Example sentences of "[noun pl] [to-vb] up in [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Oh God , Mary ! ’ says McPherson , ‘ Oh God , Mary ! ’ — his voice is breaking with emotion — ‘ Oh God , Mary , I do n't want our kids to grow up in a world like this , with man an enemy to man , and cats crawling all over the books , in a cold water walk-up behind the subway depot . |
| 2 | I do n't buy guitars to put up in a cabinet on the wall . |
| 3 | The briefing , however , mostly consisted of Mortimer 's dividing the force into groups and assigning them positions to take up in the scrub around the cemetery , which was illustrated by a simple chalk sketch Petion had done on a blackboard . |
| 4 | The bank 's parent company , National Westminster , is a strong supporter of the scheme in Great Britain and the Ulster Bank is one of the first firms to sign up in the province . |
| 5 | All the leaves will drop away , and should be cleared up , rather than left to rot , or they will encourage pests and diseases to build up in the greenhouse . |
| 6 | , A lack of qualified engineers is causing long delays to mount up in the programme of strengthening road bridges , which needs to be carried out ahead of the introduction of 40-tonne lorries , scheduled for 1998 . |
| 7 | The Chancellor has rejected criticism from health groups who wanted cigarettes to go up in the budget . |
| 8 | ii In an otherwise cautious account of English Juvenile Courts ( 1938 ) Winifred Elkin also gave vent to ‘ the feeling that life has no sure foundations and that the future is utterly uncertain' , believing that ‘ it is not morally healthy for children to grow up in an atmosphere of restlessness and pleasure-seeking … |