Example sentences of "[vb pp] up [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | John Pain ( flying P3731 ) : ‘ This was a brawl with some 15 CR 42s in which the entire flight got mixed up some miles out to sea at about 18,000 feet between St. Paul 's Bay and Sliema . |
| 2 | Russell ( 1986 ) prefers a model in which mineralising fluids were generated by Carboniferous seawater penetrating , and reacting with , the underlying Caledonian basement to increasing depths ( up to 10 km ) under a normal geothermal gradient during basin extension before being discharged up listric faults . |
| 3 | OH , what a stir was caused by Ghostwatch , the BBC Halloween programme which appeared to have conjured up evil spirits in a haunted house . |
| 4 | This is the man who has conjured up fresh doubts about the validity of the so-called Dianagate tapes . |
| 5 | This is the man who has conjured up fresh doubts about the validity of the so-called Dianagate tapes . |
| 6 | The mind that had conjured up those designs had to be brilliant — annoying , devious , prone to flights of fancy — but brilliant all the same . |
| 7 | By the time the threatened rain arrived around 4pm , 70 overs had been bowled , 50 of them by spinners , there had been two 100-run partnerships and Boon and Whitaker had picked up stylish half-centuries . |
| 8 | Lauda only picked up four points from the two races . |
| 9 | A second canoe on this mission was paddled back to be safely picked up five miles from the English coast . |
| 10 | Volunteers recently picked up eight tons of litter left by them . |
| 11 | Picked up expensive habits , too . |
| 12 | Stoke have picked up 14 points from their last seven games . |
| 13 | His own sources among the Altun had picked up vague hints of another conception upon which Sidacai had drawn or to which he had been led . |
| 14 | Or perhaps it was merely an accident that Marcus had picked up those utterances of his ancestors . |
| 15 | The truth is that some members of the Liverpool board had misgivings about the way Swansea were run and wondered if Toshack might have picked up bad habits . |
| 16 | ‘ The visit , in view of the time allocated , was necessarily superficial and only likely to have picked up gross discrepancies , ’ it said . |
| 17 | Despite Graham 's protestations , Arsenal have picked up 23 bookings already this season and a growing injury list has further blighted the Gunners ' bid for a third championship triumph in five seasons . |
| 18 | AUSTRALIAN he-man Mel Gibson , best known for ‘ Mad Max ’ and ‘ Lethal Weapon ’ , has picked up kinder notices for his ‘ Hamlet ’ than perhaps he or anyone else expected . |
| 19 | ‘ We have failed to progress in Europe in recent years , but we have picked up valuable lessons from those experiences and I feel we are now ready for the challenge . ’ |
| 20 | Athelstan carefully picked up some splinters of wood . |
| 21 | I 've just picked up some words and phrases . ’ |
| 22 | In group A the Paper Tigers with their amazing bouncing ball have lifted their rounders difference to great heights while Dr Blobby and the Blobettes have at last picked up some points from a game , which means that all teams this year have managed to win at least one point . |
| 23 | From his wording , it would appear he has picked up these rumours secondhand from somewhere . |
| 24 | From the same shop he could have picked up enough straps and buckles and ties to restrain King Kong . |
| 25 | The squad had picked up several copies from a local newsagent : would I like one ? |
| 26 | He started to swim , but was picked up 50 minutes later and returned to land and hospital . |
| 27 | So far the survey has picked up 20 galaxies ; it should eventually find several thousand . |
| 28 | Since then he has picked up 20 disqualifications and has served 12 jail sentences . |
| 29 | When we came to a final stop we were carried up many flights of stairs , taken into an apartment and dumped on the floor . |
| 30 | The Gnomes had gone to considerable trouble ; Culdub and Bith had sat up long hours and consulted books and chronicles and there had been much burning of late candles and worried scurryings to and fro between the Gnomes ' houses in the little mountain village . |