Example sentences of "[verb] up [adv] in [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When it starts up fully in 1985 , the plant should produce some 500 tonnes of tin a year , one tenth of Cornwall 's present output . |
| 2 | Erm the parts of the country where things have been a bit flat seem to be the north and the south west and both of those are regions in which export orders received fell in the previous two surveys so that seems to be consistent although in the north they seem to have picked up somewhat in this survey erm and optimism is also erm er stronger in this survey than it was in the previous one . |
| 3 | He could n't remember the transition from sofa to bed , but he must have made it because he woke up there in total darkness with a headache and a blocked nose and a sense that something was not quite right . |
| 4 | PAT officials say the number of cases has shot up dramatically in recent months , and is now running at about one case each week . |
| 5 | We went into Street for a few years and then we came up here in nineteen twenty eight . |
| 6 | The first Czech constitution was drawn up here in 1920 . |
| 7 | Gently turn up the heating , and ensure that they are wrapped up well in light blankets or warmer clothing , and take warm drinks . |
| 8 | The team 's fortunes turned up again in 1986 . |
| 9 | Even Burt Lancaster became tired of Douglas 's temperament when they teamed up again in 1964 to make Seven Days in May . |
| 10 | He joined the Israeli army in 1948 , fought at Latroun and in Galilee and joined up again in 1956 and 1967 . |
| 11 | A bright nova flared up here in 1936 , but has long since become much too faint to be seen except with very large telescopes . |
| 12 | She said ; I would not want to go up there in this wind . |
| 13 | Only everything 's been so buggered up today in general … , ’ |
| 14 | He says : ‘ They were rare even in Binks ’ day , but the strange thing was that there was a tradition among the people who lived up there in those days to make a ball out of clay and cover it with spring gentians . |
| 15 | She comments on the role of women in contemporary American society , using a variety of technical tricks to reveal the ‘ feminine ’ nature of objects that crop up regularly in day-to-day life . |
| 16 | Jim sat down by the fire in Albert 's old chair and then reversed direction and got up again in one amazing movement . |
| 17 | And one of the , the things that Jesus is bringing up particularly in this first se parable here , the parable of the lost sheep , is that he is concerned for that individual , for that one person . |
| 18 | ‘ Just as long as you get up there in one piece and stay put all night you can crawl up on your hands and knees for all I care . ’ |
| 19 | For these reasons it seems reasonable to suggest that all lifeforms on Earth shared a common origin : there is little likelihood that it sprang up contemporaneously in several different parts of the globe . |
| 20 | The huge improvements in productivity have borne up well in recent months . |
| 21 | ‘ You realize , Stevens , I do n't expect you to be locked up here in this house all the time I 'm away . |
| 22 | He had been called up briefly in 1940 , and had not been returned to School for very long before his death , which came as a great shock . |
| 23 | In the business district of Makati , not more than four hundred rebel troops were holed up yesterday in several unpromising locations with no possibility of reinforcement . |
| 24 | These were taught in a number of schools which had sprung up mainly in large cities throughout the nineteenth century . |
| 25 | It is a complex carbohydrate and consists of starches and fibre bound up together in such things as bread , potatoes , fruit , vegetables , nuts and pulses . |
| 26 | A trust is set up even in this way : ‘ I want you to give ’ ‘ I desire you to give ’ ‘ I believe you will give ’ . |
| 27 | A blast furnace was set up here in 1755 by Jonathan Kendall , powered by a waterwheel and fired with charcoal , and it remains in situ beside the River Dovey , the subject of preservation for public interest . |
| 28 | During the war the national crisis kept discontent within bounds , but when income tax actually went up again in 1919 ( to pay amongst other things-for homes for heroes ) the reaction of taxpayers was very hostile indeed , especially when in 1920 inflation reached unprecedented levels too . |
| 29 | This set-back meant that flax prices went up steeply in 1922 to meet demand , and sowing increased sharply in the autumn , bringing quick prosperity to parts of Belorussia . |
| 30 | Seeing it there , foursquare in soot-streaked stone , with its barred windows , great studded iron door , and high walls trimmed with barbed wire , makes her think with a shudder of the men cooped up inside in cramped cells smelling of sweat and urine , rapists and pimps and wife-beaters and child-molesters among them , and her heart sinks under the thought that crime and punishment are equally horrible , equally inevitable — unless men should change , all become like Charles , which seems unlikely . |