Example sentences of "up [prep] [art] [adj] [noun pl] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it 's not for sale at any price — it 's more than a hundred years old , and was snapped up for a thousand pounds at auction . |
| 2 | I lined up for the 100 metres at the AAA Championships and , lo and behold , everybody came out in similar outfits ! |
| 3 | Benny walked slowly up towards the high seats at the back where she thought she might be more inconspicuous . |
| 4 | By the time we caught up with the three men at the top of the ladder , they were attempting to heave the coffin into its grotto with a series of hefty swings which caused a wave-motion to be generated in the ladder , very nearly sending us all to the ground sixty feet below . |
| 5 | and this afternoon the Gloucester coach was weighing up his team 's next opponents … tomorrow at Kingsholm the cherry and whites take on the South African Barbarians … a team bristling with international talent … they were warming up on the playing fields at Wycliffe School in Stonehouse … |
| 6 | This technology allows us to produce particle beams with enormous power ( up to a million amps at a few million volts ) but very short duration , typically one ten-millionth of a second . |
| 7 | The Landmark Trust is always willing to consider new candidates for restoration and is often restoring up to a dozen buildings at any one time . |
| 8 | I never seemed to be sort of up to the other scholars at all . |
| 9 | That is to say we are , we all need renewal and new ideas , but we stick to old quarrels and re-run old battles because we do n't know how to face up to the real problems at the present , nor to find ways of working together for a worthwhile future . |
| 10 | Just the splendid staircase leading up to the three doorways at the entrance and above that the tall windows of the first floor gallery , all open to the sky , gazing on emptiness . |
| 11 | Neighbours looked up at the dark windows at night and wondered what could be hidden there , under dust sheets . |
| 12 | The joint declaration was based on a 14-page draft document drawn up by the participating countries at a preparatory meeting in Bolivia on Jan. 10 [ see p. 37182 ] . |