Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] up [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | TRAINER John Gosden made up for Brier Creek 's narrow Ebor defeat when Badawi took the Andy Capp Handicap at York yesterday , writes Carles Fawcus . |
| 2 | When a Masai owned up to cattle raiding and invited punishment he did so in a spirit , not of insolent defiance , but of self-respect . |
| 3 | LEFT Images of Uranus built up from information sent back in 1986 by Voyager 2 ; the image on the right is in false colour and extreme contrast enhancement to show details of Uranus 's polar regions . |
| 4 | Whitlock caught up with Mobuto but remained discreetly in the background while he finished talking to the Chief of Protocol . |
| 5 | Dido choked up with sobs , for her Sicheus |
| 6 | The curtain had to be delayed while Meredith made up as Mr Darling . |
| 7 | Nevil caught up with Maggie as she was leaving Templeton 's . |
| 8 | that 's why Richard phoned up before Christmas said do I want to go round to his place |
| 9 | Markby drew up before Rose Cottage and switched off his engine . |
| 10 | Biddy came up with Uncle Knacker . |
| 11 | Hounslow came up with £100,000 after being given a limit of £10,000 . |
| 12 | Tommy Wright fetched up at Oldham for £80,000 . |
| 13 | During their six month tour of duty in Bosnia the Cheshires faced up to death and mass devastation on a daily basis . |
| 14 | Rebecca cuddled up to Mum after lunch . |
| 15 | Hugh Griffiths , an outsize and very grand Welsh actor with eyebrows like handlebar grips , was there in full bucolic magnificence : there was a Welsh harpist who pretended to be a ghost , Rachel Roberts teamed up with Sybil as ‘ Lady Something or other ’ and they gossiped , knitted the acting village together , went on stage wearing wristwatches and nail varnish . |
| 16 | Scholfield teamed up with Georgie 's Caper for the first time to win the Restricted ( Div 2 ) and then took the Open unchallenged on Confused Express . |
| 17 | Not quite knowing what to expect other than that she wanted a new job , Jean turned up for work promptly on a cold , wet , Monday morning but found no one to let her in . |
| 18 | Britta glanced up at Lacuna . |
| 19 | At this Medusa walked up to Elizabeth . |
| 20 | Jorge grinned up at Mitch with some relief . |
| 21 | Hewitt-Jones went up to Christ Church , Oxford , where he was a pupil of Bernard Rose ( who later recorded his Magnificat , written for Magdalen ) . |
| 22 | Many 's the time Mary has seen litters of Yorkshire Terriers and Bichon Frise crated up at Plymouth railway station — puppies from farms being shipped to France , and an uncertain fate . |
| 23 | Tinnion grew up in Switzerland , though by the mid-30s ( when the body of this book is set ) he has moved to London , where he is enmeshed in an adulterous affair . |
| 24 | ‘ It 's not quite as easy as that , ’ she said , her voice so full of sympathy that Dana looked up in alarm . |
| 25 | Rufford roughed up by Wright stuff |
| 26 | The island of Angistri went up in flames within minutes of being declared a wildlife refuge . |
| 27 | The deer wander from the 120-acre sanctuary which nature-loving Paul and Linda set up near Mr Gibb 's estate at Haddon End in Somerset . |
| 28 | Hari sat up in bed and stared through the window to where the light from the street lamp paled into insignificance against the rising sun . |
| 29 | Ellen sat up in bed , rubbing her eyes with her knuckles like a sleepy child . |
| 30 | Meredith sat up in bed and listened . |