Example sentences of "[adv] up in [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The regime had been under strain for some time , not only up in the Syrian heartland but also in far-away Khorasan in northeastern Persia . |
| 2 | Once up in the front line , troops found that life had been reduced , in the words of a Beaux Arts professor serving with the Territorials , ‘ to a struggle between the artillerymen and the navvy , between the cannon and the mound of earth ’ All day long the enemy guns worked at levelling the holes laboriously scraped out the previous night . |
| 3 | Usually , at this time of year , they stayed out of sight right up in the highest mountain peaks , where the monsoon rains fall as snow . |
| 4 | And er but of course the whole force of the explosion went right up in the light room . |
| 5 | By eight o'clock , when the first pair was due to tee off , the sun was well up in a clear sky . |
| 6 | But the number of those who compromised their faith was largest among the propertied and those well up in the social hierarchy . |
| 7 | Opposite the town , high up in a sandy ridge , lie the Tombs of the Nobles , ancient Egyptian border officials and governors of Aswan . |
| 8 | I settled in for a relaxed , warm overview on the world high up in the comfy cab . |
| 9 | ‘ My main aim will be to stay in the team and help Ipswich finish high up in the First Division . ’ |
| 10 | Troia Cathedral , begun in 1093 , is built high up in the small hill town and is visible for miles as it stands out of the surrounding flat plain . |
| 11 | It was almost painful to listen to , and Robert was about to pull his face away from the window when , suddenly , high up in the far darkness , a tiny figure in white robes jumped into vision . |
| 12 | Maxwell , rooting about in his new office high up in the Daily Mirror 's Holborn tower block , found Thornton 's Sunday paper plan sitting in the in-tray and immediately rubbished it publicly as ‘ evidence ’ of Thornton 's uselessness . |
| 13 | Somewhere high up in the cloudless sky , hidden by the leafy canopy , an aeroplane droned lazily , the sound mirrored closer at hand by the drowsy noise of insects . |
| 14 | COP do n't believe in pulling punches , and while they 're not too high up in the musical originality stakes , there 's blood and fire mixed in there somewhere . |
| 15 | COP do n't believe in pulling punches , and while they 're not too high up in the musical originality stakes , there 's blood and fire mixed in there somewhere . |
| 16 | In his office high up in the twenty-five storey building that is 550 Fashion Avenue , mecca of the New York fashion industry , Hugo Varna sat at his desk and fiddled with the executive toy Sally had bought for him last Christmas . |