Example sentences of "[adj] [vb past] up [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The defence and prosecution cases are each made up of an introduction , testimonies of witnesses , and a summary . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | ‘ I thumped one of them then another turned up with a gun . |
| 4 | This tied up with the number who had breeding stock and were therefore likely to be needed as assistants at a calving or lambing . |
| 5 | She blinked at Shiona and half sat up on the bed . |
| 6 | Set the temperature to a degree or two higher than that of the maintenance tank and place the female in this set up for a time to associate herself with the layout and hiding places . |
| 7 | In their haste to dispose of the money some of it was burned and some ended up in a sewer . |
| 8 | The FT-SE 100 woke up with a bang to finish 20.3 points ahead at a record 2847.8 , after an earlier 1.9 point downturn . |
| 9 | 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 ] . |
| 10 | Sabine stared up at the lettering cut into the ancient stonework . |
| 11 | A faint glistening showed up on the surface of the carvings . |
| 12 | She looks pretty shook up from the letter . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Nutty stood frowning , not able to complain , her insides all knotted up at the thought of jumping in . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | There were several injuries and all healed up after a while . |
| 18 | Maria Teresa : When her mother died , Black Irene gave out such a blood-curdling scream in the middle of the night that we all woke up with a jump . |
| 19 | I saw you and Oliver in the café when we all came up from the beach . |
| 20 | According to Health Ministry figures , four people had been killed and 93 injured up to the time of the miners ' arrival on the scene . |
| 21 | All fired up for a marathon effort |
| 22 | After the incident , Piggott said : ‘ It nearly blew us away and we all finished up in the roof . |
| 23 | We all trooped up to the altar , behind which your Berlin friends discovered a mysterious opening . |
| 24 | Why get all worked up about a crag that is unclimable for most of the time ? |
| 25 | Their role has changed from turnkey to nurse but many grew up with the expectation that Rampton would be their career . |
| 26 | It takes longer to saturate large rods with deuterium than to saturate the smaller ones ; the latter took up to a fortnight and they estimated that the largest rods could take up to a year . |
| 27 | Some are coming from as far afield as Germany , so today , despite abysmal flying conditions , they all went up for a rehearsal . |
| 28 | I get all dolled up for a party and then I look at myself in the mirror and suddenly chicken out , put my jeans on , ruffle up my hair , and only then do I feel comfortable . ’ |
| 29 | Sun Microsystems Inc chief executive Scott McNealy arrived at the SunSoft Developers ' Conference last week all spiffed up in a dinner jacket , wing collar , jeans and sneakers ; SunSoft president Ed Zander , a man with a tailor to kill for and the wardrobe to prove it , was quick to notice that McNealy was wearing a shirt with his initials on the cuff for the first time in his life — McNealy shot back that the ‘ SM ’ stood for ‘ Stop Microsoft . ’ |
| 30 | Sun Microsystems Inc CEO Scott McNealy arrived at the SunSoft Developers ' Conference last week all spiffed up in a dinner jacket , wing collar , jeans and sneakers . |