Example sentences of "came up [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was a gambler on a winning streak : it did n't matter what number I placed my bet on , it always came up a winner . |
| 2 | Jonna 's chin came up a fraction and he looked his father straight in the eye . |
| 3 | Her turn to act as hostess came up a month after Nora had returned to Northumberland . |
| 4 | God knows they have trouble enough so IBM would appreciate it if we were perfectly clear on a couple of points that came up a fortnight ago ( UX No 418 ) . |
| 5 | The days of reading philosophy , politics , and economics , called PPE , came up a good deal . |
| 6 | Yes we used to go to see her , and she came up a couple of times . |
| 7 | The lights came up a little , and the show was over . |
| 8 | I was n't prepared to totally drop things from the various courses ( because they still came up every year ) but over the years less and less emphasis was placed on the more mundane work . |
| 9 | When the lights came up the girl looked at the audience , her mouth slowly opened and on her face was an expression of incredulity . |
| 10 | He came up the week before on his own but he played two rounds every day . |
| 11 | Horses and carts were the only means of transport until an infrequent bus service came up the valley to add a further lifeline . |
| 12 | Now I came up the hard way , same as you . |
| 13 | Danish invaders found their way to Lough Neagh between AD 849 and AD 1014 but whether they came up the Bann is uncertain . |
| 14 | Standing under the vaulted fan roof of that incredible building , listening to the pure soprano of the leading choir boy singing , ‘ Once in Royal David 's city ’ as the choir came up the aisle , it was difficult to restrain our tears . |
| 15 | When his case finally came up the evidence of the couple 's daughter , who had been watching the whole incident , was torn to shreds by Russell 's lawyer . |
| 16 | Great carts pulled by as many as six horses at a time came up the roads from the east and waited at Ridgery Butts until a party of people who wanted to cross the forest formed up so that they could travel together . |
| 17 | While she was working , Kalchu came up the ladder carrying a basket of jharo , the resinous wood that 's gouged from deep inside the trunks of the oldest , tallest pine trees , then cut into chips and burned for lighting . |
| 18 | Kalchu came up the ladder carrying a cockerel . |
| 19 | Mrs Stych was singing as she came up the garden path . |
| 20 | He turned as they came up the spiral wrought-iron staircase . |
| 21 | It was dark and the sea was rising rapidly as I came up the firth , keeping the bows in the direction of the flashing lighthouse on the White Hill of Vatster . |
| 22 | On the 42nd lap Levagh came up the straight between the grandstand and the pits in his silver Mercedes at about 240 kph ( 150 mph ) and was being followed by Fangio . |
| 23 | Bars of sunlight broke through the slatted windows and swept back and forth across the floor , and the smell of the sea came up the carriage bearing memories of childhood outings . |
| 24 | " They came up the streets towards the station , crowds of people , young men . |
| 25 | Wilkie came up the sand and arranged her return with M. Grimaud . |
| 26 | There were five of them , and whenever they arrived they came up the woodland track on a big spreader wagon with a battered old van bouncing along behind . |
| 27 | Martha came up the companion , followed by a boy very much taller than she was . |
| 28 | ‘ As we came up the trackway of your house , Sir John , we found a Hand of Glory with a lighted candle in its fingers . ’ |
| 29 | Several days before these events a ship came up the Ankh on the dawn tide and fetched up , among many others , in the maze of wharves and docks on the Morpork shore . |
| 30 | A man came up the ladder from the engine room and Dickie opened his letter . |