Example sentences of "[verb] up on the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He drew up on the other side of the tall white gates and fished in his grey sack . |
| 2 | ‘ So you 've been up the barrow , ’ Jos said out of the blue , as he lined up on the final double . |
| 3 | For members of the nobility the struggles of Lancaster and York could have drastic results , particularly for those who incurred forfeiture through ending up on the losing side ; although attainders could be reversed and lands restored , this might take a long time ( 130 , Ch.5 ) . |
| 4 | To a backdrop of deserted stands , Andrew Hudson becomes the first South African to score a hundred on his Test debut : ( below ) Curtly Ambrose mops up on the final day , bowling Meyrick Pringle . |
| 5 | Huge crowds built up on the Western side of the Wall as West Berliners witnessed the historic developments , some even crossing over into the East for a walk . |
| 6 | I think Mao was quite keyed up on the whole situation , I think he realized that to win the war they had to erm adjust the mass support very carefully , and I think that 's basically what this I think that 's why two months later they er they er gave up this document cos he was worried then they 'd lose the middle peasants ' support . |
| 7 | A side view of the decamer ( Fig. 1 b ) shows that CsA-binding loops of CypA are on one face of the pentamer whereas the secondary structure elements line up on the opposite surface . |
| 8 | Picking up on the head maltster 's request for co-operation in Audience , Pryce-Jones wrote , ‘ Will Ferdinand help , and kindly inform on himself ? |
| 9 | The metric system was then built up on the decimal system , which you already have been studying . |
| 10 | Playing the fringes of the metropolis , Lily had used to hope that one day , looking up on the prompt side , she would see one of George Edwardes 's scouts . |
| 11 | This Spotlight reports on a survey of 94 adults ( defined as people aged 20 or over ) who fell into this category and looks at what — if anything — providers might do to pick up on the original expression of interest . |
| 12 | I 'd ease up on the hard stuff if I were you . |
| 13 | Once , before starting a new stage in the story , we catch up on the other branch of the family . |
| 14 | He came up on the other side shaking dirt from his fine white feathers . |
| 15 | It were a bit charred by the lightning , but they plugged it in and music came out and the words to the music came up on the little television screen . ’ |
| 16 | Gilly dragged a heavy stuffed chair backward to the shelf and climbed up on the very top of its back . |
| 17 | The voice belonged to George , he had drawn up on the other side of the road , and as I walked towards him his voice was getting impatient . |
| 18 | ( At the same time , though its existence was naturally concealed from the rank-and-file , a ‘ Line of Panic ’ was also drawn up on the inner circle of forts , Belleville , Souville , Tavannes and Moulainville . |
| 19 | I have drawn up on the attached sheet the numbers of staff required in my estimation to deal with Council Tax in the future . |
| 20 | That well Lil and Nev going up on the mini break |
| 21 | If the whites can only hold their form , this may allow us to sneak up on the blind side and pip them both at the death . |
| 22 | Almost by reflex , McIlvanney and I take a corner table , and open up on the safe territory of swapping recriminations about our country 's lack of respect for the trade . |
| 23 | The Hawaii Ironman is the original and ultimate triathlon , where the swim is through 2.4 miles of ocean , and is immediately followed by a 112-mile cycle ride up on the black lava fields , where by mid-morning the temperature will be over 100 degrees . |
| 24 | Nothing more was heard of Cargo , who were rumoured to be considering dropping the loaves outside Dutch territorial waters , until a month ago a number of loaves of bread were found washed up on the Dutch coast . |
| 25 | Monk seal bodies are periodically washed up on the Mediterranean cost and there are fears the virus will lead to their extinction . |
| 26 | She likes to see the fastening , which means that for convenience , the shoe ends up on the wrong foot . |
| 27 | Very occasionally one ends up on the wrong side of the Atlantic . |
| 28 | ‘ My , but we must have got up on the right side of the interrogation cell this morning . ’ |
| 29 | That it is n't that you 've got up on the wrong side or eaten something which did n't agree with you or just need a few days ' rest . |
| 30 | This is a CMOS technology device and , to some extent , prone to damage from static electricity which can build up on the human body . |