Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] up in [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To the layman they all look pretty similar : crisp emerald weed buoyed up in the stream and then , in July , a snow in summer of glistening white flowers , which spill over the water in a way that seems to spell out the brief abundance of midsummer . |
| 2 | In spite of this , it was half an hour before she came downstairs dressed up to the nines in a pin-striped trouser-suit , her hair caught up in a turban of white silk . |
| 3 | The bike drew up in the yard under the tree . |
| 4 | Children , trapped in the car of an innocent driver caught up in the crash . |
| 5 | I 'd arranged with the local flying club to go up in a small ‘ Cub ’ training aircraft , which is well-suited for aerial photography as it has a very slow cruising speed . |
| 6 | And the wind got up in the night and pretty strong and we had a hut a twenty by twenty five foot fourteen eighteen war hut in the middle of a square and there was a shop and a storeroom besides . |
| 7 | A high concentration builds up in the fish which are a staple part of the Cree and Inuit 's diet . |
| 8 | Meanwhile the chlorine builds up in the stratosphere , and the ‘ hole ’ over the Antarctic continues to grow . |
| 9 | The awful triumvirate of fear , guilt and anger has to be faced and the tension built up in the body dealt with . |
| 10 | Outside , the bad dog recommenced barking rather savagely as a car drew up in the yard . |
| 11 | As we spoke , a car drew up in the carport ( which incidentally was still just as I 'd built it 15 years ago ! ) and to our astonishment ( because the ownership had changed since we sold it ) the lady recognised us ( she 'd been given our Edinburgh address by a mutual friend and had actually called on us once , which we 'd totally forgotten ! ) . |
| 12 | Then a car drew up in the courtyard and at the same time the telephone rang . |
| 13 | It can be a pig to set up in the most efficient way as regards memory , because it can use a tremendous amount of the base 640k of a PC . |
| 14 | His look deepened and the corners of his well-defined mouth turned up in a half-smile of mystery . |
| 15 | Several other sets of doors were dotted around the floor and , far off to the left , a black maw opened up in the wall , with so little light coming from it that Benny was certain the tunnel beyond turned several times before reaching the outside world . |
| 16 | The Duke was revelling in the occasion , his toothless mouth curved up in a great leer like the mask of comedy . |
| 17 | Sweeping into Battersea Park , the anti-lock brakes show to advantage as the car pulls up in a flurry of leaves . |
| 18 | The figure curled up in the chair by the fire , stirred and yawned toothlessly . |
| 19 | A civilian judge investigating the case died on Nov. 19 when her car blew up in the capital , Santiago . |
| 20 | The child Nizan grew up in the shadow of death . |
| 21 | The industry grew up in the Lake District because there was a demand for gunpowder in the slate quarries and copper mines of the region , and because of the ready availability of birch and alder for charcoal and fast flowing becks to drive the machinery in the area . |
| 22 | In other words , the reef grew up in the presence of the starfish . |
| 23 | He left the room abruptly before anyone could respond , and it was only when Belinda heard his powerful car start up in the driveway that she realised he was n't coming back . |
| 24 | battery wrote in his journal during the peak of the March battle on the Right Bank ; ‘ the fine weather continues , the days lengthen ; it is a pleasure to get up in the morning … ’ |
| 25 | " To bed , " she said decisively , " I 'll have some tea sent up in a little while . " |
| 26 | Julie Craig heard the car pull up in the driveway and hurried across to the landing window-to look out . |
| 27 | Fortunately the low 85-knot rotation speed comes up in no time at all , providing a sense of relief at being airborne before losing control of the situation . |
| 28 | King Charles VII won Bayonne back from the foreigners in 1451 after a siege and , if a plaque set up in the cathedral has it right , with a little supernatural help . |
| 29 | Central government had encouraged new towns with light industry to spring up in the valleys but the impact of these industries as an employer of part-time farmers had been very low . |
| 30 | Certainly , the complex set up in the city meant that the bishop , appointed in the time of Sigibert , was only too easily suspected of treason by Guntram — and the arrival of Gundovald clearly did not help matters . |