Example sentences of "[vb past] up in [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ For all at once there was a rumble and a roaring along the road in the mist , and the hooded crows rose up in alarm at the sound of it . |
| 2 | Even as he did get his bearings a great tree swirled towards him out of the night and a rook he never saw rose up in alarm , cawing darkly away into the storm . |
| 3 | Unwilling to allow legal reforms like the Catholic Relief Act 1793 ( which repealed some aspects of the Penal Laws ) to appease them , the movement rose up in rebellion in 1798 . |
| 4 | A huge curtain of grey cliff rose up in front of him , the lie of the ground making its appearance seem instant and magical , like scenery in a theatre . |
| 5 | The clouds rose up in front of God 's throne . |
| 6 | As the car drew up in front of the Lodge with a crunch of gravel , Detective Sergeant Allen strode out to meet them . |
| 7 | The huge wooden gates were opened by a legionnaire in combat kit with a FA-MAS assault rifle slung across his chest , and his beret tilted over his right eye ; we drew up in front of a five-storey building and got out . |
| 8 | It was raining as we drew up in front of the building and started unpacking our kit . |
| 9 | He drew up in front of a pair of wrought-iron gates where he was immediately challenged by a bearded man wearing jeans and a faded black T-shirt . |
| 10 | When he brought her back he just drew up in front of the villa , jumped out , opened door , kissed hand , ‘ Bon soir , Madame , ’ and he was off . |
| 11 | Across the road , a taxi drew up in front of the august jewellers and a man in pinstripe trousers and black jacket got out , then helped a woman with magnificent grey hair to alight . |
| 12 | They were both silent , busy with their own thoughts , apart from her directions , until he drew up in front of the divided house that contained her tiny flat . |
| 13 | ‘ You bitch ! ’ he whispered as the car drew up in front of the country house hotel that her father had decided was good enough for the reception to celebrate the wedding of his only daughter to the reigning world champion . |
| 14 | They drew up in front of a pair of steel gates topped with spikes . |
| 15 | Morse made no reply , and two minutes later Lewis drew up in front of The Randolph . |
| 16 | But , fifteen minutes later , it was n't the police station , but one of the local hotels that they drew up in front of . |
| 17 | He turned into a dusty side-street and drew up in front of a five-storey block of flats . |
| 18 | ‘ This is what it is all about really ’ , said one of the clowns , handing me a bun just before he dashed across to the pub car park where they all lined up in order to be judged which of them was the best-dressed ( he was , incidentally ) . |
| 19 | Then Jilly cast off her chadour and sang , a plaintive rendering of ‘ The Winter of Seventy-Nine ’ , and suddenly , as happens on these occasions , the knockabout mood changed , people stopped laughing , tears stood in eyes , as Jilly 's harsh , grating flat voice lamented the year and deplored the future , as her white , beaky , angry face gazed fiercely at the audience , as the confined energy of months swelled up in self-pity around the room , orchestrated by Jilly 's incantation : |
| 20 | Constance jerked up in bed clutching her throat in terror . |
| 21 | The full impact of it seemed to come from the roof , and was so strong that she jerked up in bed . |
| 22 | His attention was jerked back to the issue at hand as the tennis ball bounced up in front of him , hitting him in the face . |
| 23 | In one movement Rincewind unrolled and bounced up in front of the little man , his hands gripping his shoulders desperately . |
| 24 | He knelt up in front of me , our bodies touching from shoulder to knee , his hands in my hair , his mouth at the side of mine . |
| 25 | Throughout the 1960s , as technology , especially computer technology , developed , pressure built up in Parliament for legislative controls . |
| 26 | September to October , " the suicide months " , posed a special hazard as the heat and humidity built up in preparation for the rainy season . |
| 27 | He crumpled up in agony . |
| 28 | Jimmy dried up in anger again . |
| 29 | She woke up in bed with a man with a red beard , but from the snide remarks and sideways looks of those fellow guests who were still there in the morning gathered that he had not been her only partner of the night . |
| 30 | He had me drugged and I … well , I woke up in bed with one of the girls . |