Example sentences of "[verb] up [prep] the [adj] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was once rung up by the great Frank Sinatra himself . |
| 2 | ARE HOTELIERS GEARING UP FOR THE NEW EC FIRE SAFETY DIRECTIVE ? |
| 3 | The museum houses the collection built up by the industrialist Josef Mueller who started purchasing objects for their aesthetic qualities in Europe after the First World War . |
| 4 | He stressed that there are few serious collections of Indian miniatures in private hands in Britain ; notable among these are the artist Howard Hodgkin 's , and the collection built up by the late William Archer , also a former V&A Keeper , who carried out much of the early research in this field in the 1950s . |
| 5 | If you are planning to build your own conservatory , you are likely to come up against the new Pat N of the Building Regulations . |
| 6 | Equally , seven Yorkshire clubs will line up in the 1992–93 Pilkington Cup competition , two as Yorkshire qualifiers , three as National Division Three qualifiers and two as National Division Two qualifiers not competing in the Yorkshire Cup . |
| 7 | This new town , a product of modern civilization , had grown up near the ancient Egdon Woods , where the paths over the hills had not changed for a thousand years . |
| 8 | Andy Thomson and John Price , who between them have dominated the indoor season , move outdoors today when they line up in the five-day Mazda International Singles Championship on Australia 's Gold Coast . |
| 9 | It should be noted , however , that an alternative hypothesis has been suggested for the formation of the Straits of Dover by Stamp ( 1927 ) , who thought that they were due to the southwards overflow of a proglacial lake ponded up in the southern North Sea by an ice front stretching from England to Holland . |
| 10 | Most of them apparently turned up for the first Sunday game at the picturesque University ground . |
| 11 | Li Shai Tung turned , looking up into the young T'ang 's face , holding his arm briefly , gratefully . |
| 12 | Even so , he knows , Lehmann thought , looking up into the young T'ang 's eyes . |
| 13 | As you walk up to the first Munro , Stob Choire Claurigh , the whole complexity of the Aonachs becomes clear . |
| 14 | The Poles , through Commissioner General Marian Chodacki , said that what went on to their stamps was their business , and they were genuinely mystified that Danzigers whose ancestors had risen up against the Teutonic Knights should feel offended by stamps that celebrated their victory . |
| 15 | Kevin Coley was rumoured to be fed up with the dreadful Napiers and looking for a new senior professional . |
| 16 | So , after hours in the vaults , the Write Said Fred team ( just me , actually ) came up with the COMPLETE MORRISSEY SINGLES REVIEW FILE ! — now offered for your delight and dissection . |
| 17 | The final articles of agreement drawn up on the 17th April allowed the lease for a term of 21 years . |
| 18 | There is little doubt that the Serbs would want to retain most of what they now occupy , whereas the Croats would want to return to frontiers drawn up by the late Marshal Tito . |
| 19 | This precise and disheartening indictment was drawn up by the late Dr Enid Starkie , Reader Emeritus in French Literature at the University of Oxford , and Flaubert 's most exhaustive British biographer . |
| 20 | The aid was part of a package drawn up by the responsible EC Commissioner , Abel Matutes Juan , as part of the EC 's contribution to economic development in the region ( in particular by creating jobs and thus reducing emigration pressures ) and of its efforts to stimulate the political dialogue with Arab countries and Israel . |
| 21 | He faced up to the notorious Chelsea Boot Boys with an electrified fence but was refused permission to switch it on . |
| 22 | Ian Stewart got to know Paul Gascoigne well when he teamed up with the troubled Lazio and England star at Newcastle . |
| 23 | This literally causes water to pile up in the western Pacific : a veritable hill of water . |
| 24 | As a youngster , growing up in the declining Lanarkshire coalfields , he trained at a local Junior ground wearing his father 's pit boots , trying to add strength and shape to his diminutive body . |
| 25 | However , scrutiny of the events leading up to the 9 July announcement suggests that this decision was a result not so much of Soviet ‘ opportunism ’ as of the policies of the Eisenhower administration and the brinkmanship of Fidel Castro . |
| 26 | The original Promenade line terminated at the gates of Claremont Park at Cocker Street , but it was important for the tramway to serve the developing northern end of the town and link up with the new Blackpool and Fleetwood Tramroad at the Gynn , opened in 1898 . |
| 27 | The former James Bond star got stagefright only weeks before the curtain was due to go up on the original West End show and made a shock exit . |
| 28 | These charges , and any interest payable on an overdraft , are calculated up to the first Friday in March , June , September and December , and deducted from your account 14 days later . |
| 29 | To the Edinburgh , at least the Scotland passengers , to Carstairs to connect up to the main Glasgow Central to Liverpool , Birmingham and there were all these places . |
| 30 | The photograph was found in an album made up by the late Sqn Ldr G Beeby . |