Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] up in [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are ideal for large breeds , or individuals which have a back ailment of any kind and may find it painful to curl up in a basket . |
| 2 | Sleep is commonly disturbed in one way or another : some people nod off as soon as they get home and sit down ; they wake up at midnight with the TV still on — and then ca n't get back to sleep again till 3am ; some people find it impossible to wake up in the morning and getting out of bed is a real struggle ; others are awake at half-past four in the morning with their brains buzzing and churning ; some people find themselves getting very sleepy when difficult or anxiety-making things happen . |
| 3 | He had never found it easy to get up in the morning , and being under sentence of death did not make the prospect of a new day any more enticing . |
| 4 | Now unit six is very likely to come up in the exam so when you do this test for Monday you are in effect preparing for the exam . |
| 5 | Similarly , there is likely to be a direct relationship between the level of real national income and the rate of inflation — as the equilibrium level of national income approaches the ‘ full employment ’ level of national income , so inflationary pressure is likely to build up in an economy . |
| 6 | In other words , the dying mouse is the one most likely to end up in a cat 's stomach . |
| 7 | The men who lived at the graphite pits in 1898 — 9 were the same persons who would be likely to get up in the middle of the night to help take stolen cattle five kilometres to the next relay team , thereby earning a little money and easing the tedium of village life . |
| 8 | Now is the time to have a really good clear up in the greenhouse . |
| 9 | It was neither pleasant nor unpleasant , though the endless peeing , he wrote , the endless getting up in the middle of the night when the ice clung to the windowpanes and the taps were frozen , that was more unpleasant than pleasant , but it was not that , he wrote , these things - will not change , my bladder will not improve and next winter the ice will still cling to the panes and the taps will still freeze , but I will not notice them . |
| 10 | After a while , he was able to sit up in a chair , although he was still too weak to walk . |
| 11 | Jim had not really woken up for his breakfast and was happy to curl up in the back again . |
| 12 | As Timothy West tells it , this was a moment as chilling as any Ken was able to conjure up in the theatre . |
| 13 | ‘ Thoroughbreds will always be able to catch up in a race over a long distance . |
| 14 | The Ritzy fills up in a flash , and Katie the researcher has soon found all the contestants for tonight 's show . |
| 15 | ‘ It is important to grow up in a family environment . |
| 16 | ‘ Perhaps we 'll be able to start up in a shop again , like we did at Silmour Street . ’ |
| 17 | I wo n't be able to wake up in the morning ! |
| 18 | ‘ Making ten films is truly boring , ’ he says ‘ If I had worked continuously with the same cameraman , I would n't have been able to get up in the morning . |
| 19 | And all his working life his mind was set on when he retired , instead of down doing it , you know , late at night he was going to be able to get up in the morning and do it . |
| 20 | A tiny tinkling started up in the heart of the rose . |
| 21 | He consumed a bottle of Frascati and smoked two cigarettes , then turned green , almost passed out , and fell asleep sitting up in the chair . |
| 22 | But he was sufficiently master of himself to resist , and pulled out of her , his heart thumping like some crazy locked up in the cell of his chest . |
| 23 | Even then she had found it difficult to get up in the morning , had begged and pleaded to be allowed to lie in a little longer , had gone back to sleep more often than not , the forerunner , Cecilia supposed , of her present practice of often lying in bed till noon . |
| 24 | On the page opposite there is a cartoon of Pissed dressed up in a suit lying face down in the gutter clutching a bottle of lager , and Mickey Aspel coming out from under a manhole cover saying ‘ George Best ! |
| 25 | You can be too geriatric to stand up in a boat … and you might quiver a bit . |
| 26 | Both sides were finding it ruinously expensive to keep up in the race . |
| 27 | With the remaining doubters now likely to join the majority , Mrs Thatcher seems certain to end up in a minority of one in opposing the conference . |
| 28 | It was obviously a send-up of The Face but it nevertheless reflected a certain smartening up in the band . |
| 29 | Jan had one problem with an actress who was due to throw up in a scene . |