Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] up [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Huge crowds built up on the Western side of the Wall as West Berliners witnessed the historic developments , some even crossing over into the East for a walk . |
| 2 | The personal relationships built up over the 15 weeks often encourage longer discussions on how the subjects the pupils are learning about relate to the outside ‘ grown-up ’ world of industry and academe . |
| 3 | The cars drew up for a quiet haggle , the girls got in . |
| 4 | Members of La Fura Dels Baus came up with the violent cartoon ‘ performance ’ — executives running manically on huge treadmills , hyper-fetishistic female fatales staging S&M routines , gold-painted bicycling centaurs and the metal minotaur . |
| 5 | Calvin and his successors came up with the dark doctrine of predestination to explain the fearful paradox of God 's love and his implacable wrath . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | About 30 journalists turned up at the Thai border village of Pong Nam Ron , about 200 miles east of Bangkok , yesterday morning , but were told by the local Thai military commander that he knew of no Vietnamese prisoners . |
| 8 | More than 40,000 fans turned up for the 12-hour event , Britain 's biggest-ever legal Rave gig . |
| 9 | The opportunities opened up by the technical innovations are so large and exciting that it is hard to grasp the full extent of the change . |
| 10 | The bargaining was affected both by the new opportunities opened up in the 1970s and by the growing risks attendant on the 1980s . |
| 11 | His lips turned up in a terrible parody of a smile . |
| 12 | His lips turned up in a self-satisfied smile . |
| 13 | His eyes lit up with a mocking little smile . |
| 14 | This is the area to the north of St Paul 's Cathedral , where there is a 1950s development , which he described as ‘ the prototype for all the windswept urban squares dreamt up in the fifties and sixties ’ that amounted to ‘ the rape of Britain ’ . |
| 15 | The political parties warmed up for a general election by bickering over whether the new health trusts remain part of the national health service . |
| 16 | The SSL holds a core collection of material covering scientific and technical aspects backed up by the National Library 's other relevant collections such as official publications , legislation , and popular science items . |
| 17 | Recently , six Humberside teenagers ended up in a psychiatric hospital with a form of schizophrenia after taking the drug . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | — A Chinese officer in a uniform more than adequately equipped with polished belts , straps and full holsters stood up in the front passenger seat of the car like George Washington crossing the Delaware , shouting dictatorially . |
| 20 | Outside his ears picked up for the first time the rustling of invisible leaves and the rattle of window-frames : the wind was rising . |
| 21 | The Wrexham-based challengers doubled up with an 8–2 triumph at Beaumaris to inflict the first home defeat of the season on their Anglesey hosts . |
| 22 | These are usually presented as small corners made up in the particular moulding to give you an idea of the finished effect , but any reputable framer will be able to answer any questions you have , as well as give you plenty of sound advice should you need it . |
| 23 | BHC engineers came up with a floppier , tapered skirt that allowed them to reduce the pressure of the air cushion . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | The UN felt swamped by the quality and quantity of NATO staff work — NATO planners turned up with no fewer than five bound volumes — in the initial stages of the joint operation that was set up to keep the peace in Bosnia should the Bosnian Serbs join the Croats and Muslims in accepting the Vance-Owen peace plan . |
| 26 | If the universe consisted of just the elements cooked up in the big bang , then W would be about 0.1 — ten times larger than it appears , but ten times less than theory demands . |
| 27 | As the crews tied up for the last time in Southampton , watched , and waited for by families and friends they had n't seen for eight months , many of them agreed getting back to a routine , going back to work , might by tough . |
| 28 | The warm wind blew her hair from her face and she gazed out across the sea where craggy pitons struggled up from the blue sea . |
| 29 | At first new communities grew up around the heavy industries of coal , steel and shipping . |
| 30 | 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 . |