Example sentences of "[verb] up [prep] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Miguel must have rung the policía , because their car drew up at the same time as Miguel 's jeep . |
| 32 | Railways van drew up outside the big house . |
| 33 | Not wishing to antagonize Harry , when finally they drew up outside the little cottage in Melton Mowbray to which Mrs Appleby had now retired , Madeleine allowed herself to be persuaded inside . |
| 34 | They drew up beside the stone-pillared farm gate which Lesley-Jane had described . |
| 35 | When they drew up beside the little band it was Alice Mair who opened the car door and spoke . |
| 36 | We drew up by the main entrance and Tony and I went through the swing doors at speed and headed for the secretary 's office . |
| 37 | Maloney said : ‘ If we have to fight Tucker we will , but I 've got Alex Stewart lined up for the first defence . ’ |
| 38 | ‘ Piece of cake , ’ Nails agreed as they lined up for the first time on the pool edge . |
| 39 | He had post-graduate study in Canada lined up for the following year and was looking for short-term employment . |
| 40 | I lined up for the 100 metres at the AAA Championships and , lo and behold , everybody came out in similar outfits ! |
| 41 | Macho Jose lined up for the same run at Leganes yesterday — and was wounded by another horn . |
| 42 | ‘ So you 've been up the barrow , ’ Jos said out of the blue , as he lined up on the final double . |
| 43 | We lined up across the broad esplanade between the Prime Minister 's Office and the clear Caribbean Sea . |
| 44 | Two weeks later I lined up in the 200 metres , one tight-bended lap of the track , in the AAA Indoor Championships , again meeting Phil Brown . |
| 45 | In November 1990 , they lined up inside the front door to shake the Majors by the hand ; following an election victory , protocol decrees that Turnbull should lead his colleagues in applause . |
| 46 | It is rare for a dog to jump up on the third occasion . |
| 47 | But in the sixties and seventies , that 's where all the kids used to jump up onto the flat roof , that was the area where they jumped up , so this could be a result of what has happened from there , I mean that 's why the |
| 48 | As children , we grow up with the lovely stories in which animals really are people : The Wind in the Willows , Just so Stories , Watership Down . |
| 49 | Er what was your first idea of what you was gon na be when you grow up in the first place ? |
| 50 | In the wild they spawn in fast-flowing streams , and the fry grow up in the slower reaches of the river . |
| 51 | She believes that it is essential that her children grow up in the outside world and not be hidden away in the artificial environment of a royal palace . |
| 52 | THE Royal Mail is gearing up for the General Election . |
| 53 | ARE HOTELIERS GEARING UP FOR THE NEW EC FIRE SAFETY DIRECTIVE ? |
| 54 | Buckinghamshire speedway ace Simon Wigg is gearing up for the new season with a new club … he 's signed up for Coventr |
| 55 | Some windows were still boarded up after the last attack . |
| 56 | When it was vacated no steps were taken to have it boarded up by the local authority . |
| 57 | Well obviously that factor er was considered carefully by the Ministry of Defence before our Secretary of State agreed that we could safely defer the in service date for Eurofighter two thousand and adjust the the er replacement plan er back in December ninety two , so we have looked at what is the current rate of consumption of airframe life on the jaguar er what can be done economically and sensibly to keep it flying safely and effectively into the next century and er we have come to the conclusion that we have a viable plan here which can tie up with the planned rate of delivery to service of Eurofighter two thousand . |
| 58 | This possibility can only occur if the masses are generally speaking apolitical and acquiescent , or ready to defer to authority ; or if patron — client relations can be pyramided up to the national level so as to bind mass support very firmly and unconditionally to national elites ; or if mass parties with extensive organizational capabilities can be created and continuously sustained by major political leaderships . |
| 59 | There are other cases where such trusts are in danger of becoming sleepy animals , only barely keeping up with the minimum requirement to provide public access . |
| 60 | Keeping up with the latest hair trends as ever , Wella has just introduced Hair Sets in three variants . |