Example sentences of "[vb past] up [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He rose up on tiptoe , looking round for James , Allan , and the rest . |
| 2 | She could see them standing on the ridge of hill that rose up behind Tara 's eastern boundaries , sending out the strong magic of the Samhailt to their creatures , so that the woods and the streams and the hillsides thrummed and quivered with the Mindsong . |
| 3 | Terrible dread rose up within Lucien . |
| 4 | A cold shiver rose up from Manville 's feet to his head , jerking the blasphemy from his mouth . |
| 5 | A bitter laugh rose up like bile in her throat . |
| 6 | ‘ 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | The people of the district rose up in arms and reinstated the abbot , but their triumph was short-lived . |
| 9 | All the terrible things she had thought earlier rose up in Pat 's mind . |
| 10 | Unwilling to allow legal reforms like the Catholic Relief Act 1793 ( which repealed some aspects of the Penal Laws ) to appease them , the movement rose up in rebellion in 1798 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | The clouds rose up in front of God 's throne . |
| 13 | ‘ Peggy ’ James , the proprietor , a heavily built man and had a wooden leg — hence his nickname — but he was remarkably speedy to provide quick service when cars drew up for petrol from his one , hand-operated pump . |
| 14 | As they drew up to Belmodes , Rose said , ‘ I know you 're a rotten little tyke in many ways , but professionally you 're the tops . |
| 15 | Hunt had recently been down on his luck and one day , whilst trying to interest publishers in his drawings , had been walking the streets with a portfolio under his arm when a taxi drew up with Francis Bacon inside . |
| 16 | Moments later he drew up at Hell Bunker , a deep , sprawling dune that once was the most famous bunker in all of St Andrews . |
| 17 | Huy wondered whether that eldest daughter , who worked as Reni 's secretary , had helped him destroy the documents he drew up during Akhenaten 's reign , which would have given such priceless ammunition to his enemies , before turning his attention to the newcomers . |
| 18 | And so it was that , just after five on Friday evening , a large black Bentley , with not a sign of a dent anywhere , drew up outside Lisa 's little terraced cottage and waited while she darted into Josey 's to collect her daughter , then into her own house to pick up their luggage . |
| 19 | A brightly polished black Citron followed them in and drew up beside Duclos ' horse . |
| 20 | As the car drew up in front of the Lodge with a crunch of gravel , Detective Sergeant Allen strode out to meet them . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | It was raining as we drew up in front of the building and started unpacking our kit . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | ‘ 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 . |
| 28 | They drew up in front of a pair of steel gates topped with spikes . |
| 29 | Morse made no reply , and two minutes later Lewis drew up in front of The Randolph . |
| 30 | But , fifteen minutes later , it was n't the police station , but one of the local hotels that they drew up in front of . |