Example sentences of "[vb past] up [prep] [art] [noun pl] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A bus drew up at the lights and the driver , an excitable Puerto Rican , climbed down from his cab to see what all the fuss was about . |
| 2 | A test was arranged involving a detachment of Guards who lined up along the WCs and flushed in unison . |
| 3 | I caught up with the others as they were entering the front door of the house . |
| 4 | Talking to members of the Education Area about their researches , I was struck by the constructive relationships that they built up with the schools and groups that they studied . |
| 5 | It was outside rather than inside the Cortes that a conservative opposition built up against the liberals and by 1811 the unity of patriotic reformism was broken . |
| 6 | The house is seized by the demolition contractors , its park invaded and churned up by the tractors and trailers of the timber merchant . |
| 7 | The keeper called , ‘ Sue , Sue — come here , ’ and a young leopard came up to the bars and rubbed herself against them while he stroked her back . |
| 8 | The garden was planned by professional designer Naila Green who came up with a snakes and ladders theme . |
| 9 | Erm , some specific points that came up in the comments that you made . |
| 10 | They walked towards the castle , and Jessamy gazed up at the towers and battlements , and the great walls that loomed above them . |
| 11 | When you accelerated towards the light coming from the front , you met up with the humps and dips faster-they appeared to be squashed up together . |
| 12 | Shafts of bright sunlight pierced the smoke as it welled up from the eaves and spread across the roof in a fine blue film. , Kāli came out into the doorway with a plate of puris and a small bowl of oil . |
| 13 | Once more an eerie glitter sprang up over the mountains and clouds of magical energies surged from the erupting peaks into the sky . |
| 14 | At its lowest level , the beakers could be seen merely as souvenirs bought at the markets , which sprang up round the arenas and race-tracks at festival times . |
| 15 | All I recollect is a grey , sombre sky and the dark Seine rushing under the bridges ; tall , sharp-gabled houses which sprang up from the cobbles and leaned crazily together , storey thrust out above storey ; the narrow , winding streets of the Latin Quarter ; the pell-mell of ascending gables and tinted roof tiles , the gables of their lower storeys sculpted into fantastic shapes of warriors or exotic animals . |
| 16 | He slipped quietly in and glanced up at the windows and walls until his attention was drawn to a mop of fair hair sticking out from behind one of the back pews . |
| 17 | The harvested apples piled up in the fields and were welcomed by numerous rabbits . |
| 18 | A seal 's head bobbed up from the waves and Angus was pulling on his oars , heaving the skiff back to the shore . |
| 19 | This is , of course , bound up with the personalities and attitudes of the persons concerned and the history of their relationships . |
| 20 | He pulled up at the pumps and the attendant , a young black wearing green coveralls and cap bearing the petrol company 's logo , approached and leaned down to the open window . |
| 21 | She went up on the hills or down to the beach . |
| 22 | We went up to the Downs and at least I stayed in the saddle , and felt indeed a new sense of being at home there , of being at ease . |
| 23 | The farmer did not reply for a moment , then he went up between the cows and gently rubbed Blossom 's forehead " Aye , this is the one , Jack . " |
| 24 | He stared up at the windows and then caught sight of the pulpit . |
| 25 | The sleeping-bag he rolled up in the blankets and tied with belts so that he could carry it on his back . |
| 26 | Subtract that figure from the score notched up by the weeds and we shall then be in a position to predict the number of traits that an average crop plant would have to acquire in order to become weedy . |
| 27 | Graham looked up at the skies and sighed . |
| 28 | The Doctor looked up from the screens that everyone in the chamber had been silently watching . |
| 29 | No , I 've been and spoken to them again this morning and yesterday , R S C left it there not O S D although it 's O S D's van , so they should 've come out to move it on Friday and the mechanics did n't turn up , then they lost the keys , cos yesterday myself and who was it , Lyn , waited up for the keys cos they were gon na move down put it into a safer spot . |
| 30 | Donna sent the Volvo crashing into the Audi again , then shifted up through the gears and drove off . |