Example sentences of "[verb] up [prep] [art] [num] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The parents can now be fined up to a thousand pounds for the children , because they have n't carried out the instructions of the court . |
| 2 | I lined up for the 100 metres at the AAA Championships and , lo and behold , everybody came out in similar outfits ! |
| 3 | Two weeks later I lined up in the 200 metres , one tight-bended lap of the track , in the AAA Indoor Championships , again meeting Phil Brown . |
| 4 | By the time we caught up with the three men at the top of the ladder , they were attempting to heave the coffin into its grotto with a series of hefty swings which caused a wave-motion to be generated in the ladder , very nearly sending us all to the ground sixty feet below . |
| 5 | On past trips to Japan and Saudi Arabia Philip Somerville created up to a dozen hats for her . |
| 6 | A crescendo of resentment built up between the two women , which reached its finale when Pamela lost Victoria 's precious blue rabbit , whereupon Marie gave notice . |
| 7 | The personal relationships built up over the 15 weeks often encourage longer discussions on how the subjects the pupils are learning about relate to the outside ‘ grown-up ’ world of industry and academe . |
| 8 | Yes , but if you move on to that to the mainstream of our policies , which is five and six , that covers up to a thousand pounds parts and labour . |
| 9 | Skippers say up to a dozen tankers can be seen drifting among them . |
| 10 | It can readily be seen that the sum of constant capital ( C ) used up in the two departments is equal to the sum of means of production produced in Dept . |
| 11 | It can now be seen that the sum of constant capital used up in the two departments during the production cycle is less than the total means of production produced by Dept . |
| 12 | It has a price tag of twelve thousand pounds … and its maker hopes to sell up to a hundred machines a year . |
| 13 | Reckoned up over the eleven months covered , this represented a take-home figure of £64 : 3s. : 5d. , but in what proportion this was distributed amongst them can only be guessed at . |
| 14 | In more complicated cases or where a larger aircraft is concerned the investigating team can comprise up to a dozen investigators . |
| 15 | The most famous teaming up of the two brothers was in 1973 , with the chart single Frankenstein , a testimony to Johnny 's ability to adapt to a variety of different styles , an ability , in fact , which he insists was born out of necessity … |
| 16 | ONCE-RACED MILIYEL * , who came up against the 1,000 Guineas ante-post favourite Musicale when both made their debut at Lingfield last season , may open her account in the Geoffrey Barling Maiden Fillies ' Stakes ( 2.00 ) at Newmarket today . |
| 17 | The interview is made up of the two sets of interrelated emotions — those of the adviser and those of the client . |
| 18 | This is confirmed by the only formal record of their relationship : an indenture drawn up between the two men in 1474 , but embodying an agreement made in the previous year before the king and his council . |
| 19 | This is confirmed by the only formal record of their relationship : an indenture drawn up between the two men in 1474 , but embodying an agreement made in the previous year before the king and his council . |
| 20 | The programme for the first year was drawn up by the three partners during a week-long visit to Fife . |
| 21 | In Brockton , he turned up with a dozen fellow-students to revitalise local politics from the bottom up . |
| 22 | That alienation of the German Bohemians showed up in the 1935 elections when Konrad Henlein 's pro-Nazi Sudetendeutsche Partei became the second largest parliamentary party . |
| 23 | Well those that are right next to the the ones growing up between the two bedrooms . |
| 24 | Hope looked down the fell where Colonel and Mrs Moore were strolling with unskilful aimlessness , taking care never to look up towards the two figures on the rump of mountain . |
| 25 | Just the splendid staircase leading up to the three doorways at the entrance and above that the tall windows of the first floor gallery , all open to the sky , gazing on emptiness . |
| 26 | Many familiar faces pop up during the twenty-six episodes , including Warren Mitchell , Glynn Edwards , Isobel Black , Nigel Davenport , Susan Hampshire , David McCallum , Patrick Allen , Barry Foster and Nanette Newman . |
| 27 | At the annual Radcliffe lecture in Oxford , Dyson pointed out that eight tonnes of oxygen are used up for every three tonnes of coal or oil burned . |
| 28 | It 's beleived up to a dozen men and women are employed on his estate and today despite the news , the work went on . |
| 29 | But a litter of nine Chinese Shar-Pei puppies are expected to fetch up to a thousand pounds each . |
| 30 | And she goes up to the two blokes and she grabs them by the balls and goes mm not bad , nice butt , you know ? |