Example sentences of "[vb -s] [vb pp] up [prep] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bardul uses this chamber to store an amazing range of things which he has picked up over the years in the hope that one day they might be useful . |
| 2 | Another new face in the pack is lock Jeremy Cruiks who has come up through the ranks , while back in action are back-row duo Mark Hampton and David Croft , who fills in for injured number 8 Roger Wilson . |
| 3 | Here , black has come up from the streets and into the drawing room ; overleaf , neutral tones assert themselves . |
| 4 | We can not escape the conclusion that many of those employed in the Service feel a deep sense of dissatisfaction with the organisation and management of it as a whole and that a gulf has grown up between the establishments in the field and the staff who work in them on the one hand and headquarters at the Home Office in London on the other . |
| 5 | The magnificent palace of Diocletian at Split , which inspired Robert Adam , the English designer of the eighteenth century , and also influenced the contemporary Georgian styles , still forms the outer shell , a square mile in area , which surrounds the vibrant city which has grown up over the centuries within and around its protective walls . |
| 6 | Indeed , a whole body of knowledge has grown up around the uses of different types of crystal in healing and meditation , and we have seen from folklore that ancient people attributed value and properties to certain stones . |
| 7 | We are kept reading by the promise of an original sin or trauma that will justify — either in psychological or moral terms — the very existence of the story , but stripped of the successive identities he has built up over the years , Philip 's father is revealed as no more than an insecure , over-imaginative little boy . |
| 8 | The University Library has built up over the years one of the finest collections of African studies in higher education . |
| 9 | The Government watchdog Securities and Investment Board ( known as SIB ) has teamed up with the Consumers ' Association to run a stand at the Home Buying And Finance show at the Ideal Home Exhibition , Earls Court , from 4 to 7 April . |
| 10 | Do you know , I do n't think I 've ever seen that before where the robin has gone up onto the seeds |
| 11 | Now , with the same director , part of the original company , and an influx of the new wave of circus talent that has surged up from the streets something magical has happened . |
| 12 | Fellow Councillors , this strange religion has smacked up against the limits of Earth 's resources . |
| 13 | As Sabra , a woman in her forties , told me ‘ If I go out I usually do have my Dupatta round me , but at work I ca n't wear it in case it gets caught up in the machines , so I just wear a scarf on my head when I leave the house — something is needed to save one 's Izzat ’ . |
| 14 | on now , I think it 's a bit like factory inspectors , and I talk from experience on this , er th o i me , everything gets cleaned up before the inspectors |
| 15 | Mother gets wrapped up in the kids and the poor old husband gets left on his ownio . ’ |
| 16 | Well , I would suppose that the person they 're looking for is similar in character , but if they 're going to er if they 're looking for that person I think they 've just got to act normally , and it 's not a one-off thing , I think it 's built up over the years . |
| 17 | It 's grown up over the years erm in fact I do n't think it counts as much , nearly as much now , as it used to . |
| 18 | It 's steamed up between the layers is that what you 're looking at . |
| 19 | But he 's doped up to the eyeballs and he 's in you know , painkillers . |