Example sentences of "[verb] up [prep] the [noun pl] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | As she was drugged up to the eyeballs on arrival , she had n't yet gone into shock but they were expecting it and , if she survived , then miracles could be performed . |
| 2 | ( Actually ‘ Boggers ’ is really called Mister Jones , but his hair stands up like the bristles on a bog er … toilet brush , hence his nickname . ) |
| 3 | The Scots caught up with the Britons on land that is now part of Coilsfield Mains farm . |
| 4 | I thought that because I had looked up to the twins on account of their wealth I expected others to do the same to me . |
| 5 | And of course , ’ adds Myra , as she looks up at the lights on the hills where the Bakers live , ‘ Howard and Felicity . ’ |
| 6 | She said with a shock that she realised she had grown up among the men on her father 's farm without seeing them as people you could conceivably fancy . |
| 7 | The accusation came after Mr John Gummer , the Agriculture Minister — under fierce Labour and consumer group pressure — produced a list drawn up by the manufacturers on the 70 microwave oven models tested by Government scientists . |
| 8 | Swathes opened up in the crowds on either side as they saw the brickbats coming . |
| 9 | Penarth was just one of 30 sites around the country being cleaned up by the MCS on a National Beach Clean day in April . |
| 10 | No one noticed for a month , until the contamination showed up at the filters on the primary water circuit . |
| 11 | Dreams of Comfort and Anthony and David mixed with memories of the war and became tangled up with the figures on the painted ceiling above her bed and the work she had been doing for Kesselring 's trial . |
| 12 | They pop up in the commercials on the TV screen , on the usherette 's tray at the cinema , in every other shop window . |
| 13 | The time had now come for Eric to go up into the Apennines on behalf of the Commission to pay and honour all those Italians , for the most part peasants , who had helped and in many cases saved the lives of escaping prisoners-of-war . |
| 14 | Bookmakers Ladbrokes are catching up with the odds on races on four wheels instead of four legs and offering odds on Senna ( 11–8 ) and Prost ( 7–4 ) for the world championship during the week the cars were being loaded for the opening grand prix in Phoenix . |
| 15 | The big bucks are tied up in the options on 500,000 shares of IBM stock he gets to exercise . |
| 16 | When he leaves here , he faces four tournaments — Antwerp , Toulouse , Paris and Wembley — in five weeks to tune up for the Masters on 27 November . |
| 17 | Never , since he was a child , had he missed coming up to the Foinmen on Beltane . |
| 18 | Behind her , a stone fell into the river and she turned , glancing up at the fires on the cliff and the dark clouds above the crags and ramparts of the fortress . |
| 19 | As the Flamingo herself cast off and manoeuvred into position to sail down the broad river , a wild cheer went up from the emigrants on deck . |
| 20 | When at last the French coast came in sight , a cheer went up from the soldiers on deck . |
| 21 | She looked up at the books on the shelves and reached for the closest . |
| 22 | But now … hands and handkerchiefs and newspapers waved from every window of the train , and smiling faces looked up at the children on the fence . |
| 23 | As you may know , FAMILY GO TOWN have the unenviable task of warming up for the Inspirals on the current tour and in an effort to be matey , after the Nottingham gig , Graham started chatting away to a bunch of people he took to be the support group . |
| 24 | Besides these photographs were Pedro 's polo helmet , which now had a map of the Malvinas stamped on the front ( which Angel always wore in matches ) , and a jar of earth he 'd dug up from the Islands on the day he 'd been sent home as a prisoner of war . |
| 25 | He always comes up with the goods on the day . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ I 'll just fly up into the branches on silver wings . ’ |
| 27 | She pointed up to the curtains on the front window . |
| 28 | He left her in her room , thinking that perhaps he 'd climb up to the rocks on the crest of the headland and watch the sunlight on the lake until the mountain shadows took it away . |