Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun prp] [verb] 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 | As Sabrina stood outside the hotel on the Place de la Gare staring up at the Cathedral 's spire silhouetted against the dark , sombre skyline , she let her thoughts drift back over the hours since their departure from New York 's John F. Kennedy Airport . |
| 4 | ‘ In the stunned silence that followed , Miss Honey walked up to the front of the class and stood behind her table . |
| 5 | What Scotsman would not be captivated by the extraordinary vision of Linda Evangelista trussed up as the supermodel-from-Brigadoon ? |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Hari stood in Goat Street staring up at the facade of the old theatre and swallowed hard , trying to pluck up enough courage to walk into the ornate portico . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | A HUMID evening in Boston early last summer ; afternoon rain has cleared , and at Fenway Park the lead-off batter for the visiting Baltimore Orioles steps up for the first pitch from the Red Sox . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Meanwhile , the infinitely more cred KEN LIVINGSTONE cropped up at the Africa Centre for SUEDE 's sweaty showcase . |
| 13 | David Koresh grew up in the Bible belt . |
| 14 | Stunned schoolboy Simon Dove ended up with the blame after the real culprit gave a false name and address . |
| 15 | South Africa wakes up to the threat of AIDS |
| 16 | Liam Hamilton grew up in the mining village of Kilsyth . |
| 17 | Ironically , while McKean buried his accident-prone reputation , Brazil 's Jose-Luis Barbosa tripped up on the penultimate lap . |
| 18 | So should not the law be changed immediately to prevent the likes of Dr Cox ending up in the dock ? |
| 19 | ‘ 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 . |
| 20 | Mirra Komarovsky comes up with the same finding in her survey of American working-class marriage . |
| 21 | Detective Van Heflin stood up in the car , hat clamped to his head , firing his tommy gun from the hip . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Mr Mortimer popped up in the last episode of the seventh series of Rumpole as a guest at Mr Justice Oliphant 's lunch . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Sir Gerard looked up at the sky . |
| 27 | The ancient HIGH STREET winds up between the Town Hall on the right and Purbeck House seen at the top of the picture . |
| 28 | 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 ’ . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | 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 . |