Example sentences of "[verb] up [prep] [art] small [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 As she did so , she noticed that the heath adjoining the road rose up to a small hill , on top of which stood an old and dilapidated windmill .
2 Finally , worn out by her own thoughts and the strain of the last few hours , she drew up at a small country hotel and took a room there for the night .
3 She wanted to curl up in a small ball somewhere quiet , dark and safe , and stay there until she felt capable of facing the world again .
4 By studying regions of the proteins the proteinase cuts , they have come up with a small molecule that can block this scissor action .
5 An external 2-pole 5-way switch will then be needed and the circuit shown in Fig. 13 built up on a small board .
6 The boys were eventually picked up by a small boat and were taken by ambulance to Nobles Hospital in Douglas where they were treated for the effects of cold .
7 The boys were eventually picked up by a small boat and were taken by ambulance to Nobles Hospital in Douglas where they were treated for cold .
8 He had heard that the Feds at Lockerbie had been good as gold , working at the pace required , picking up on every small detail provided by the forensic team at Farnborough , where the 747 had been reconstructed .
9 In open rock pools , Bullheads , Taurulus bubalis , Dragonets , and Gobies , are some of the small fish that can be scooped up with a small net , together with Hermit Crabs that can be spied trundling over the bottom .
10 Finally she came up with a small hand mirror and inspected herself in it .
11 He scrabbled in the bottom of the box and came up with a small piece of carved and polished wood .
12 Yes it 's erm made up of a small proportion of the countries in the General , General Assembly , about five countries and seats on it erm basically the allies from the second world war erm and the other seats are changed around periodically between the nation , other nations .
13 The cluster is made up of a small quadrilateral which is distinctive enough , and is very characteristic with × 20 .
14 In addition , a prominent counter-melody is introduced ( itself largely made up of the small cell of our example ) .
15 He could go and dig up the roadworks during the night , and get some cement made up in a small container and cement up the holes in manhole covers you used to lift the things up by .
16 They climbed up to the small tower that was perched on top of the terminal building .
17 The major agreements are drawn up between a small number of tightly-controlled organisations and the outcome of their central negotiations sets guidelines and limits to the industry-wide negotiations which then subsequently take place .
18 Also included in this ‘ private ’ section of the building is a straight-flight staircase which leads up from the small hall containing the secondary entrance to serve the family 's first-floor sleeping accommodation .
19 Pool Bank has its own ghost , that of an unfortunate wife who was walled up in a small room and left to starve to death .
20 Coalitions are temporary structures made up of a small group of individuals ( usually two ) sharing a common goal .
21 A panel made up of a small group of SCOTVEC 's senior committee members was brought together to sift through the many college 's nominees .
22 During the course of the civil war , the Long Parliament removed from the church all the innovations introduced by Charles and Laud during the 1630s , abolished episcopacy and the Elizabethan Prayer Book , and entrusted the task of devising a new church to the Westminster Assembly of Divines , a committee made up of a small number of MPs and peers , several representatives of parliament 's allies the Scots , and over 100 English churchmen .
23 Jenna pulled up in the small courtyard and sat for a moment looking at it .
24 Simone 's Studios command fantastic views of the coastline of mainland Greece and Albania , as they 're set up on a small hill looking out over the bay of Benitses .
25 Hence it was decided that the pathway should be set up as a small demonstration project only and be fully evaluated before its concepts were more widely introduced into the school .
26 His portable laboratory is set up in a small tent which is unbearably hot , and could well do without the added heat from his bunsen burner .
27 She curled up into a small ball , too tired to stay awake , but too scared to go to sleep in case she started to dream again .
28 The postal surveys are to be followed up with a small number of interviews .
29 They went up to the small room where Eve had lived for as long as she could remember .
30 They hurriedly threw up earthen walls , stretching blankets over the top to shelter them ; and cooped up in a small place like this , four or five families together , they spent the following winter . ’
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