Example sentences of "up [prep] [art] [noun pl] [unc] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The young Fusiliers had been patriotically offered up for the politicians ' errors ; they had even been bullied by the militant women brandishing their white feathers , and they went cheering , singing , promising to come home victoriously to the grime and love of their Lancashire womb . |
| 2 | Even after they moved , and that 's ten years ago now , she would make a point of coming up for the children 's party , at Christmas . ’ |
| 3 | Everyone , it seemed , was anxious to contribute , and ‘ Oh , the rubbish that turns up for the Dolls ' House . ’ |
| 4 | Chris Lewis and Paul Jarvis were the pick of England 's attack , making up for the spinners ' lack of success with gutsy new-ball spells either side of tea . |
| 5 | Chris Lewis and Paul Jarvis were the pick of England 's attack , making up for the spinners ' lack of success with gutsy new-ball spells either side of tea . |
| 6 | So the Civil Contingencies Unit , the Cabinet committee set up after the miners ' strike of ‘ 72 , which I 've no doubt you were intimately involved in , in –74 actually delivered the goods . |
| 7 | The 90 recommendations of the inquiry included the phasing out of seclusion , better staff training and the setting up of a patients ' advocacy service . |
| 8 | The removal of the cupboard and the sealing up of the women 's rest-room had seriously complicated his life . |
| 9 | Donita attributed it directly to the feminist line : ‘ Because this is the first generation that 's grown up with the women 's revolution . |
| 10 | He and Vivienne were also probably fed up with the teds ' meathead mentality . |
| 11 | The Consumers ' Assocation said : ‘ People are fed up with the banks ' incompetence , compounded by arrogance . ’ |
| 12 | The Government watchdog Securities and Investment Board ( known as SIB ) has teamed up with the Consumers ' Association to run a stand at the Home Buying And Finance show at the Ideal Home Exhibition , Earls Court , from 4 to 7 April . |
| 13 | At about the same time that I went up into the Boys ' School , my friend Hubert Gould moved away to Bournemouth and my other friend Alf Norris moved from The Friary to Greencroft Street and , as this was only two hundred yards from our house , we saw quite a lot of each other . |
| 14 | Reflector boards shone light up into the subjects ' faces to refine the modelling ( reflections give a certain hooded look to the eyes in the portrait here ) . |
| 15 | He finished up in the chimpanzees ' cage , hanging from the bars , while trying to retrieve his beret , stolen by one of the animals . |
| 16 | But an enormous backlog of untaxed cases of wine is building up in the producers ' warehouses . |
| 17 | I got the crow 's cage again and afterwards was sent inside to do the washing up in the Corporals ' eating area . |
| 18 | We found one part of the delivery bed in the labour ward but the other part turned up in the children 's ward . |
| 19 | Suddenly the Yeti turned up in the men 's department where I worked . |
| 20 | It was supposed to be the parched Wild West , with dust spraying up from the horses ' hooves and the wheels . |
| 21 | The trend was illustrated by the new cemeteries , which were springing up on the cities ' fringes . |
| 22 | Rumour has it that ‘ Cope ’ , brilliant as it is , might not end up on the Aunts ' album , such is the ‘ glut ’ of material available . |
| 23 | We 're one up on the men 's team . |
| 24 | A sign which went up on the Raiders ' dressing-room door after the match , advising that only Australian media personnel were welcome , bore witness to the visitors ' touchiness about defeat , though at least they did not follow Manly 's example and grumble about the referee . |
| 25 | This could either indicate that online services are failing to be useful , which is doubtful given the significant use that planners make of them , or that the online services have not lived up to the planners ' expectations . |
| 26 | There was a wide space beside the staircase , the stairs rose up to the boys ' bedroom wall , then turned left to join the landing . |
| 27 | The velocity widths of the lines will range roughly up to the bullets ' speed . |
| 28 | As I fought for bar space to order the drinks , I looked over my shoulder and caught her making hand signals to a bunch of her friends camped on the stairs leading up to the Ladies ' toilets . |
| 29 | She knew , however , that her mother could be relied upon to have fastened up the hens before coming up to the Oaks ' farm for the supper , so she settled her fears . |
| 30 | If lots of them signed up at a creditors ' meeting in London on May 27th , that could be decided quickly . |