Example sentences of "[noun pl] and [noun sg] [verb] up [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It was a massive bang , the ground shook beneath my feet and debris flew up in air . ’ |
| 2 | Investors have their capital tied up and at risk ; senior managers have their livings and ulcers tied up in it ; but we must not forget the men on the shop floor who have their lives and self-respect tied up in it too . ’ |
| 3 | Contents Item 1 of Part 1 of Section 2 of this Policy applies only to Personal Belongings including cash , currency notes and bank notes up to £100 or 5% of the sum insured under this Item ( whichever is the less ) in your Home belonging to you and members of your family permanently residing with you or for which you or they are responsible . |
| 4 | The Palace Girls , needless to say , were hungry to start with ; nevertheless they had to exist for seventeen long hours on bananas and chocolate picked up at wayside stations . |
| 5 | The wood shavings and dust reached up in an awkward mess from the floor beside his legs . |
| 6 | There were very few artefacts recovered from the settlement , even in areas protected from later ploughing ; they included shears , nails , a variety of fragmentary fittings and pottery made up of nine fabric groups . |
| 7 | Attacked , promises General Powell , it will be — once its supply lines along the Euphrates valley have been severed and its men and equipment softened up from the air . |
| 8 | As another extra , Lovell will pay legal fees and survey costs up to £1,500 . |
| 9 | Ruth followed her into the hallway and was immediately aware of disorder ; open packing-cases and an assortment of clothes and furniture piled up in every inch of space . |
| 10 | Are we never going to use our various collective skills , institutions and organizations , as well as our particular imaginations , insights and inventiveness to face up to this false prospectus , false prospectus we are trying to live by ? |