Example sentences of "[pron] was [verb] up at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the Gamily Fast Day in October , the children gave up snacks and donated the money save to a collection which was brought up at the offertory at a special mass in school . |
| 2 | With much wider powers than its predecessor , the Secondary Examinations Council ( SEC ) , SEAC is also heir to the recommendations of another of the Secretary of State 's ad hoc working parties , the Task Group on Assessment and Testing ( TGAT ) which was set up at the same time as the first curriculum working groups and , like them , worked under enormous pressure to produce proposals for the assessment of the National Curriculum . |
| 3 | A parliamentary commission investigating the activities of the security services within the Federal Military Department ( EMD ) ( primarily P-26 — which was set up at the time of the Cold War to provide resistance in case of invasion — and the extraordinary secret service P-27 ) presented its report on Nov. 23 , 1990 . |
| 4 | I thought she was staying up at the villa to rest ? ’ |
| 5 | I turned to share the wonder of it , but she was gazing up at the bloom of flame surging from the chimney 's mouth , and beyond where the evening-star glittered against the deepening blue sky . |
| 6 | Ruth whirled round and faced Fernando who 'd appeared from nowhere as she was peering up at the house . |
| 7 | The road was owned by Mr Dalison who gave it to the parish , in 1892 and it was made up at the cost of £40 and the improvements to the cemetery cost a further £21 140 . |
| 8 | It was standing up at a crazy angle out of a mass of ferns . |
| 9 | As I recall , he had not been initially so preoccupied with the peace treaty when it was drawn up at the end of the Great War , and I think it is fair to say that his interest was prompted not so much by an analysis of the treaty , but by his friendship with Herr Karl-Heinz Bremann . |
| 10 | It was caught up at the neck into a huge thick collar of silver fur . |
| 11 | When that palazzo fell into disrepair the door was brought here , to Via Filodrammatici , where it was set up at the entrance to a convent . |
| 12 | It was set up at the outbreak of war , when the British wanted to explain events to the African population in East Africa , and became self-supporting within two years . |
| 13 | It was set up at the time of the publication of the Beveridge report by a group of young MPs who had strong links with the forces . |
| 14 | Richard 's face was bleeding and she knew he was shouting up at the people . |
| 15 | At the storming of this fortress on 19 January he was blown up at the head of his brigade when a French magazine exploded , killing 108 men . |
| 16 | He was looking up at the sign over the door . |
| 17 | He was gazing up at the stars , probably communing with the Mother Ship and receiving new instructions . |
| 18 | By day 22 he was getting up at the ‘ correct ’ time ( that is , his morning and real morning coincided ) , but had lost a whole day . |
| 19 | She turned around , groping for the door-handle , and saw he was staring up at the small terraced house with interest . |
| 20 | With his sister Norma , who now lives in Newton Aycliffe , he was brought up at the hotel during the Second World War . |