Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] up in a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The angry words dried up in a strangled gasp , though , as she found herself staring into the dark brown eyes of Julius Landor , her husband . |
| 2 | From time to time , her eyes screwed up in a spasm of misery . |
| 3 | ‘ Oh God , Mary ! ’ says McPherson , ‘ Oh God , Mary ! ’ — his voice is breaking with emotion — ‘ Oh God , Mary , I do n't want our kids to grow up in a world like this , with man an enemy to man , and cats crawling all over the books , in a cold water walk-up behind the subway depot . |
| 4 | Clearly , however , where the overall number of speakers is small as it is in many sociolinguistic surveys , the number of higher-status speakers turning up in a random selection procedure which samples from the entire urban area will be correspondingly small . |
| 5 | She looked down at her new French muslin pyjamas , the corners of her thin lips turning up in a rueful smile , wondering if the whisky stains would come out — and deciding that they probably would n't . |
| 6 | Then four brothers turned up in a bus and killed three brothers who lived in that house next door . |
| 7 | Erica De'Ath , Teenagers Growing up in a Stepfamily |
| 8 | His lips turned up in a self-satisfied smile . |
| 9 | His lips turned up in a terrible parody of a smile . |
| 10 | Her lips curved up in a smile . |
| 11 | Recently , six Humberside teenagers ended up in a psychiatric hospital with a form of schizophrenia after taking the drug . |
| 12 | The Biohybrid pancreas consists of beta cells from animals wrapped up in a patented acrylic plastic and implanted under the skin or in the abdominal cavity . |
| 13 | Although in every case the judge must balance the commercial or property rights of the plaintiff in controlling the information against the value of the defendant 's right of free speech , for many judges brought up in a world which accords pre-eminent value to rights of property , this may seem like balancing hard cash against hot air . |
| 14 | A system which has the intelligence to acknowledge that people are more than just a bag of bones dressed up in a birthday suit and that ill-health is not only caused by biological factors , but social , political , economic and environmental ones as well . |
| 15 | The process begun under Edward I was continued in July 1333 when , at Halidon Hill , outside Berwick , the English showed that they had learned to coordinate the use of ‘ traditional ’ cavalry with the ‘ new ’ archer force , the combination on this occasion being that of archers and dismounted men-at-arms drawn up in a defensive position which showed what successes a measure of flexibility could bring to an army led by men willing to experiment . |
| 16 | I do n't buy guitars to put up in a cabinet on the wall . |
| 17 | The two women in the sombre , fusty dignity of the drawing-room at Buller 's Hill House ; Matthew Choak , trying his uncle 's chair for size ; the little room overlooking the bay where the undertaker kept his secret troubles locked up in a drawer like Pandora 's box ; the Scapegoat turning over and over in its garland of flame ; the clothing , some of it blood-stained , spread out on tables in the police station . |
| 18 | The background showed buildings rising up in a fiery glow ( see illustration ) . |
| 19 | For example , individuals brought up in a truly Marxist society would presumably not regard themselves as the subjects of history , whereas those in bourgeois society believe that they are intentional agents . |
| 20 | Laverne , I just want you to know that business could be seriously affected if my guests end up in a mess , dammit . |
| 21 | John 's mother , Maria , who had often earned her living as a seamstress , made the lavish costumes ; the cream-coloured dresses made up in a pinafore smock style reaching just below the knee . |
| 22 | On entering one , he discovered a home-brew still which the owners broke up in a trice , handing the retort to Yakovlev ‘ as a trophy ’ . |
| 23 | Jane Henson turned into Miss THUGGY when she spotted Wilkins and Wontkins , two Muppet-style characters caught up in a copyright row , at a toy trade fair in the New York Hilton . |
| 24 | there 's rugby at Stow on the wold on Sunday … teague … hastings … andrew … skinner lots of big names lining up in a charity celebrity match they land by helicopter at lunchtime … |
| 25 | Later , when people got squeamish about that sort of thing , they substituted cats — a dozen or so live cats tied up in a sack . |
| 26 | One of my own patients grew up in a loving family where it was assumed that he would eventually study law — just like his grandfather , his father and his uncle . |
| 27 | Pain Teens open up in a cloud of dry ice that fills the stage and eventually leaks out on to the dance floor . |
| 28 | It tells a poignant story about the community where Singleton grew up : of three friends growing up in a South Central Los Angeles neighbourhood , and of street life where friendship , pain , danger and love combine to form reality . |
| 29 | Now that we were being treated as human beings , rather than sorry creatures penned up in a basement , we could relax a bit , which gave us a chance to replenish our flagging energies . |
| 30 | THREE arms go up in a golden salute as brothers Jonny and Greg Searle celebrate victory with Garry Herbert in the 2000m coxed pairs . |