Example sentences of "get up [prep] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Derek Douane was got up as a Dickensian urchin , with a broken neck and a dirty face . |
| 2 | Just two machines , four people and gradually that got up to a reasonable size er i it grew on the back of companies like , , , manufacturing what I call the coordinated look cos knitwear was utilized for bringing other things together . |
| 3 | Carrie got up with a deep sigh . |
| 4 | And instead of rolling over and playing dead as the script demanded , the amateurs got up with a cheerful smile , went to their polling booth and ad-libbed . |
| 5 | The blue was a flyer , wings trimmed to prevent him from going too high in the action ; he got up in a sudden whirr of fury , looking for a brain blow , but gaffing the dun bird in the breast . |
| 6 | She stroked him absently , and Mrs Diggory got up in a determined way . |
| 7 | One startling apparition a few seats away was masked , and got up like a Chinese mandarin , with clacking claws for hands emerging from generous silk sleeves . |
| 8 | Honor got up like an old woman , glancing past Topaz to the shelves where bottles of medicine were stored . |
| 9 | We got talking and strolled along the riverside path too engrossed to hear the rumble of thunder getting nearer , or note the wind getting up to a blustery gale . |
| 10 | I used to do a job which involved getting up at an unearthly hour while , as far as I could tell , the rest of the world slept . |
| 11 | I leave my heating on during the night because I do n't want to get up in a cold flat but people I know try to save their money by living in the cold . ’ |