Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] up [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was lounging on the sofa when she returned to the house , his long legs propped up on a low onyx table , while he flicked his way desultorily through the pages of a paperback . |
| 2 | Underlining the endless uncertainty that surrounds any industrial or commercial company that has the misfortune to be controlled by the state , France 's chronic loss-maker Compagnie des Machines Bull SA has been given two months to come up with a viable strategy , French Industry Minister Gerard Longuet said after a news conference where he outlined his policies after six weeks in office . |
| 3 | Underlining the endless uncertainty that surrounds any industrial or commercial company controlled by the state , France 's loss-maker Compagnie des Machines Bull SA has been given two months to come up with a viable strategy , French Industry Minister Gerard Longuet said after a news conference where he outlined his policies after six weeks in office . |
| 4 | The cars drew up for a quiet haggle , the girls got in . |
| 5 | The angry words dried up in a strangled gasp , though , as she found herself staring into the dark brown eyes of Julius Landor , her husband . |
| 6 | Clearly , however , where the overall number of speakers is small as it is in many sociolinguistic surveys , the number of higher-status speakers turning up in a random selection procedure which samples from the entire urban area will be correspondingly small . |
| 7 | She looked down at her new French muslin pyjamas , the corners of her thin lips turning up in a rueful smile , wondering if the whisky stains would come out — and deciding that they probably would n't . |
| 8 | They went round the corner , and the child stopped in front of a flight of steps leading up to a dilapidated house , one of a number in the street . |
| 9 | His lips turned up in a terrible parody of a smile . |
| 10 | His lips turned up in a self-satisfied smile . |
| 11 | Acceptable collocational patterns and grammatical structures can only enhance the readability of individual sentences , but they do not in themselves ensure that sentences and paragraphs add up to a readable or coherent text . |
| 12 | To my left , steps led up to a hummocky cliff edge , on which reposed the fragmented remains of a Franciscan friary . |
| 13 | His eyes lit up with a mocking little smile . |
| 14 | The political parties warmed up for a general election by bickering over whether the new health trusts remain part of the national health service . |
| 15 | Recently , six Humberside teenagers ended up in a psychiatric hospital with a form of schizophrenia after taking the drug . |
| 16 | The Biohybrid pancreas consists of beta cells from animals wrapped up in a patented acrylic plastic and implanted under the skin or in the abdominal cavity . |
| 17 | In 1974 the Iraqis came up with a detailed law for the autonomous area that was far more restrictive than the 1970 agreement and in no way reflected its accommodating spirit . |
| 18 | The process begun under Edward I was continued in July 1333 when , at Halidon Hill , outside Berwick , the English showed that they had learned to coordinate the use of ‘ traditional ’ cavalry with the ‘ new ’ archer force , the combination on this occasion being that of archers and dismounted men-at-arms drawn up in a defensive position which showed what successes a measure of flexibility could bring to an army led by men willing to experiment . |
| 19 | The charity already has plans drawn up for a ten-bed hospice at Middlesbrough to care for terminally ill people and contractors are currently submitting tenders for the work . |
| 20 | Together , our proposals add up to a co-ordinated programme for recovery . |
| 21 | And instead of rolling over and playing dead as the script demanded , the amateurs got up with a cheerful smile , went to their polling booth and ad-libbed . |
| 22 | Town 's reprieve FOOTBALL : A winding-up hearing yesterday gave Northampton chairman Michael McRitchie eight weeks to come up with a financial package to save the debt-crippled club . |
| 23 | Supply sergeants scouring Saudi shoe-shops came up with a bewildering variety of non-regulation footwear : zippered beige Saudi military desert boots , Omani army boots , Israeli army desert boots , even imported hiking boots . |
| 24 | It also recommended that children whose needs could not be met within the resources of the ordinary school should have a record ( which came to be called a ‘ statement ’ ) of their special educational needs drawn up by a multi-professional team . |
| 25 | The days leading up to a major championship meeting are always very tense , very difficult , and the second World Championship in Rome was no exception . |
| 26 | The background showed buildings rising up in a fiery glow ( see illustration ) . |
| 27 | SCOTTISH Amicable has just spent two years coming up with a new logo based on its Amicable Man image . |
| 28 | ‘ All boats go up on a rising tide , ’ observes Frank Delaney philosophically at the end of one of those come-on-Fred-we-give-you-all-this-advertising-how-about-an-in-depth-profile pieces , in this case on Harper-Collins , that PN does so well . |
| 29 | And one of the first foods grand-daughter Lisa gave her baby were Farley 's Rusks mixed up with a little baby milk . |
| 30 | They have cottoned on to the fact that the dealers come up with a different brand name every week . |