Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [vb past] up [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Flat expanses of sand conjured up images of the savannah it had once been : giraffes picking leaves from high branches , an antelope grazing , and young zebras running in circles while their mothers eye a drowsy lion in the long grass . |
| 2 | For them , the change in leadership and the promise of reform opened up opportunities denied to the Red Guard generation and they did not want to jeopardise them by becoming too involved in a politically orientated movement . |
| 3 | Drifts of rain came up Loch Maree as I plowtered wet and chilled along the lochside to find the spot for JTR 's ‘ Loch Maree ’ . |
| 4 | Unaccountably , a tide of colour crept up Juliet 's neck into her cheeks . |
| 5 | The US Secretary of State set up SEATO — the South East Asia Treaty Organisation — as a forum for discussion in South East Asia , in order to show it was not wielding its power without consultation , to try to help sort things out . |
| 6 | Oh god I feel like death warmed up Mark it 's a horrible feeling . |
| 7 | The move which the program chooses is the one which leads to a position HisPos with maximum backed up value . |