Example sentences of "[noun sg] [be] [vb pp] up at the " in BNC.
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1 | His stream of talk was dried up at the source . |
2 | In the Junior Clubman class a three nation battle was set up at the very start between Hillsborough 's Richard Lyons , Dublin 's John Grandon and Glasgow 's Craig Murray . |
3 | In terms of progressing or taking part in the discussion , can I suggest that if you want to come in on a particular item , you put your name board up like that , so that we can readily observe it er and equally , our friend who is looking after the microphones can make sure that the vol the volume of your microphone is turned up at the appropriate time . |
4 | Security was stepped up at the city 's Fiumicino international airport . |
5 | The phone was picked up at the other end and Charles pressed his two p into the coinbox . |
6 | ‘ The place is full most o' the time , an' since the trade 's picked up at the docks there 's more carmen comin' in all times o' the day while they 're waitin' in the rank . |
7 | MP Jim Wallace made his appeal for such an inquiry on the floor of the House of Commons ; and when the topic was brought up at the Scottish Liberal Democrats Conference , he was supported by Judy Steel , wife of the former leader of the Liberal Party , and herself one of the first ever Reporters to a Children 's Panel when the system began in 1971 . |
8 | In June 1991 , a draft welfare charter was drawn up at the University of Witwatersrand recommending that ‘ free and compulsory education until the age of 16 be introduced ’ . |
9 | The Statement of principles and Objectives of the Federation was drawn up at the conference and signed by all the organizations present at the conference ( see Annex ) . |
10 | The tag is picked up at the end of a track and the synonym will also , on average , be at or near the end of a track , not in the middle . |
11 | His raincoat was turned up at the collar , but not to protect him against the rain , for he always wore it that way . |
12 | The company was set up at the height of the property boom . |
13 | Following her sister 's death in early infancy , her parents ' divorce when she was three years old , and her mother 's remarriage , Marguerite was brought up at the Earls Court residence of her mother and her mother 's third husband , Albert Visetti , a professor of singing at the Royal College of Music in London . |
14 | Yet , when the think-tank was wound up at the first Cabinet meeting after the 1983 general election , not a single minister spoke up in its defence . |
15 | Thanks to an over rate of 11.2 and the time lost to the weather being made up at the end , that fourth day became the longest in Test history , not finishing until 7.40 . |
16 | In many cases the man 's pay packet is swallowed up at the weekend , when rent and other bills are paid and weekend food is bought , so the Family Allowance paid on Tuesdays provides some food for the family until the next pay day . |