Example sentences of "put up [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Welch quickly acknowledges that GE has put up a sorry performance in having only four women among its 120 top people . |
| 2 | The church was in ruins , and the monks had put up a temporary building over the main altar , where they gathered round the body of St Dunstan for their daily offices . |
| 3 | He might have put up a good show the other day , but that was because he was frightened . |
| 4 | There was no question but that the army , the Lebanese Forces militia , and a whole new wave of volunteers would have put up a desperate resistance . |
| 5 | THE owners of two Redcar amusement arcades have put up a substantial reward after their premises were burgled this week . |
| 6 | No , I 'd have thought he 'd have put up a better show than that . |
| 7 | He claimed that this was not necessary , that Seton was an excellent commander and had put up a splendid defence . |
| 8 | Good example would be Penguin U S A er where we 've er er put up a new building er in which to house a press to be by Donnelly which will allow much shorter print runs of our trade books and this should reduce the number of and as you know , that 's one of the biggest problems facing the trade book industry . |
| 9 | Moreover , Lanrezac 's army had put up a stiff resistance at Guise , and the British ( the unexpected joker in the pack , for German calculations had contemptuously dismissed their strength and effectiveness ) had inflicted great slaughter as they turned on their tormentors at Mons , Le Cateau , Néry and Villers-Cottérêts . |
| 10 | Ronni wondered , as she flung some T-shirts and things into a bag , if she ought to have put up a stronger fight against Guido . |
| 11 | He also said that teams such as leeds , arse-nil , norwich , newcastle and blackburn had each put up a brief fight but none were good enough to sustain a serious challenge . |
| 12 | Kim Kethavy , the party 's leader , made his fortune from petrol stations in California and has put up a large slogan outside his office in Phnom Penh 's Market Square proclaiming ‘ Communism is evil ’ . |
| 13 | He has already put up the four corner posts . |
| 14 | It was Saturday so they had put up the green fee from four and sixpence to seven and six and she could n't bear to waste the money . |
| 15 | All John Smith had done was put up the white flag . |
| 16 | Despite warnings , Mrs Thatcher stressed her leadership role in Europe , saying that it was Britain which had put up an alternative scheme to the Delors plan and had taken the initiative over the idea of associate EC status for East Germany . |
| 17 | Despite warnings , Mrs Thatcher stressed her leadership role in Europe , saying that it was Britain which had put up an alternative scheme to the Delors plan and had taken the initiative over the idea of associate EC status for East Germany . |
| 18 | By the time you have put up an appropriate amount of cabinets and storage there is not usually much wall left to cover . |