Example sentences of "[vb past] up [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I honked up this morning . |
| 2 | I honked up this morning . |
| 3 | The Vichy French drew up two defensive lines — at Damour and along the Dog River north of Beirut . |
| 4 | That 's right , well that 's where it , and they drew up that old road , with their caravans you see . |
| 5 | Over the next few months many places drew up loyal addresses to the Queen , defending the Church and monarchy against those they styled republicans and schismatics , and condemning " the new Revived Doctrine of Resistance and other Republican Tenetts that gave rise to the unnatural Rebellion in 41 " . |
| 6 | A campaign of banquets and public meetings was mounted to demand reform , a zemstvo congress drew up specific proposals for constitutional change , and a series of politically-orientated professional unions was formed . |
| 7 | Intrigued by the idea the RAC drew up some rules and submitted them to other car manufacturers . |
| 8 | They drew up some papers which said they legally owned it . |
| 9 | ‘ I sat in on the Jockey Club working party that drew up these latest proposals Their idea was to bring down the number of strokes and they did not seem very interested in what we , the jockeys , had to say . |
| 10 | The sword gone , a boat drew up full of women wearing black hoods including Morgan le Fay , Arthur 's half sister . |
| 11 | In the event , the 1559 parliament restored the Henrician anti-papal statutes and the 1552 Prayer Book-albeit modified in a number of important respects- and in 1563 convocation drew up thirty-nine articles of faith , based substantially on Cranmer 's Forty-Two Articles of 1553 . |
| 12 | Apparently impervious to Luke 's quick frown , he drew up another chair . |
| 13 | We drew up short term goals but Mrs Allen was not particularly interested in these — her main concern was the long-term aim of having a healed leg wound . |
| 14 | As in the recent past , and as was to be the case with much greater frequency after the start of the Five-Year Plans , planners in Moscow drew up neat and rather abstract formulations that did not match up closely with local realities and timings . |
| 15 | He drew up next to it by a red traffic light . |
| 16 | Even more at odds with the ‘ hands off ’ policies of Sir Keith Joseph is the list of policy objectives that Jenkin drew up last autumn as a guide to help civil servants . |
| 17 | His biggest moment came ten years ago when his marvellous mare Sobarattled up 11 wins , including the valuable Stewards ' Cup at Goodwood . |
| 18 | But when I mentioned that there was a legendary tunnel that ran from the battlements of Beaufort down through the sheer rock to the bottom of the Litani gorge , they leapt to their feet and bounded up one of the staircases . |
| 19 | He lined up first in the 100 metres . |
| 20 | Mildred lined up next to her two friends , Maud and Enid . |
| 21 | Tom heated up some water on the range for the dirty dishes . |
| 22 | Bunny introduced me to a big redhead ( the Fergie look ) wearing a flimsy black party frock slit up both sides to reveal large expanses of lace-patterned black tights . |
| 23 | Heading up the operation , Cisco has brought in Takatoshi Matsumoto as general manager , who previously headed up similar startups Nihon Sun Microsystems K.K. and System Software Associates K.K. The Japanese office will be responsible for supporting sales and maintenance services for its Japanese distributor Net One Systems Co and OEM partner NEC Corp . |
| 24 | He caught up two laps before the end , Tambay 's brakes failed and Niki was home . |
| 25 | Isambard caught up both , and stood for a moment staring down with a formidable frown at Harry , who nursed his bruised wrists and glared back , expecting a blow and tensing every muscle to receive it without a tremor . |
| 26 | Calzaghe , from Newbridge , won the welterweight title last year but moved up one weight when he was promised the light-middleweight place in the Welsh squad for the Olympic trials last month in Milan . |
| 27 | Robins became senior staff nurse , the other staff nurses moved up one , and the senior student nurse in the A.R.R. Unit came back into the Hall as an acting staff nurse . |
| 28 | And each year you moved up whether you were good , bad or indifferent you moved up one class , you see . |
| 29 | Platt , moved up front as Les Ferdinand 's minder , came close with a shot parried by Benedettini and Bruno Muccioli raced in to head over the bar as the ball appeared to be dropping into goal . |
| 30 | Handed the captaincy in place of the absent Stuart Pearce , and moved up front , Platt stepped into the shoes of another former leader , Gary Lineker , to perfection . |