Example sentences of "up [prep] front [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were both silent , busy with their own thoughts , apart from her directions , until he drew up in front of the divided house that contained her tiny flat . |
| 2 | For most of the time he shifted about from one foot to the other , more like a naughty schoolboy who has been hauled up in front of the head master than a genie rubbed out of a bottle . |
| 3 | He pulled up in front of the high iron grille gates barring the entrance to a drive , saw in his headlights a speakphone set into one of the brick pillars . |
| 4 | She pulled up in front of the massive Moorish-style stone mansion that was Fernando Serra 's home , and Maria Luisa 's , of course . |
| 5 | On 17 October 1952 tanks were lined up in front of the presidential palace and a group of officers led by Nasution called on Sukarno to dissolve parliament . |
| 6 | Refusing the invitation to go in for coffee , Fran hurried back to the car and drove across town , only slowing when she turned in through the gates of the college and made her way along the rutted gravel path to pull up in front of the old sandstone building next to Luke 's car . |
| 7 | As the battlefield clears , Rainbow pulls up in front of the transfixed Riva , rolls down the window , and roars , ‘ Get in ! ’ |
| 8 | Apparently the club lost its license and was shut down after a series of lawsuits stemming from car accidents involving drunk punters — and under American law , bar staff who serve drunk drivers are liable to get hauled up in front of the local beak of those people are later involved in accidents . |
| 9 | I DO N'T KNOW what political fringe group was responsible for the little table set up in front of the main Boston Post Office . |
| 10 | Huge four-wheeled carts , each pulled by six horses , were lined up in front of the main doors as Fat Henry moved his furniture and belongings elsewhere for another round of pleasure . |
| 11 | Across the road , a taxi drew up in front of the august jewellers and a man in pinstripe trousers and black jacket got out , then helped a woman with magnificent grey hair to alight . |
| 12 | Solid lumps of lava also pile up in front of the advancing nose of the lava . |
| 13 | That was the man who the same year had stood up in front of the full pad and launched into his celebrated five-hour denunciation of Joseph Stalin . |
| 14 | The whole horse militia of Westmorland and northern Lancashire , and all the militia of Cumberland , were drawn up in front of the little Lake District town , under the chief local landowner , Lord Lonsdale , and with 10,000 men they easily outnumbered the rebels , but a mere sight of Forster 's advance guard was enough and the whole body fled in terror , leaving the field littered with horses and arms . |
| 15 | In one movement Rincewind unrolled and bounced up in front of the little man , his hands gripping his shoulders desperately . |