Example sentences of "[noun] [vb pp] up [art] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The time was now about nine-thirty , and I must have looked ghastly , for a young nurse who popped in with a set of pyjamas sized up the situation in a second and popped out again , running down the corridor calling for help . |
| 2 | But the ambience called up the shades of Toulouse-Lautrec and Gaugin , and of Mimi , and these began to work their fermentation in my imagination . |
| 3 | When there were no Red Cross parcels at all you began to notice that people sized up the rations of margarine before they helped themselves , and though you despised them for it you were none the less sharp to do it yourself . |
| 4 | your mum 's got her fanny stuck up the exhaust of it . |
| 5 | Penry propped up the pillows behind her , then opened the bag he 'd brought with him and took out a small torch . |
| 6 | Clara 's contingent sized up the situation in a disappointed trice , and hunched itself together in a corner to confront the disorderly scene by a solid front of backs . |
| 7 | He had taken up a woman 's role , and in the most feminine way taken up the nursing of Sien when his own mental and physical health were at a low ebb . |
| 8 | Adela fixed up a meeting between the king and archbishop , and in a few days everything was arranged . |