If possible, casual reading, Thanks!
Phrasal Verb PUT UP
John was in the garden putting a fence up.
They don’t have enough money to put up new school buildings.
The builders put up the walls before starting on the roof.
She put up a notice about the school trip to Italy.
We’re not putting these pictures up in the living room, are we?
She put up some bookshelves in the study.
It’d take me all day to put one cupboard up.
If there are extra shelves, you could put them up over here.
We’ve been forced to put up our prices to compete with the new supermarket.
Instead of keeping prices low, the shops are putting them up.
We’ve had to put our fees up twice this year.
The company has put up $20,000 towards the cost of the child’s medical treatment.
A reward has been offered, with the police putting the money up.
Could you put me up for the night when I come to London?
I don’t think we can put the whole family up.
We could put up a couple more people.
In all, 60 political parties put up candidates.
My colleagues have put me up for the position of chairman.
Someone is going to put her up for President.
Residents have put up a great fight against plans to build a new road.
The victim was able to put up little resistance.
I was ready to put up the money, but the seller withdrew at the last minute.
For the most part, you have a wonderful grasp of the proper use of "put up"! Most of your sentences sound very natural.
I made changes based on the following.
Native speakers OFTEN say this incorrectly, but it is grammatically incorrect to end a sentence with a preposition (i.e. up). Your meaning would be clear, BUT it can often make a sentence sound very unclear. So, I put the word "up" in its proper place. :)
put up prices - to set a higher price, one would say "we had to RAISE prices".
"putting up prices" - (for example, if one were in a coffee shop) -
"Will you please put up your prices on the wall, so we can figure out what we want to order while we are waiting in line?"
"We always put up the sale prices the night before, so that customers will see them clearly when they are shopping on the day of the sale."
put up a candidate - This sounds very unnatural to me. I would never say it this way, myself.
Super job!!!