Example sentences of "[adj] [vb past] up [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some played up to the queue even more than I did , and at times it was quite a pantomime as they expressed themselves in their broken English with much arm waving and competitive claims . |
| 2 | This tied up with the number who had breeding stock and were therefore likely to be needed as assistants at a calving or lambing . |
| 3 | She blinked at Shiona and half sat up on the bed . |
| 4 | But more than 100 holed up in the police headquarters in Srinagar . |
| 5 | STAFF AT Lincoln turbine Service Limited turned up at the Moat House Hotel , Aberdeen on 5 December for their five-course Christmas Dinner [ well , who would n't ] . |
| 6 | Sabine stared up at the lettering cut into the ancient stonework . |
| 7 | Only 2,222 turned up at the Vic for the 3–1 win against Exeter on Tuesday well below the average attendance for the season , 3,500 . |
| 8 | A faint glistening showed up on the surface of the carvings . |
| 9 | She looks pretty shook up from the letter . |
| 10 | We three travelled up in the lift of the Hotel Vancouver together and perhaps just to make conversation I mentioned my trip to the Haida reservation and my feelings about the neglect of our Indians . |
| 11 | A dark close , a dark eerie house with silent people inside , and confused , childish tales of evil spells and horror — all made up for the ostracism of the two Rosin children . |
| 12 | Nutty stood frowning , not able to complain , her insides all knotted up at the thought of jumping in . |
| 13 | And , them will survive there , but during er the Winter , starting October , you could see the face of the plantation of that was facing the sea , it all scorched up towards the end of O of er December . |
| 14 | I saw you and Oliver in the café when we all came up from the beach . |
| 15 | According to Health Ministry figures , four people had been killed and 93 injured up to the time of the miners ' arrival on the scene . |
| 16 | The mattress — all curved up at the edges . |
| 17 | After the incident , Piggott said : ‘ It nearly blew us away and we all finished up in the roof . |
| 18 | We all trooped up to the altar , behind which your Berlin friends discovered a mysterious opening . |
| 19 | Their role has changed from turnkey to nurse but many grew up with the expectation that Rampton would be their career . |
| 20 | The impact as well as the shock of the bullet wound knocked him crashing face down to the ground , his legs all mixed up with the trolley 's wheels . |
| 21 | All these faces sliding past me , all lit up in the light — it 's like a dream . |
| 22 | look at Bryony , with that red peaked hood and , and the front of this rain cover hanging down and the back bit all punched up at the back |
| 23 | We played in Los Angeles and New York and it was real good , because they all picked up on the fact that it was different . |
| 24 | Usually the animals were spirited away some distance to prevent detection ; many ended up at the Colombo slaughterhouse . |
| 25 | When he did we all jumped up into the air . |
| 26 | There 's prezzies all wrapped up under the tree , just like we used to have when I lived with Annie and Mum and Dad . |
| 27 | Cold fusion is the brainchild of Charles Frank , who first came up with the idea in 1947 . |
| 28 | And Mark S , as the one who first came up with the idea , what would you like to say about it ? |
| 29 | Mr Fitton , backed by merchant banker Henry Ansbacher , first came up with the offer six weeks ago . |
| 30 | It was from the first bound up with the establishment of a foreign ministry archive . |