Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] up [verb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Excitement is high at St Michael 's School , Billingham , at the prospect of Jamie Pollock and Sean Gregan turning up to launch the school 's 1992 year book . |
| 2 | Next week posters of striker Ian Wright go up to fill the gap left by Gary Lineker 's departure for Japan . |
| 3 | He probably will not sleep in the unlikely event of the ghost of mass murderess Mary Ann Cotton showing up to see the graves of her victims . |
| 4 | Maggie woke up to hear the sound of voices , one of which was raised in anger , John 's , she now realized . |
| 5 | The Secret Committee which Alexander set up to consider the matter also played for time . |
| 6 | The ballroom looked beautiful but when Sir Basil Feldman stood up to give the opening address at the Conservative Conference , though his projection was fine and his microphone working , half his audience had difficulty hearing , and a third were hearing twice . |
| 7 | Carrie got up to bring the union man some more tea and when she returned with two filled mugs she sat down heavily . |
| 8 | Penry got up to take the trays . |
| 9 | Only once did Norwich break their stranglehold , midway through the first-half , when John Polston moved up to rattle a post . |
| 10 | Only once did Norwich break their stranglehold , midway through the first-half , when John Polston moved up to rattle a post . |
| 11 | Rix shapes up to cross the ball to the far post , Lukic moves to cover , Rix instead clips ( not powefully ) along the ground round the wall . |
| 12 | It was in the original setting we realise the zany difference between myself and Chris that when Graham gets up to speak the earth moves . |
| 13 | As well as the centre 's fascinating nuclear power exhibition , a packed programme of special events has been arranged for visitors — which is how brave assistant information officer Diane Williams ended up getting the bird ! |
| 14 | Philip came up to keep an eye on him for a week or so . |
| 15 | When they had all finished the coffee , Bob got up to pay the bill , leaving John to apologise for his misplaced piece of mockery . |
| 16 | Candlish 's spot kick was well saved by Prentice but Loughery followed up to blast the rebound into the net . |
| 17 | Peter grew up to know the value of money , and was taught by his caring , careful parents to save and be prudent in financial matters , and cautious of whom to trust in business . |
| 18 | ‘ Wan na dance ? ’ a voice enquired and Sally looked up to see a boy in a velvet-collared jacket , drainpipes and crepe-soled shoes standing in front of her , a lick of greasy hair falling across a face shiny with perspiration . |
| 19 | Her life and career after she and Burton split up confirms the opinion of her energy and flair — and her directness . |
| 20 | And the plants that Thorn-EMI set up to press the discs will remain in mothballs . |
| 21 | Mozart wrote music so he could buy himself velvet trousers and Shakespeare got up to write a play every day because he needed to live like the rest of us , ’ he added with the disarming arrogance that had established him as one-third of pop 's most hated team . |
| 22 | Yet Mr Major turned up to watch the cricket at Lord 's yesterday looking like a man without a care in the world . |
| 23 | Mr Cottle looked up to acknowledge the reaction to this information , but at once looked down again when he saw Mungo and Emily grinning at each other . |
| 24 | He had long deplored the grand opera house tradition of stars turning up to slot into ready-rehearsed productions , and recalled the awful theatre tale of a famous Lear/Hamlet/Othello turning up to greet a cast of strangers , saying ‘ Whatever you do , do n't get in my way … ‘ |
| 25 | Phillip Mitchell stepped up to ram the spot kick home and then capped a fine individual performance with his second and his side 's third with a powerful strike from the edge of the area . |
| 26 | Paines Plough and the Theatre Ctr join up to chart the journey from the undersea world of youth to the dry land of adulthood . |
| 27 | Harriet stretched up to pat the chestnut neck . |
| 28 | When the cheers and the clapping had died down at last , Don Mini stood up to make a speech . |