Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun] [vb past] up [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Kenneth Baker came up in the House to offer congratulations . |
| 2 | Newport were in shreds as Marcus Hannaford cleaned up for the third try . |
| 3 | ‘ In the stunned silence that followed , Miss Honey walked up to the front of the class and stood behind her table . |
| 4 | Only two minutes left when Richard Walker popped up on the proverbial back stick , sounds painful does n't it , and it was for Portsmouth . |
| 5 | The tan Mercedes sports slipped up to the main door . |
| 6 | Angus Cameron stood up on the oak stump which Donald used as a chopping-block , held out his hand to each part of the crowd as though drawing them into the circuit of the ceremony , and said , at first quietly , then gaining volume as he felt the truth of his words : ‘ Alexander McLaggan , Mary Stewart — you love each other , and must wed each other , and that is right and good . |
| 7 | Oxford United were heading for their second successive nil all game , when in the first minute of injury time , central defender , Andy Melville popped up in the penalty area to score a vital goal , and to give United three vital points in their fight against relegation . |
| 8 | and David Tennant grew up with the Burns boys ; together , they attended school , explored the ruined Kirk Alloway , and played on the ‘ banks and braes ’ of the nearby River Doon . |
| 9 | Meanwhile , the infinitely more cred KEN LIVINGSTONE cropped up at the Africa Centre for SUEDE 's sweaty showcase . |
| 10 | While in 1965 at the Spencer Churchill sale top examples were changing hands for around £600 , and in the 1970s in the low thousands , the prices at the Castle Ashby sale shot up into the hundred thousands for the first time as new collectors , both Greek and American , competed against each other . |
| 11 | David Koresh grew up in the Bible belt . |
| 12 | The Strauss waltz started up in the bedroom . |
| 13 | Last month , IBM Corp teamed up with the writer , director and producer of Terminator 2 : Judgment Day , James Cameron , Academy Award winning character creator Stan Winston , and celebrated special visual effects studio executive Scott Ross to form Digital Domain Inc , a new visual effects and digital production studio . |
| 14 | Stunned schoolboy Simon Dove ended up with the blame after the real culprit gave a false name and address . |
| 15 | Liam Hamilton grew up in the mining village of Kilsyth . |
| 16 | Ironically , while McKean buried his accident-prone reputation , Brazil 's Jose-Luis Barbosa tripped up on the penultimate lap . |
| 17 | ‘ Walt Disney came up with the off-beat idea of having popular film and radio star Phil Harris provide the voice for Mowgli 's mellow mentor , Baloo . |
| 18 | Detective Van Heflin stood up in the car , hat clamped to his head , firing his tommy gun from the hip . |
| 19 | No-one could be spared to get fresh cots , so these men from farthest Arran and the Rhondda Valley sat up for the rest of the night with a brown baby under each arm . |
| 20 | Mr Mortimer popped up in the last episode of the seventh series of Rumpole as a guest at Mr Justice Oliphant 's lunch . |
| 21 | During a full meeting of the convention later , Councillor John Connolly , of Central Region and chairman of the COSLA water and sewerage committee , said that since a great deal had been heard about taking stock it was time Mr Lang faced up to the fact that he had completely lost the argument for privatised water and sewerage services , including a franchise arrangement . |
| 22 | Piper O'Rourke looked up from the shift supervisor 's desk as a dishevelled and embarrassed Alex Bannen walked into the Belial Base Operations Room , followed by his son . |
| 23 | Sir Gerard looked up at the sky . |
| 24 | When he recently received a César , France 's answer to the Oscars , Mr Depardieu lumbered up to the stage , giggled as if half-drunk and whispered ‘ It 's tough being alive and lonely ’ . |
| 25 | She 's talking about her film Ghost , and US tabloid reports claiming that husband Bruce Willis showed up on the day of her crucial love scene with Patrick Swayze wielding a baseball bat . |
| 26 | It had not escaped the Brownies ' sharp eyes that Mr. Gordon turned up near the close of each Pack Meeting and made himself very charming to Brown Owl . |
| 27 | Mr Hildon grew up in the area and was a pupil at William Turner 's Grammar School , Coatham . |
| 28 | As a way of avoiding crippling purchase tax , which only applied to completed goods , Mr Chapman came up with the idea of selling the car in kit form . |
| 29 | Fashanu has the ability to charm FA disciplinarians and once at Lancaster Gate came up with the immortal line ‘ Would a Bernado 's boy do something like that ’ when pleading his case after a tunnel clash with Viv Anderson . |
| 30 | Up front , Ian Corcoran and Gary Isaac showed they had also benefited from the Scottish training , while John Laing and Graham Shepherd cleaned up at the lineout . |