Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [vb past] up [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Never needed one , ’ the beautiful barmaid explained , as Cornelius settled up for the bread and board . |
| 2 | A barricade of flagstones prised up from the floor had been erected for a final stand and the Collector , snatching a moment to look back towards it , was dismayed to see that the other party was already behind it , thus leaving himself and his men exposed on the flank . |
| 3 | The French were delighted with the brave show of resistance put up at the disastrous GATT talks in December 1990 . |
| 4 | Is not social work the application of skills picked up in the ‘ University of Life ’ and do we not all know what deprived infants and troublesome adolescents need ? |
| 5 | Each of these in turn subdivided into separate , smaller fibrils which are themselves composed of a highly organized array of myofilaments made up of the proteins actin and myosin ( Fig. 53 ) . |
| 6 | The flies crawled upon it and here and there the sharp points of gravel pressed up through the flesh . |
| 7 | An orange ball of flame ripped up into the sky , bathing the deck in light like a miniature sun . |
| 8 | In the river-bed , islands of rock stuck up above the imaginary water level . |
| 9 | ‘ An entire generation of Filipinos grew up in the shadow of dictatorship , ’ wrote Sheila Coronel of the Manila Times . |
| 10 | That is why the people of Scotland rose up against the rating system . |
| 11 | The hamlet of Blinkbonny grew up during the late 19th and early 20th century alongside Blinkbonny Farm . |
| 12 | This being the case , we only indicate the means of production and means of consumption used up for the production of the means of destruction . |
| 13 | The sports were in fact more of a backcloth than the central event ; the real purpose of the day was for the parents to prowl around the school inspecting the various displays of work set up in the classrooms , and compare the achievement of their offspring with that of others . |
| 14 | Huge backlogs of work built up in the securities dealers ' back offices as deals could not be completed within the exchange 's usual accounts periods . |
| 15 | Howls of laughter went up from the other boys . |
| 16 | A stream of visitors turned up at the camp . |
| 17 | We had to halt as cartloads of bones dug up from the cemetery were taken down Paternoster Row to the charnel house . |
| 18 | For decades afterwards , Francoist supporters denied the carnage which took place in Badajoz , in spite of the overwhelming evidence of contemporary eye-witnesses , who saw hundreds of Republicans rounded up in the municipal bullring , heard the machine guns , and smelled the reek of bodies being burned in the cemetery . |
| 19 | Graceful spikes of lords-and-ladies pushed up through the earth below white-blossomed blackthorn . |
| 20 | We 'll certainly be putting firms in touch with others so that they can learn quickly from other experiences as quite a network of firms grew up at the seminar . |
| 21 | piece of metal put up over the entrance to the compost plant please . |
| 22 | The people of my constituency are appalled that Monmouth borough council has millions of pounds tied up from the sale of council houses and can not use that money for housing . |
| 23 | Professor Fred Stone of Glasgow University called for a countrywide network of agencies made up from the police , social workers , teachers and other agencies to spot potential troublesome children . |
| 24 | Golden eye have heads which look like blobs of dough scooped up from the bench and plonked on . ’ |
| 25 | Later the same day Douglas , Duke of Hamilton — frustrated past belief turned up at the Foreign Office in London and informed them that he was seeking an urgent audience with the King . |
| 26 | Next day he would find the little piece of paper screwed up in the waste-paper basket and the matter ignored . |
| 27 | An acrimonious argument and clash of personalities flared up between the BMC and MLTB , which ended up in a London arbitration court that suggested a formula for reconciliation , Lord Hunt reported on the way forward : a key element being that the BMC should retain and foster its influence and activity in the training sphere . |
| 28 | They went through to the main City Transfer barrier , ignoring the long queue of passengers formed up at the gates , going directly to the duty officer , a short , broad-shouldered man with neat black hair . |
| 29 | A glimpse of rough woodland carpeted with bluebells and wild garlic could be seen beyond a daisy-sprinkled lawn ; a wisp of smoke spiralled up from the trees ; voices carried on the still air . |
| 30 | Wisps of applause floated up on the breeze . |