Example sentences of "[verb] up [prep] a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I had neither stumped up for a bale of fluffy bathroom towels , nor chipped in to the Qantas ticket . |
| 2 | So there he was , caught in a trap of his own making — being nice to a woman he did n't like , and mean to one he did , and as mixed up as a schoolboy in short trousers . |
| 3 | He has been mixed up in a number of shady deals in the Middle East . |
| 4 | Colleagues wept as they told how she planned to meet up with a friend for a two-week walking holiday . |
| 5 | They drew up with a rasp of gravel just behind the trailer , and Sergeant Allen 's head popped out as if on a string . |
| 6 | There was something in the speed , as they rounded corners on two wheels , that shook her out of her bad mood , and when they drew up with a squeal of brakes in the narrow road just by Pepe 's Bar , she was laughing at Miguel 's uncharacteristic recklessness . |
| 7 | So , for example , your High Elf army could include up to a quarter of its points value as Wood Elves chosen from the Wood Elf list , or Dwarfs chosen from the Dwarfs list . |
| 8 | So , for example , your Orc and Goblin army could include up to a quarter of its points value as Dark Elves chosen from the Dark Elf list , or Chaos chosen from the Chaos list . |
| 9 | So , for example , your Empire army could include up to a quarter of its points value as Wood Elves chosen from the Wood Elf list , or Dwarfs chosen from the Dwarf list . |
| 10 | ’ I 'm a loner who likes to curl up on a sofa with a good book , ’ she says . |
| 11 | The best wines are made from the highest vines northwest of Grauves , which grow up to a height of 220 metres , and from those in an east-facing gulley , south-west of the village . |
| 12 | I was concerned to understand what it was like to leave school and grow up in a world with little work . |
| 13 | In LONDON dealers were gearing up for a rush of prospective buyers . |
| 14 | BARCLAYS , the biggest plastic card issuer , is gearing up for a blitz on card fraud in the run-up to Christmas . |
| 15 | The whole house smelled of it , of lost youth shrivelled up into a kind of dust . |
| 16 | The relay will usually free up after a couple of doses of light oil in this manner . |
| 17 | My eye swelled up in a matter of minutes , and I was unable to hear anything . |
| 18 | If you fancy trying it yourself around harvest time in September , then gather together a few pounds of the bluey-black sloe berries , prick them all over with a fork , smother them in about 6oz of sugar and top up with a litre of gin . |
| 19 | So , if Lenny Kravitz stands up against a wall with Slash , we 're there . |
| 20 | Liam Conway , Claire Breslin , Adrian Rouiller and Margaret McConkey , all of AIB Dublin , made a formidable line up behind Martin , finally ending up with a total of 889 in the crucial last game . |
| 21 | ‘ Then I 'll get some , ’ she decided on the spot , and embarked on a small spending spree , ending up with a bottle of Becherovka , a bottle of plum brandy called Slivovitz and a presentation box of some sweet wafer biscuits called Oplatky which were traditional to the area . |
| 22 | A neat bit of rewriting there ; the real Richard was one of the leaders of the Second Crusade which laid waste to Palestine , before ending up with a score-draw against the Arabs whose land he was invading . |
| 23 | He subjected both to repeated analysis , ending up with a version of Maria Luisa in which she is transformed into a sharp-beaked , staring owl , and of Francisco Lezcano in which he has metamorphosed into a dog . |
| 24 | The point is here that he has mentioned in his press release a number of okay local people , and by doing this in this particular way he has greatly increased the possibility and probability of ending up with a piece in the local newspaper . |
| 25 | He 'd shaken up Evans , first bawling him out then ending up with a show of confidence in him with the Havana . |
| 26 | The best move was a forty yard pass from Macca , touched on by Deane to Wallace , I think ending up with a shot from Rocky . |
| 27 | Besides , she did n't want to take such a step merely for escape 's sake and perhaps find herself ending up as a prisoner in just another house in just another town . |
| 28 | She crashed down the four steps , ending up in a heap on the landing . |
| 29 | Since a much-used living room has to stand up to a lot of traffic , it needs a superior quality , heavy duty carpet of either 100 per cent wool or 80 per cent wool/20 per cent nylon . |
| 30 | Train passengers used to stand up as a mark of respect when they passed Mother Volga , but not any more . |