Example sentences of "[noun] [vb base] up at [art] " in BNC.
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1 | As soon as the flow becomes established , in fact , piles of solid lumps of lava build up at the sides of the flow , and help to confine it to its course . |
2 | Hapless drivers draw up at the lights and are yanked from their cars at knife-point . |
3 | His eyes light up at the recollection of some of the challenges he has tackled that would have daunted the more faint-hearted . |
4 | As Britain 's biggest book printer , his eyes light up at the mention of Labour 's proposals for an extra £10 per primary school child for books . |
5 | My eyes light up at the sight of her even though she 's hitting me about the head , so to speak . |
6 | In the second part of his autobiography Ways of Escape , Graham Greene writes of an earlier period , ‘ … in Indo-China I drained a magic potion , a loving-cup which I have shared since with many retired colonels and officers of the Foreign Legion whose eyes light up at the mention of Saigon and Hanoi ’ . |
7 | Every night while the white kids queue up at the teen club Todd 's , or the new romantic Taboo , the black kids flock to the Music Institute for a dose of blinding strobes and pure , hard techno . |
8 | I cast one longing glance up at the cliffs of Coire Ardair , where the sun was glancing off the icy tips of gleaming rock , and I knew that next time I 'd get the sucker . |
9 | Erm now er just just Philip just correct me er on the on the detail of this thing , er individuals pitch up at the tent , collect the collect the instructions |
10 | Well , the speedway season is upon us ; tapes go up at the Oxford Stadium on Friday . |
11 | Ahead of the opening of a new Supreme Soviet session on Sept. 10 a working group of ministers and experts set up at the end of August had been attempting to synthesise two sets of proposals [ see p. 37663 ] . |
12 | She heard the front gate squeak open , and as she saw the two young Garda officers look up at the window and come slowly up her path , Kit Hegarty suddenly knew without any doubt what they were coming to tell her . |
13 | These same eggs end up at a supermarket as fresh free range ! |
14 | The company memory of the late launch of a profitable product will convey more merit than the prompt launch of a failure , whatever the arguments put up at the time . |
15 | Every week , around 80 people turn up at the Prestbury Road Handicapped Day Centre in Cheltenham . |
16 | Instead of dressing warmly for the elements , the bikers end up at the summit of popular hills dressed like Paul Weller in a Style Council video . |
17 | Some of these children show an interesting reaction when the allergenic foods are removed from the diet and other allergens avoided : their mental and behavioural symptoms clear up at the same time as their physical ones . |
18 | ‘ Paramedics would be used , field hospitals set up at the scene if necessary , helicopters from Whitechapel would fly out casualties , ’ added Mr Whitehead who said a triangle of hospitals would deal with the injured and all the plans were agreed by the airport 's consultative committee . |
19 | Smoking is on a steady decline among both men and women — but men pack up at a faster rate than women . |
20 | The others crop up at the door , holding Crilly . |
21 | Despite this apparent discrepancy in cessation rates , it would appear that women give up at a rate very similar to men 's : women almost exclusively smoke ( and therefore give up ) cigarettes , whilst men sometimes switch from cigarettes to a pipe or cigars [ 2 ] . |
22 | Some of the students look up at the word ‘ castration ’ , admiring the cool poise with which Robyn pronounces it , as one might admire a barber 's expert manipulation of a cut-throat razor . |
23 | The adventurers end up at a confluence of shafts , one of which leads to the Bloodheart itself . |
24 | ‘ Romans line up at the camp and Brits over there in the woods , ’ Nigel instructed . |
25 | And although hundreds of young hopefuls turn up at the Storm offices in London each year most of Sarah 's ‘ finds ’ are chance encounters . |
26 | Yeah but I shall go for it but if any other jobs come up at the hospital I 'll apply for them |