Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] up [prep] [art] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once , at Lisson Grove , their car drew up alongside a rather battered Ford Cortina . |
| 2 | It can be a pig to set up in the most efficient way as regards memory , because it can use a tremendous amount of the base 640k of a PC . |
| 3 | A SURVEY by the St John Ambulance Brigade came up with the remarkably interesting finding that the man most women would prefer to give them the kiss of life , assuming it was necessary or even if it was n't , would be TV doctor Hilary Jones . |
| 4 | As the varnish dries , so the egg tempera closes up into a perfectly fine line . |
| 5 | Let us consider the poverty of understanding which a child growing up in a religiously deprived background might have of one of the most evocative concepts in religious language , that of " heaven " . |
| 6 | Meanwhile on May 29 the National Assembly approved an economic recovery plan drawn up by a newly appointed economic adviser , Alassane Ouattara , president of the West African Central Bank , in conjunction with the IMF and World Bank . |
| 7 | In spite of this very real hazard , however , it is not uncommon to see quite experienced pilots leaving the ground with the elevator up , which results in the glider zooming up into a dangerously steep initial climb . |
| 8 | In 1965 the young Cooder teamed up with the equally young Taj Mahal in a band called The Rising Sons . |
| 9 | Oxfordshire have wanted it back as a site to open up to a much wider public , it 's not very suitable for a prison anyway , certainly since local government reorganisation in 1974 and they have plans for making use of it if and when it comes back to the county |
| 10 | Hope walked across to one of the biggest stones and examined its blank surface close up with the most scrupulous attention until the Colonel and his ward had quit the field . |
| 11 | They are not tremendously significant unless a person s name comes up for a more senior position . |
| 12 | By the time the taxi driver pulled up outside the very normal house in the very normal street in one of the suburbs of Nice she had pretty much convinced herself that she was slowly going insane . |
| 13 | Terry Waite languishes in Lebanon — but it is possible to believe that if our Government came up with a suitably attractive offer , he would be released . |
| 14 | Any new operation setting up in the architecturally acclaimed building would have to satisfy strict planning constraints , however . |
| 15 | As churches we feel an obligation to speak up for the least privileged in our society , for those who live in the areas of highest unemployment , poorest housing and social disintegration . |
| 16 | Some obviously saw the events in Spain as fascism limbering up for an even greater conflict ; Spain was seen as an experimental laboratory for the arms , equipment and strategy of the fascist powers . |
| 17 | The parchment was merely a list drawn up in a clerkly hand describing the effects and property of one ‘ Patrick Seton Esquire ’ . |
| 18 | As Viking nosed up to the almost sheer rock walls landing looked impossible , but the mooring gang was already scrambling goat-like up the rugged cliff in readiness to take our lines . |
| 19 | I struggled manfully for a few minutes , neatly nicking Ann 's fishing hat off , which we had to row after to recover ; catching Alan 's flies , on a back cast , and finally managing to get floss and line mixed up in an unbelievably intricate tangle . |
| 20 | As he did so , a black gloved hand shot up through the suddenly exposed gap and rammed a razor sharp six-inch blade hilt-deep under his ribcage . |
| 21 | Katherine had even bought herself a new dress for the occasion out of her own pocket money topped up with a little from the bank account into which her own presents went . |
| 22 | There was a roadblock set up with no less than three machine-guns . |
| 23 | ‘ My contribution ended up as a very defined , but audible sound . |
| 24 | This animal rolls up into an almost perfect ball , with the top of the head and the top of the tail fitting close together like the last pieces of a jigsaw puzzle , leaving no gap anywhere for a predator to probe . |
| 25 | Once again , tax planning objectives need to be recognised and worked on during the negotiation to come up with a mutually acceptable deal . |
| 26 | He fell back at once and lay quietly on the damp earth staring up at the now empty wall as his blood soaked into and congealed darkly upon the white of his shirt . |
| 27 | They simply churned out dozens of reprints and impressions in a very short space of time to keep up with the ever growing demand by the Wallace clamouring public . |
| 28 | But a dispute grew up in the always cost-conscious companies between those who wanted to beautify the trackside to delight the approaching train travellers and those who wanted more spacious station gardens as an urban amenity . |