Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] up [prep] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The VW drew up at the pumps about twenty minutes later . |
| 2 | Many of today 's athletic superstars , such as Linford Christie , Colin Jackson , Roger Black , Sally Gunnell and Liz McColgan came up through the ranks of schools athletics . |
| 3 | STEPPING OUT The Director of SHIRLEY VALENTINE teams up with the stars of EDUCATING RITA and CABARET |
| 4 | Ruthven looked up at the birds wheeling and twisting against the blue sky . |
| 5 | Zen gazed up at the shelves loaded with rows of books as uniform as bricks . |
| 6 | It will take years for Albania to catch up with the standards of medicine in other European countries but not all the news is negative . |
| 7 | McAuley will see how the Vortec shapes up against the Swifts and Van Diemens — and against his Comber neighbour Johnny Kane . |
| 8 | DeVore looked up from the wei chi board and smiled . |
| 9 | ‘ Nothing belonging to your friend Willard matches up with the fibres we found on the dead girl . ’ |
| 10 | Clift threw up across the sheets . |
| 11 | The row has brought many French roads to a standstill — and hit the pockets of British Hauliers caught up in the jams . |
| 12 | Father Paddy moved up from the altar-steps to kiss the altar-stone , then turned to the congregation . |
| 13 | Graham looked up at the skies and sighed . |
| 14 | Why could n't Wilson stand up to the allies , why could n't had stand up to Clements or Lloyd George , in particular ? |
| 15 | The report also emphasises the need for the UN to face up to the responsibilities of peace enforcement when peaceful diplomacy , economic sanctions and all other measures have failed . |
| 16 | Kee ran up to the men and said , ‘ What 's happening ? |
| 17 | I think Mr picked up on the points that I really wanted to address in Mr 's remarks . |
| 18 | They walked towards the castle , and Jessamy gazed up at the towers and battlements , and the great walls that loomed above them . |
| 19 | After about forty minutes Van Gelder moved up into the bows with a portable six-inch searchlight which , on such a clear night , had an effective range of over a mile . |
| 20 | As Vitor drove up into the mountains , the little boy remained bright-eyed and wide-awake . |
| 21 | It would be easy enough ( in theory ) to get money for Everest or K2 , but if Mick and Vic turned up at the doors of a giant multi-national with the word ‘ Ultar ’ on their portfolio , they might well be shown the corporate door . |
| 22 | I was trying to make sense of my notes , and dabbing lotion on a nasty wasp sting on my finger , when Hugo turned up with the twins , two untidy little girls with red noses and pale wispy hair . |
| 23 | Willie grew up around the tenements of Glasgow , and had an equally tough road to go down before he carried his first significant bag . |
| 24 | Holding her , Anna looked up at the others . |
| 25 | When will the BBC wake up to the possibilities open to it when covering the biggest annual golfing event to take place in Europe . |
| 26 | It had not been hard to persuade Brian to come up with the fees for university . |
| 27 | The time had now come for Eric to go up into the Apennines on behalf of the Commission to pay and honour all those Italians , for the most part peasants , who had helped and in many cases saved the lives of escaping prisoners-of-war . |
| 28 | Motoring : Can R-R keep up with the times ? |
| 29 | We 'll have Anne tied up in the libraries for two or three days going through the periodical indexes , that 'll be another hundred plus whatever the xerox charges are . ’ |
| 30 | It is a long time since any potential national leader in Britain leapt up from the starting-blocks in quite such a dramatic way . |