Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb pp] up at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Posidonius confessed that at first he had been disturbed by the spectacle of human heads nailed up at the entrance of the aristocratic Celtic houses , but afterwards " becoming used to it he could bear it with equanimity " ( Strabo 4.4.5 ) . |
| 2 | Jack might be jolly enough and a fine fellow when spending his hard-earned cash ashore , but he very quickly became " Poor Jack " when , after months cooped up at sea , he found himself fleeced by prostitutes , brothel keepers , slop-sellers and crimps for no better reason than exploitation of his hunger for female company and his desire for entertainment and refreshment . |
| 3 | The winning team is the one which has all its frogs lined up at the other end of the room . |
| 4 | THE SNORTING TRAIN sent steam swirling through the buzzing crowd of people as they swarmed from the platform into the open wagons drawn up at Leicester station . |
| 5 | Football specials lined up at the Pleasure Beach loop on 22 November 1980 , during a cup-tie match between Blackpool and Fleetwood . |
| 6 | There have been no stations opened up at settlements of this size . |
| 7 | Victorine and Rose had gone , leaving tottering piles of dirty plates , cutlery soaking in jugs , saucepans and pots lined up at the side of the sink . |
| 8 | as things cropped up at the time she just showed me how to do it , and I just picked it from there . |
| 9 | A number of draft agreements drawn up at a meeting of the ACC Ministerial Council , held in Baghdad on Jan. 16-17 , were ratified including accords covering co-operation in industry , oil and gas , health , air transport and tourism . |
| 10 | As players and spectators heated up at Wimbledon 's Centre Court Dan Maskell stayed cool . |
| 11 | He did not feel that the 15 day limit for minutes of the final meeting and responses to issues brought up at it was inadequate . |
| 12 | ‘ It is important that laws drawn up at community level are seen to be applied in an effective and consistent manner throughout the community . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Where to today ? ’ he asked as they set off , weaving between the trams drawn up at the Statue terminus and careful to avoid getting their tyres caught in the tramlines . |