Example sentences of "[noun prp] [conj] [noun] [verb] up [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the Manor today it 's been all quiet … the postman has delivered more applications … the board will meet either Friday or Saturday to draw up a shortlist … |
| 2 | At the Manor today it 's been all quiet … the postman has delivered more applications … the board will meet either Friday or Saturday to draw up a shortlist … |
| 3 | Since August 12th Mr Hussein has repeated like a gramophone the refrain that he will not budge from Kuwait until Israel gives up the West Bank and Gaza . |
| 4 | Richard and Henrietta set up the business in 1987 . |
| 5 | The northern tribes , Dan , Asher and Naphtali bring up the rear . |
| 6 | Branson and Draper drew up a list of twelve people — almost a fifth of the staff employed in the record company , Branson telling himself , with little conviction , that ‘ people will understand ’ . |
| 7 | It was on an earlier trip to Germany that Brenda took up the challenge to pass her bike test . |
| 8 | Cumberland now sent orders to the Lords Lieutenant of Lancashire , Westmorland and Cumberland to break up the roads , tear down the bridges and block possible escape routes by felling trees but by the time he reached Preston , on 13 December 1745 , when he was joined by the cavalry sent by General Wade from Newcastle , Prince Charles 's troops had reached Lancaster , 20 miles [ 32 km ] further north , though General Oglethorpe 's detachment was a mere three miles [ 5 km ] behind and almost in contact with the enemy rearguard . |
| 9 | They arrive in Dorset and Kevin sets up the tent , but Sharon has a different idea . |
| 10 | The agreement yesterday by Russia and Ukraine to set up a joint parliamentary commission on how to divide the fleet is a welcome sign of flexibility . |
| 11 | The international tribunal will be the first such court since the United States , Britain , Russia and France set up a military tribunal at Nuremberg in 1945 to try Nazi criminals . |
| 12 | Fitzgerald then served out for the set to turn the match into a real struggle , or so we thought , but Grabb and McEnroe stepped up a gear midway through the fourth set to take control . |
| 13 | In April 1921 fifty delegates from England and Wales set up a national organization , the National Unemployed Workers ' Committee Movement ( NUWCM ) , with Wal Hannington as national organizer . |
| 14 | Suddenly there was a commotion outside as Nigel and Elinor hurtled up the garden path and through the front door . |
| 15 | He has lived on , you see , through the time when Athens embarked on the Peloponnesian War , and Cleon and Alcibiades buggered up the world 's first and best democracy . |
| 16 | My parents returned to Devon and Dad started up a hairdressing and tobacconist 's business in Exmouth . |
| 17 | The accident happened on the outskirts of Chester after a cross-county motorway chase from Warrington as police followed up a report of an attempted armed robbery . |
| 18 | The accident happened on the outskirts of Chester after a cross-county motorway chase from Warrington as police followed up a report of an attempted armed robbery . |
| 19 | Finally , when Schisgal had returned to his interrupted slumbers , Mortimer and Yates brought up the subject of the purpose of their visit . |
| 20 | Steel-Maitland , Boraston , Jenkins and Fraser made up a team of experts , all of sufficient status to deal with politicians who might call into the office ; the work of the office was departmentalized for the first time and the heads of department brought together into a supervising board . |
| 21 | Middlesbrough and Charlton make up the group , Charlton tonight away to , Middlesbrough do n't play this evening , er no details as yet about how the game is going in Italy and we do n't expect to have any details either er because of the difficulties getting the score from Italy . |
| 22 | TV 's Bodger and Badger cook up a Sunday lunchtime treat , with barmy Jane Bassett , juggling genius Tim Bat and Prince of Pottiness Pierre Hollins , and masses of mashed potato . |
| 23 | The line of boys and masters — Hasan and Rafiq bringing up the rear — made its way through pools of water and patches of sodden black earth , across the cinder track leading up towards the Windmill , and to the chestnut-trees , now almost empty of leaves , that shadow the edge of parkside . |
| 24 | Both eased their way to victory over Yorkshire and Surrey to set up a final day showdown . |
| 25 | McKenzie and Kearns struck up an immediate friendship and prop-hooker understanding and are now the cornerstones of the Randwick , New South Wales and Australian packs . |
| 26 | Trevor and Andrew draw up a comprehensive list of |
| 27 | Wilcox and Hill set up the move , Stowell could only block Shearer 's shot and Sellars followed up to put Rovers ahead . |
| 28 | In August 1853 Britain , France , Austria and Prussia drew up a letter for despatch from the sultan to the tsar which gave Nicholas what he wanted . |
| 29 | Furthermore , as some of you here know , the diocese of Bath and Wells set up a working party in 1986 to set out our own policy . |
| 30 | Between them Locke and Newton built up the mental picture of the universe which the educated classes in the eighteenth century absorbed as incontrovertible truth . |