Example sentences of "dress up [prep] a [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a girl at work who said she loved the rain — she would dress up in a mac and goloshes and tramp around in the rain just for pleasure . |
| 2 | But it is not an offence to dress up as a policeman unless the uniform is used for personal gain . |
| 3 | Never mind what they say , luv , if you want to dress up as a woman that 's your business . |
| 4 | In another experiment , Sissons ( 1970 ) arranged for an actor to dress up in a suit and bowler hat and stand on Paddington station , periodically asking people the way to Hyde Park . |
| 5 | The Tanguts were northern enemies of the Han , and T'sao , the Han Chief of Staff , had pardoned a condemned man on the understanding that he would swallow a ball of wax , dress up as a monk and enter the kingdom of the Tanguts . |
| 6 | Dress up as a gorilla and chase people down Sunset Strip . |
| 7 | Dress up as a gorilla and chase people down Sunset Strip . |
| 8 | She was just imagining Meredith dressed up as a sailor and herself with her arms round his neck , clinging to him as the wind tried to tear them apart , when a man with a tray hung from his neck asked her to buy bootlaces . |
| 9 | ‘ And who dressed up as a wino and held up the off-licence ? ’ asked Tim . |
| 10 | The artists themselves sometimes had a Jekyll-and-Hyde career , the prime example being the Australian bass-baritone Peter Dawson , who for many years dressed up as a Scotsman and hijacked Sir Harry Lauder 's songs , touring Scottish music-halls under the name Hector Grant . |
| 11 | but you see with him you see , they , it was packed , the house before the wake was packed , because Margaret kept coming over when he was all dressed up in a suit and everything , I did n't , she asked me if , once to go , I just said no I would prefer to remember |
| 12 | Go on , ask her where she 's been all afternoon , dressed up like a tart and missing for bloody hours . |