Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] [noun] up [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was no more sound , so he slowly reversed back into the road as the Sturmabteilungen from the gate carne up to investigate . |
| 2 | This sort of first-hand evidence from the children reveals how utterly distorted were the verdicts of groups such as the National Federation of Women 's Institutes when , after citing highly selective and impressionistic reports from their local workers — which tended to repeat ad nauseam the ‘ fish and chips ’ allegations and held the evacuee mother up to ridicule — they concluded : |
| 3 | Moreover , Labour councillors do not defend their actions ; they put the county treasurer up to do it and then give him a £4,000 salary increase . |
| 4 | And then he used to pick the undress goods up to go to G and W 's , still down Road . |
| 5 | First he made a gourd spring up to protect Jonah from the sun ( by ‘ gourd ’ we are to understand something like the castor-oil plant or Palma Christi , with its rapid growth and all-sheltering leaves ) ; then , with no more than a wave of the silk handkerchief , he sent a maggot to destroy the said gourd , leaving Jonah painfully exposed to the heat . |