Example sentences of "[noun pl] [v-ing] up in the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were also some strange red rods sticking up in the air from a holder . |
| 2 | Depending on the evolution of management during the early 1990s , the confusions building up in the Training Authority 's role may need to be unravelled : either it is strengthened as an effective arm of central policy , or it is abolished so that the market — created by itself — can have freer play . |
| 3 | I had been down in my pantry working through the supplies sheets , when I had heard somewhere above my head the unmistakable sounds of motor cars pulling up in the courtyard . |
| 4 | Neighbour Brian Dean , a 55-year-old chauffeur , said : ‘ I was woken up by the police cars lining up in the middle of the street . |
| 5 | Well there were all blue and white balloons hanging up in the hall and by the door just these rows and rows of blue balloons and the door opens outwards |
| 6 | The two teams lining up in the centre circle . |
| 7 | There could be other reasons why work left London though , and in the case of the new firms springing up in the Home Counties and the West Country , low rents rather than low wages appear to have helped Bungay , Frome and other centres to build up a clientele . |
| 8 | When a senior executive arrived at the studio a day or two later he found parcels piling up in the reception area . |
| 9 | This is one respect in which we can see regional differences opening up in the kind of support which relatives can give to each other , although we know very little about how these matters are handled in families at the present time . |
| 10 | But Messager knows that the best fairytales are about girls growing up in the danger of domestica . |
| 11 | Only children growing up in the lap of luxury |
| 12 | They were soon deep in a well-reasoned conversation about these , particularly as they related to young children growing up in the environment of strife . |
| 13 | Sam thought of the pheasants hanging up in the kitchen next to the smoked hams , and wondered for a moment whether it was one of those or … |