Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [to-vb] up in [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was so embarrassing , I had to get up in front of hundreds of people and collect this award . |
| 2 | She looked around the vestibule , suddenly aware that this room where she ate a brioche and drank milky coffee as if at a feast of the gods on those mornings when she managed to get up in time was a mere dingy parlour , the curtains grey with city smuts , the tables pocked and charred by cigarettes . |
| 3 | In that case the employees , who were warehousemen employed by a company which supplied nuts and bolts , wrote to ten of their employers ' suppliers informing them that they intended to start up in business on their own trading in nuts and bolts , and asking for details of their products . |
| 4 | He failed to turn up in court at Milton Keynes , Bucks , charged with taking a car before a police chase . |
| 5 | Miss Harker was certainly very charming and many had hoped that her arrival might bring them some relief , but not one of them wanted to stand up in front of the boss 's relative and complain about the mill . |