Example sentences of "[pron] [noun pl] [verb] up with [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Not knowing then what a polyp was , I still found my eyes welling up with tears of relief .
2 My eyes filled up with water , I did n't want to stay there I wanted to be with my mum .
3 It was the same with the herring gutters that was here , I mind them working on the pier down here , and they all had their fingers tied up with Clotes There was the skill that work in this .
4 Her eyes welled up with tears of joy .
5 Her eyes lit up with understanding .
6 She had a white star , half-covered by a rough forelock , her ears pricked up with fear .
7 However , if we choose to confront the horse , and to fight it out , the horse will always associate having its feet picked up with anger and fear , and it will always be difficult .
8 Every time Sharon 's father Steve walks past the spot where she was killed , he stops and stares and his eyes fill up with tears .
9 He felt his nose crease and his eyes screw up with pleasure .
10 But , as curiosity overcame her , ‘ Er — what is it ? ’ she had to ask , and saw his eyes light up with laughter .
11 He allowed his papers to drop on to the cabin floor , and his eyes lit up with interest .
12 The reader is seeing a benign gardener , a cartoon Adam with his trousers tied up with string , who gets his lettuces in on time and knows a Delphinium from a Campanula .
13 One man stood alone , his breeches held up with string , his arms pinned to his sides .
14 He jerked his body away from hers and stood , dragging his jeans back up with hands that shook like leaves in a hurricane .
15 His goggles filled up with water and he thought he had swum a whole length under water , and was so pleased that no one bothered to disillusion him .
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