Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb pp] up [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gary is eating a heaped bowl of cornflakes in the kitchen , while reading Home Computer propped up against the milk bottle and listening via the hall and two open doors to a record by UB40 playing at maximum volume on the music centre in the lounge . |
| 2 | Children , trapped in the car of an innocent driver caught up in the crash . |
| 3 | As I sit down to write I have a photograph propped up on the desk in front of me . |
| 4 | Where the plaintiff claims continuing loss the judge has to decide the issue by reference to interest on the loss calculated up to the date of payment in . |
| 5 | While she was deciding whether to support the Denver Broncos or the Pittsburgh Pederasts ( whatever ) , I sneaked into the bedroom and nearly had a heart attack to find a three-foot Paddington Bear propped up on the pillow . |
| 6 | As far as the passengers were concerned , the unscheduled stop and the sight of an ambulance drawn up on the quayside lent an element of excitement to spirits which were beginning to flag slightly as the end of the cruise loomed closer . |
| 7 | The statutory curriculum to be followed by the nation 's five to 16year-olds from September reflects guidance drawn up by the county 's PE teachers two years ago . |
| 8 | A Plan of Action drawn up for the conference was estimated to cost between US$4,000 million and $6,000 million . |
| 9 | There was a boat drawn up on the shore , dark oak painted white to the water line , the prow a swan 's head . |
| 10 | The Town Clerk wrote the letter of acceptance on 8th June , and a Scheme of Administration drawn up by the Charity Commissioners , now involved because of the change in status of the School , was ratified at Stockport County Court on 20th January 1860 . |
| 11 | The USSR Supreme Soviet on June 13 ordered major revisions to a programme drawn up by the government to introduce a market economy . |
| 12 | According to December reports in the Bolivian press , the number of public employees would be reduced over the next five years by over 35 per cent under a programme drawn up by the government with the World Bank . |
| 13 | Rounding a bend , she saw Water Gypsy tied up to the bank . |
| 14 | I wished I could help him then ; he looked so down in the mouth hunched up by the stove . |
| 15 | You remember that night was pretty dark , so I could n't have seen if there was a boat tied up at the jetty . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | I was a speed-freaking northern oik brought up on the afro-d ultra-hip gibberish of pre-senile Charles Shaar Murray , the manic sulphatic babblings of Tony Parsons and my then hero , Julie Burchill . |
| 18 | A car pulled up to the fence . |
| 19 | Although the wall was originally orange , a brown shadow in the shape of a fan stretched up to the ceiling above the frying pans on the hob . |
| 20 | The car swept up to the front of the house and Alain stopped . |
| 21 | ‘ One was a good deal cut up by the war , ’ she answered . |
| 22 | Countries vary as to the proportion of the farm labour force taken up by the peasantry . |
| 23 | The Association faced up to the conflict , but lost one of its founder members in the process . |
| 24 | The fine masonry extended up to the top of the ground floor , but it seems likely that the upper floors — however many there were — were usually made of mudbricks . |
| 25 | There were the usual grumbles , but they faded instantly as the ambulance backed up to the entrance , doors already opening . |
| 26 | The rest of the sack matched up to the quality of manufacture and finish of the back system — as it should do at the price . |
| 27 | The nucleus of each village was for the most part made up of the Frelimo guerillas who had fought in the liberation struggle . |
| 28 | The excess will be deducted from the loss and then payment made up to the policy limit . |
| 29 | The latest figures from the Home Office show that the largest of the 60 seizures of the drug made up to the end of June this year was 40 grammes in Nottingham . |
| 30 | At times the supporting leg would bend when on balance , whilst the working one was also bent with the foot turned up at the ankle during certain poses , or when performing a rond de jambe en dehors or en dedans during the pas de deux . |