Thornton , and has attracted several bids . |
| 17 | He was put up for sale before the start of this season . |
| 18 | The loss-making Observer , the world 's oldest Sunday newspaper , was put up for sale by Lonrho , its owners . |
| 19 | Fisons ' horticulture division was put up for sale in April . |
| 20 | Simpson is the second player to leave the Manor Ground since the club was put up for sale eleven weeks ago . |
| 21 | Just days after the Ardtullagh mansion was put up for sale , at least a dozen prospective buyers have given its 13 rooms the once-over . |
| 22 | Mr Heslop , of Stanhope Road , Darlington , said the original was put up in honour of Roland Bradford , Britain 's youngest-ever brigadier general . |
| 23 | A sign was put up in order to remind staff whenever I was on duty . |