Example sentences of "[det] [noun] [vb past] up [prep] the " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Room 44 is a simple storage room , which has mouldering old linen , brittle and useless wicker baskets , and some lumber piled up against the west wall . |
| 2 | As she did there was a screech of brakes and another car drew up outside the cottage opposite , causing her to glance up . |
| 3 | I 've heard similar things about ‘ Talk To Your Daughter ’ , where the original demos of some tracks ended up on the final recording . |
| 4 | He did not take part in the false publicity that some aides drummed up before the tour . |
| 5 | As one group member said : ‘ What I 'd like to see happening is this room set up with the computer and using it regularly to type up the notes from our meetings . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Your concern does you credit , and I 'll see to it you have a few things wrapped up for the poor woman when you go to see her . ’ |
| 7 | This event sprung up following the failure of the Squash Rackets Association to secure a sponsor for this year 's national championships and a resultant boycott from most of the leading professionals . |
| 8 | Gannon was an odd choice although few people picked up on the seemingly obvious fact that he was a rhythm guitarist and not a bass player . |
| 9 | Subsequently this craft turned up on the south west coast of Southern Ireland and was proved to be a regular smuggler in those waters . |
| 10 | The inspector was standing in a public place at the time , and of course this message came up over the radios of all police officers on the Division … |
| 11 | It has worked well until recently , when it failed to boot to drive C and this message came up on the screen : |
| 12 | I can already hear the objections from those clubs who have a few players tied up with the Championship . |
| 13 | This nest set up on the flat lands beyond the power stations on the south east coast will provide the evidence to Bill and his bird watching colleagues It 's not only the owls that fly at night , waders will feed at any time , but the rising tide will force them to leave the mud flats day or night |
| 14 | After some time , another official climbed up to the platform and spoke to me . |
| 15 | And er this hand went up from the back , you see . |
| 16 | Most researchers are at some stage forced up against the inadequacy of the social class classification . |
| 17 | This market grew up in the 1950s when the local authorities began to raise money for capital projects by issuing bills and bonds , and by raising loans . |
| 18 | Torrance almost had to pull out of the Lancome Trophy at St Nom La Bretesche when a foot disorder he has had for some time flared up during the final round . |
| 19 | This came partly from that confidence built up in the wide affection of the large family , partly perhaps from the arrogance of the supreme athlete , mostly , though , from his view that writing and learning were the real thing : acting was fine and dandy but not in the same league . |
| 20 | A part of ‘ gross ’ investment will therefore be needed simply to replace these assets used up in the course of production . |
| 21 | A BP survey , for example , revealed that barely 30 per cent of internal reports in that organisation came up to the mark . |
| 22 | Every night that Madame stepped up onto the stage in her dress , Boy would be watching her ; he always stayed for that . |
| 23 | So many times held up at the Falcon Gate , so many times made to open his briefcase and his empty sandwich box and turn his empty coffee flask upside down when he was anxious to get home , so many times subjected to their questions when he was going about his business visiting other corners of the Establishment . |
| 24 | Almost all schools ended up in the black in the first year . |
| 25 | Their talent for self-promotion ensured that many people turned up at the Ritz to witness the intriguing spectacle of The Smiths falling on their collective backsides . |
| 26 | All assets built up during the marriage should be regarded as jointly owned and therefore jointly divided on divorce , apart from those which are clearly intended for one party or the other through a specific gift or bequest . |
| 27 | To their shame , many tourists fired up by the prospect of making a fast rupee , dirham or peso are prepared to haggle for everything , ranging from the price of a cup of tea to an airline ticket . |
| 28 | But as Percy Makepeace twittered through the hall and down the corridor with his clerical acquaintance , two more cars drew up in the Burleigh driveway . |
| 29 | No sooner had a special train , carrying 633 people who had taken refuge at the West German embassy in Warsaw , arrived in Hanover yesterday than at least 200 more refugees turned up on the embassy doorstep . |
| 30 | Within such an institutional arrangement there is , by implication , little room for alternative practices , including those possibilities opened up by the women 's and gay liberation movements of the period , and it is such an arrangement that constituted , for Gummer , the previously existing moral consensus . |