Example sentences of "'s [noun sg] [verb] up in [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Carl Mathers 's car pulled up in view of the rose garden , just a few golden trails were left on the hard blue , a threadbare tapestry . |
| 2 | DIY inquiry : A public inquiry into a top DIY chain store 's bid to set up in Stockton opens today in the town hall . |
| 3 | Mike 's joke goes up in smoke … |
| 4 | Talk of the 1940 Battle always brings mention of Standford-Tuck , Bader , Townsend and others , but very seldom is Bob Doe 's name brought up in conversation . |
| 5 | GLEEFUL stories invariably fly around whenever Keith Runcorn 's name comes up in conversation among geophysicists . |
| 6 | One of the Fellowship moved too close to the flames and a bull 's mask went up in flames . |
| 7 | He saw his father 's palm come up in acceptance , and then his father disappeared again , blundering forcefully into the wind , checking the groups of men coming inwards towards him . |
| 8 | As Theda stood , rigid with wrath and dismay , the woman 's voice came up in volume , and she spoke with a perfectly nauseous degree of sweetness . |
| 9 | JOHN BARNES , the England winger struggling with a hamstring injury , stayed in Liverpool yesterday as Bobby Robson 's squad met up in Buckinghamshire to fine-tune their final plans for next Wednesday 's World Cup qualifying game in Poland . |
| 10 | The following Monday afternoon , shortly after lunch , two customers poring over the jewellery in Fox 's Lair looked up in surprise as a tall man came into the shop like a whirlwind and gave Elise a brief , unsmiling greeting . |
| 11 | The Daughter 's face crinkled up in disgust . |
| 12 | Simon 's face screwed up in disgust . |