Example sentences of "[vb past] up [prep] a [noun sg] with " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ A few weeks ago , someone came up to a tagger with the KWS tagging crew , ’ Boyle said . |
| 2 | Wedding first , Pertwee 's wedding , and Hatton all got up in a topper with his tarty wife . |
| 3 | As with the arrangements for exhibitions , it is recommended that firstly the agreement of the responsibly body is sought , followed up by a discussion with the headmaster and janitor/caretaker about the specific needs for the meeting . |
| 4 | There was a set of letters tied up in a bundle with a violet silk ribbon and all written in the same ridiculous and now-faded violet ink ; they were scented with old makeup ( each one bore at the bottom of its last page a lipstick kiss in Nuits de Paris ) and were on expensive and indeed pretentious notepaper as thin as an onion skin . |
| 5 | She seemed harassed and shop-worn , her greying hair tied up in a bun with a twisted elastic band . |
| 6 | I grew up as a child with a longing to hunt big game , and from 1930 to 1940 I took every opportunity to do so ; for this I have no regrets . |
| 7 | Oliver was in the end one , scrooged up in a corner with Murgatroyd on his lap . |
| 8 | But no doubt there will still be the shouting , the rumours that spread through the peloton , the slow and then maddened driving by the directeur sportif 's car , the blackboard held up behind a motorbike with scrawled details of a breakaway . |