Example sentences of "[unc] [noun] [verb] up [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On a G7 scorecard drawn up by a coalition of environmental groups , Britain came bottom on efforts to tackle pollution and global warming . |
| 2 | Erm now er just just Philip just correct me er on the on the detail of this thing , er individuals pitch up at the tent , collect the collect the instructions |
| 3 | We put on a display of marching or and er weaponry we 'd got in King George 's playing fields and er talk about the weapons er er er br brings to mind we had a , a weapon that was a anti-tank weapon and it was a Robin Robinson Heath er contraption made up of a tube , cast iron tube on a three legged tripod with er a hinge ring on the one end which had a recess for a cap and a trigger to , to fire this cap . |
| 4 | It will be intriguing to see how Brecht 's play stands up at a time when Communism is loosening its ideological hold . |
| 5 | Garrett 's decision to set up in the business of metal detector manufacture was a brave one for there were in his immediate locale several rival ‘ cottage industries ’ vying to capture a share of the young and burgeoning market . |
| 6 | When the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Indochina met on 23 November 1946 and heard d'Argenlieu 's report it resulted in what Devillers affirms was obviously the government 's decision to face up to every infringement of the Franco — Vietminh agreement , if necessary by force . |
| 7 | Thursday 's rehearsals built up to a run in the afternoon . |
| 8 | And thirdly increasing emphasis , not on the socialist politics of the Communist Party in the nineteen twenties , but on the development of a nationalist ideology which could appeal to all classes in Chinese society who were interested in getting the Japanese out and who were angered by the Kuomintang government 's inability to stand up to the Japanese . |
| 9 | And this is how Freud explains Wilson 's inability to stand up to the other men , like Woodrow , like Cle Clements or Lloyd George , who were rather aggressive , and er , were , were kind of pushing all the time , what they could out of the , out of the peace settlement , and what , er the book shows , is that Woodrow Wilson would have confrontations with them and say a lot of fine words , and then the next day , he would , he would give it all away , as it were , he would , he would be ill or he 'll backtrack , or when the actual agreements came to be signed , he , he would n't do what he said he would , er , wh what he did . |
| 10 | Barry 's Mum got up from the desk as they went into the waiting-room , and put her coat on . |
| 11 | One evening Rosslyn 's horse came up from the paddock as usual for his dinner , but instead of practically knocking her over like he normally did in his enthusiasm to get at the food , he stopped quietly at her side and put his head in her hands , saying non-verbally : ‘ I hurt ! ’ |
| 12 | I can tell you , having Mr Bell 's physog dished up like a plate of cold suet every time I wish to relax is beginning to unnerve me . |
| 13 | ‘ One year ’ — Māilo 's eyes lit up at the memory — ‘ I sold so many musk pods at the Indian border that I could hardly walk back , my pockets were so weighted down with silver coins . ’ |
| 14 | Kafy 's eyes lit up for a moment , and then shut him out . |
| 15 | It was n't long before she heard Douglas 's car draw up on the short gravel drive . |
| 16 | The Sheikh 's car pulled up outside the hotel where his meeting was to take place . |
| 17 | The corners of Lucinda 's mouth quirked up into a beaming smile as Vi watched , fascinated . |
| 18 | Maggie 's sitting hunched up on the bench , its iron legs striking chilly through her tights , conker cases under her feet , cigarette between her lips . |
| 19 | The sparrows twittered and fluttered under the eaves , and the sound of children 's laughter floated up from the pool down the hill . |
| 20 | There was also Alec , a prison officer from Wormwood Scrubs ( when he 'd given his address and next of kin on a previous camp everyone had thought he was kidding ) ; Ken , who to everyone 's delight turned up with a guitar ( were we really going to sit round a campfire singing ? ) ; and David , an aircraft engineer who after fifteen years in the Scouts could ‘ do wonderful things with ropes ’ . |
| 21 | ROBIN Smith 's majestic 167 not out won all the plaudits at Edgbaston yesterday but today England 's cricketers woke up to the same old problems . |
| 22 | And one of the first foods grand-daughter Lisa gave her baby were Farley 's Rusks mixed up with a little baby milk . |
| 23 | Rudakov 's body surged up over the table , his arm snatched at the collar of Holly 's tunic , pulled him up from his chair . |
| 24 | ‘ So , late on the Sunday night , with your father 's body propped up in the Rolls , you drive to Streatley , move a few boxes out of the deep-freeze and put your father in . |
| 25 | The Judge described John Baillie 's actions leading up to the killing as brutal and arrogant . |
| 26 | The warning occurred after Puddephat 's name came up at the inquest into the death of an attractive flame-haired student , Melanie Gandell . |
| 27 | The fact that so many of hierarchy 's problems show up in the form of individual misbehavior has led to one of the most widespread illusions in business , namely that a company 's managerial leadership can be significantly improved solely by doing psychotherapeutic work on the personalities and attitudes of its managers . |
| 28 | That was no horseman , but only the farmer 's wife dressed up as a man ! " |
| 29 | Caroline , Freddie 's wife , looks rather like him , except that whereas Freddie 's smile disappears up round the right-hand side of his face , hers goes up to the left . |
| 30 | Isabel 's head came up like a wary animal scenting the air , but her face was swiftly wiped of all expression . |