Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun sg] [verb] up [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | This year I have my mummy and my daddy coming up for a couple of days and that will be fine |
| 2 | My eye swelled up in a matter of minutes , and I was unable to hear anything . |
| 3 | Then it was on to my bike and off to spend the rest of my day banged up with a bunch of sullen , spoilt brats in order to make Clive Phillips even richer than he already was . |
| 4 | ‘ Well , my Lord , my wife took up with a hawker and man away five years ago : and I have never seen her since , so I married this other woman last winter . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ My contribution ended up as a very defined , but audible sound . |
| 6 | I caught a glimpse of JCBs grazing in the adjoining field like a group of hybrid giraffes ; and was that a dumper truck with its shell tipped up like a rutting tortoise ? |
| 7 | It was a black cleavage-revealing affair topped by a sparkling gold necklace , and with her hair swept up into a sophisticated style the older woman made Lucy feel like a country cousin . |
| 8 | Black silk skirt maroon blouse her hair done up in a bun draped with gold jewellery oh talk about looking the part ! |
| 9 | She wore her hair squeezed up into a ballooning Afro by the same red bandana that she had worn down on the dock the first time Trent had seen her . |
| 10 | He was used to contrasts : Mother taking morning tea in bed with an old shawl round her shoulders and her hair pinned up under a boudoir cap , her face sticky with face cream as he kissed her good bye before school ; and Mother in full evening dress decked out in false pearls , her eyelashes beaded with mascara , dominating the stage in any play 's Last act … |
| 11 | In spite of this , it was half an hour before she came downstairs dressed up to the nines in a pin-striped trouser-suit , her hair caught up in a turban of white silk . |
| 12 | This means that all people over pension age who are not in full-rime work have a statutory right to have their income brought up to a guaranteed weekly level . |
| 13 | Kingfisher risks having its bid held up by a Monopolies Commission investigation because of the grip it would have on the electrical retailing market if it controlled Dixons and Currys as well as Comet . |
| 14 | Once , at Lisson Grove , their car drew up alongside a rather battered Ford Cortina . |
| 15 | That the written statement and its publication add up to a true Dostoevsky confession , to repentance and acceptance of suffering , to ‘ a wonderful podvig ’ in Tikhon 's words , is one possibility among many . |
| 16 | Isobel looked up and laughed herself , her nose wrinkling up like a child 's . |
| 17 | Its head was down and its back sloped up into a kind of point at the rear . |
| 18 | Whoever she was living with , roused by the smell of burning , had come downstairs to discover her slumped across the hearth with her head pressed up against a glowing electric fire . |
| 19 | Parts of its head wrinkled up into a half frown . |
| 20 | At ten-thirty-five , a stout woman in a blue overall with plain , pale-blue collar and cuffs to denote her seniority came up with a clipboard and said , ‘ Tim and Anna . |
| 21 | It is unique in the millipede world for its ability to roll up into a sphere as a means of protection . |
| 22 | Small wonder if their son grew up with a taste for chivalrous pursuits , warlike deeds and sometimes foolhardy enterprise . |
| 23 | Her face screwed up in a mixture of pain and self-disgust . |
| 24 | Her face lit up with a delighted smile as she gazed at an abandoned plate of half-eaten sandwiches on a nearby table . |
| 25 | Elaine giggled , and her face lit up with a glorious smile . |
| 26 | However , her face lit up in a smile when she heard his voice . |
| 27 | He was , perhaps , seven years old and had his money tied up in a corner of his handkerchief . |
| 28 | Mr Branson demanded his rival came up with a large compensation settlement for its three years of customer poaching and publicity smears . |
| 29 | One day there might be a bleary-eyed buzzard with his wing taped up in a splint , looking very sorry for himself ; the next there might be a baby sparrow basking under a red heat-lamp , recuperating from the attentions of a cat . |
| 30 | When I had reached the front , the first thing I saw was Granpa lying on the pavement , his head propped up on a box of apples and his face as white as a sheet . |