Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] up in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The three raiding parties laid up in the mountains during the day to observe their targets and descended on to the coastal plain as darkness fell . |
| 2 | There were also some strange red rods sticking up in the air from a holder . |
| 3 | Depending on the evolution of management during the early 1990s , the confusions building up in the Training Authority 's role may need to be unravelled : either it is strengthened as an effective arm of central policy , or it is abolished so that the market — created by itself — can have freer play . |
| 4 | And they indicate there that there are excellent opportunities opening up in the United Kingdom bottled water market across the full range of available products commonly consumed and specifically identified friendly product ranges . |
| 5 | But as Percy Makepeace twittered through the hall and down the corridor with his clerical acquaintance , two more cars drew up in the Burleigh driveway . |
| 6 | The captain has the responsibility of having the report of the shoot , the names of the people who entered , minutes of their AGM and the prizewinners written up in the records . |
| 7 | The founding fathers of capitalist enterprise in south-western Germany were not always rich , but the number of those with long family experience in business , and often in the industries they were to develop , is significant : Swiss-Alsatian Protestants like the Koechlin , Geigy or Sarrasin , Jews grown up in the finance of small princelings , rather than technically innovating craftsmen-entrepreneurs . |
| 8 | Central Asia 's ethnically based republics were invented after the 1917 revolution , their artificial borders drawn up in the 1920s and 1930s , leaving thousands of Uzbeks , Kirgiz , Kazakhs and others in the ‘ wrong ’ republic . |
| 9 | I had been down in my pantry working through the supplies sheets , when I had heard somewhere above my head the unmistakable sounds of motor cars pulling up in the courtyard . |
| 10 | Later , as a result of other movements in the rocks , fissures opened up in the slowly solidifying granite . |
| 11 | Neighbour Brian Dean , a 55-year-old chauffeur , said : ‘ I was woken up by the police cars lining up in the middle of the street . |
| 12 | There are easy comparisons : both have kids growing up in the same neighbourhood . |
| 13 | The losses run up in the third quarter will seriously hit the aggregate figure for the whole of 1992 , with pre-tax profits for the year expected to be about 95 per cent down on the £528 million recorded in 1991 . |
| 14 | Swathes opened up in the crowds on either side as they saw the brickbats coming . |
| 15 | The bargaining was affected both by the new opportunities opened up in the 1970s and by the growing risks attendant on the 1980s . |
| 16 | It was also decided that political parties set up in the future should only be granted " observer " status . |
| 17 | Members and supporters brought up in the pre-1968 glory days are mostly content to support the White Rose despite their lack of success . |
| 18 | That is the private opportunity cost of the funds tied up in the project . |
| 19 | Safri cleaned up in the song awards , with Par Linghade judged best dance song and best cover song and Bomb The Tombi the best album . |
| 20 | How do the animals end up in the zoos ? |
| 21 | This is the area to the north of St Paul 's Cathedral , where there is a 1950s development , which he described as ‘ the prototype for all the windswept urban squares dreamt up in the fifties and sixties ’ that amounted to ‘ the rape of Britain ’ . |
| 22 | Kids come up in the street and say , ‘ Hey Mista Rick , how ya doin' ? ’ |
| 23 | Almost all schools ended up in the black in the first year . |
| 24 | Two of his brothers ended up in the House of Lords . |
| 25 | — A Chinese officer in a uniform more than adequately equipped with polished belts , straps and full holsters stood up in the front passenger seat of the car like George Washington crossing the Delaware , shouting dictatorially . |
| 26 | These are usually presented as small corners made up in the particular moulding to give you an idea of the finished effect , but any reputable framer will be able to answer any questions you have , as well as give you plenty of sound advice should you need it . |
| 27 | But as the fear of invasion receded and the public outrage at the scandals of the Arandora Star and the Dunera made itself known , refugees moved up in the War Office estimation . |
| 28 | Such sharks caught up in the net of pressganging were generally ideal raw material for the Guard . |
| 29 | The expensive new shops , restaurants , casinos and nightclubs opening up in the status-conscious post-Soviet capital are often given Western names , which represent luxury to the city 's chic new bourgeoisie. — Reuter |
| 30 | Scientists have known for some time that fusion reactions between nuclei of deuterium and tritium are more likely if the nuclear spins line up in the same direction . |