Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] up in [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Oh God , Mary ! ’ says McPherson , ‘ Oh God , Mary ! ’ — his voice is breaking with emotion — ‘ Oh God , Mary , I do n't want our kids to grow up in a world like this , with man an enemy to man , and cats crawling all over the books , in a cold water walk-up behind the subway depot . |
| 2 | battery wrote in his journal during the peak of the March battle on the Right Bank ; ‘ the fine weather continues , the days lengthen ; it is a pleasure to get up in the morning … ’ |
| 3 | Garrett 's decision to set up in the business of metal detector manufacture was a brave one for there were in his immediate locale several rival ‘ cottage industries ’ vying to capture a share of the young and burgeoning market . |
| 4 | He had n't expected a trip down to his daughter 's for lunch to end up in the middle of Exmoor . |
| 5 | He was waiting for a couple of soluble aspirin to break up in a glass of water as he stood before the opened mirror-cabinet . |
| 6 | I do n't buy guitars to put up in a cabinet on the wall . |
| 7 | In another experiment , Sissons ( 1970 ) arranged for an actor to dress up in a suit and bowler hat and stand on Paddington station , periodically asking people the way to Hyde Park . |
| 8 | The first team to link up in a line with their arms crossed . |
| 9 | The briefing , however , mostly consisted of Mortimer 's dividing the force into groups and assigning them positions to take up in the scrub around the cemetery , which was illustrated by a simple chalk sketch Petion had done on a blackboard . |
| 10 | The bank 's parent company , National Westminster , is a strong supporter of the scheme in Great Britain and the Ulster Bank is one of the first firms to sign up in the province . |
| 11 | Other times , in the outside divisions , we would often have a list of people to call up in the morning — such as our own men for early morning duty . |
| 12 | In the case of positive covenants contained in transfers of registered property , it 's the practice of the Registry to bind up in the land or charge certificate , particulars of such covenants , because the transfer containing them is retained in the Registry , and so the registered proprietor 's solicitor could otherwise easily overlook them . |
| 13 | All the leaves will drop away , and should be cleared up , rather than left to rot , or they will encourage pests and diseases to build up in the greenhouse . |
| 14 | ‘ It 's taking me to the pin of my collar to keep up in the matter of sheer technical knowledge . |
| 15 | ‘ It 's a relief to wake up in the middle of the night and to know that Dad is not suffering any longer . ’ |
| 16 | , A lack of qualified engineers is causing long delays to mount up in the programme of strengthening road bridges , which needs to be carried out ahead of the introduction of 40-tonne lorries , scheduled for 1998 . |
| 17 | The Chancellor has rejected criticism from health groups who wanted cigarettes to go up in the budget . |
| 18 | ii In an otherwise cautious account of English Juvenile Courts ( 1938 ) Winifred Elkin also gave vent to ‘ the feeling that life has no sure foundations and that the future is utterly uncertain' , believing that ‘ it is not morally healthy for children to grow up in an atmosphere of restlessness and pleasure-seeking … |
| 19 | ‘ It is the loneliest thing in the world to wake up in the middle of the night and realize you are one of … them ! ’ |
| 20 | Now , tonight , there is nothing to look forward to , no reason to get up in the morning or move from one day into the next . |
| 21 | ‘ But I 've got a lot to make up in the slalom events . ’ |
| 22 | Well they 're given a time to turn up in a group are n't they ? |
| 23 | Suppose it happened to bias meiosis in such a way that it , the mutant gene itself , was more likely than its allelic partner to end up in the egg . |
| 24 | In every second town we reach , he finds some villain or slut to act up in the crowd . |