Example sentences of "[to-vb] up in [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Asked to sum up in a sentence the essence of his long career as a reporter , he considers the question for a few seconds , laughs , and says : ‘ I do n't think I could do better than quote my old friend the late Jimmy Robinson , who was the Daily Mail 's man in Belfast for many years . |
| 2 | It was an act familiar to anyone , that is almost everyone , who has suffered from those self-inflicted illnesses that inspire only a feeling of wanting to curl up in a ball and be alone . |
| 3 | They are ideal for large breeds , or individuals which have a back ailment of any kind and may find it painful to curl up in a basket . |
| 4 | She wanted to curl up in a small ball somewhere quiet , dark and safe , and stay there until she felt capable of facing the world again . |
| 5 | Jim had not really woken up for his breakfast and was happy to curl up in the back again . |
| 6 | Since general public speaking courses are not preparing you to give a particular speech , but to give speeches in general , the first task is simply to get you to stand up in a room full of people and ask you to speak about anything you like for three minutes . |
| 7 | You can be too geriatric to stand up in a boat … and you might quiver a bit . |
| 8 | She had to stand up in the midst of a certain amount of pomp and ceremony and address a large audience , which included her own family , her husband , the Prime Minister , the Lord Mayor and a host of City dignitaries , many of them accomplished public speakers themselves . |
| 9 | She was trying to stand up in the pool but could n't because of the costume . |
| 10 | And there was plenty to smash up in the shed . |
| 11 | The concrete was cold to his bottom , and he stared at the stairs down which Bunty had fallen , his throat and his face and his eyes seeming to swell up in a great hot surge of grief . |
| 12 | Perhaps the topic that worries you may be scheduled to come up in a later training session — but it happens today . |
| 13 | Learn to study ahead of the lectures by using the techniques of chapter 4 in the section on Key words and Pattern of notes and by drawing pattern diagrams for two topics soon to come up in the lecture programme . |
| 14 | Ah erm well , Chairman , I I think that this is something that 's going to cut , as far as Hambledon 's got concerns , is going to come up in the erm in the next debate , certainly , erm , the erm , the issue of erm whether policy should be expressed in terms of principle and criteria , or erm area and a district as being a dilemma erm to Hambledon , erm , it feels it 's erm erm not being able to support the policy as defined , because ultimately the Council would object to a new settlement in Hambledon . |
| 15 | Before the meeting , you know at the moment John Major is in Moscow , erm before that meeting there 'll have been much work done by the officials on briefing papers , on trying to identify the potential issues that are going to come up in the meeting , there 'll have been a lot of background work that would be similar er to patterns of relationships between various departments erm in any process of decision making . |
| 16 | Now unit six is very likely to come up in the exam so when you do this test for Monday you are in effect preparing for the exam . |
| 17 | As Timothy West tells it , this was a moment as chilling as any Ken was able to conjure up in the theatre . |
| 18 | Archer describes this as " imaging " — the ability " to conjure up in the mind 's eye an image of something or system … rotate and transform it " … make shrewd judgements about its construction , practicability and worth " . |
| 19 | ‘ Thoroughbreds will always be able to catch up in a race over a long distance . |
| 20 | Companies behind with their accounts and returns submissions will have to catch up in the next 12 months . |
| 21 | It will not be long before the circumstances in this country — I do not refer to a change of Government at the next election , which I profoundly do not wish to see — allow us to catch up in the two key areas which were subjected to further delay on this occasion . |
| 22 | Well , people that I spoke to , spoken to from Cardiff , they they originally got involved because one of the lads used to work up in the factory , the chairman of their labour club , and after that I do n't , politically you know it started off completely non political , but after a while people latched on to it as a dispute that could be won , and you know that would be one up for the workers and the country . |
| 23 | She says that the duckling loves to snuggle up in the dogs fur . |
| 24 | It becomes the subject of countless official reports , inquiries and learned articles , and it starts to crop up in the soaps . |
| 25 | Such references also tended to crop up in the earlier discussion of attitudes to particular tasks : this comment of Jean Bevan 's is representative : |
| 26 | This one , he said , pointing to Bobby , he had had to pick up in the street . |
| 27 | Whether such countries choose to open up in a GATT round or in bilateral negotiations is beside the point ; opening is opening , however it is achieved . |
| 28 | When you 've made a physical space — a table and a chair — for your writer-self , you will find that an inner space begins to open up in the imagination . |
| 29 | Under the Act , regional councils no longer have the power to coordinate bus services in their area , with the result that gaps have begun to open up in the bus network throughout Scotland . |
| 30 | The Gate House project 's about to open up in the middle of town , which is a drop in centre , sponsored by city centre churches . |