Example sentences of "[vb past] up in the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A blue shape that swam up in the doorway . |
| 2 | She rose up in the world without lifting a finger when she married into the gentry and I daresay she let him feel the difference been them . |
| 3 | While he and Blanche hummed up in the lift to the conference room , Dexter told the superintendent what he had found out at the dry cleaner 's . |
| 4 | He took no notice , but turned in and drew up in the courtyard . |
| 5 | Then a car drew up in the courtyard and at the same time the telephone rang . |
| 6 | The bike drew up in the yard under the tree . |
| 7 | Outside , the bad dog recommenced barking rather savagely as a car drew up in the yard . |
| 8 | When Jed drew up in the alley behind Mitch 's place , he saw an oil-lamp glowing in the kitchen window . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 ! ) . |
| 11 | This does mean , of course , that there is no control over the model 's yaw axis ( rudder to you fixed-wing flyers ) during the descent , although the natural weathercock effect of the fuselage will keep it lined up in the direction of flight . |
| 12 | To the accompaniment of shouts and screams from the Corporals , we lined up in the corridor and were counted and recounted by them . |
| 13 | We lined up in the final and I came off the bend well in the lead . |
| 14 | They caught up in the air did n't they ? |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | When you were talking about your dredging earlier on , you used to take th the soil that you dredged up in the mud , in your dredger out t employ the hoppers out to sea . |
| 17 | When I regained control , telling myself , ‘ It 's OK , you 're not taped , you 're not in the truck , ’ I was always left with a residue of remembered fear , which built up in the back of my mind . |
| 18 | The study confirmed that acid rain was caused mainly by emissions from coal-fired power stations and stated that the huge reserves of sulphur built up in the soil meant that many Scottish and Scandinavian lakes would suffer the effects of acid rain for decades even if sulphur dioxide emissions were cut radically . |
| 19 | Mr Hollings confirmed that Dowding was holding on to its 8.7pc stake in T&C , built up in the run-up to and during the launch of the takeover bid . |
| 20 | Complex carbohydrates are best taken regularly throughout the day so that the glycogen is steadily replaced and built up in the muscles . |
| 21 | Hitler 's extraordinary popular standing , built up in the peacetime years on the foundations of his perceived personal achievement in overcoming economic and political crisis , ridding Germany of unemployment , and making the nation great again through an astonishing series of diplomatic coups , was maintained in the first phase of the war ; it was then even further elevated through the scarcely conceivable run of military victories attained with minimal loss and sacrifice and , not least , through the prospect he continued to hold up of an imminent glorious end to the war . |
| 22 | The awful triumvirate of fear , guilt and anger has to be faced and the tension built up in the body dealt with . |
| 23 | This built up finance , but , perhaps more importantly , built up in the community a knowledge of the organisation and about deafness . |
| 24 | From London to Canterbury the traffic was solid and the fumes that built up in the car made her head ache . |
| 25 | After a record rise in the spring , the price reaching £800 ( $1,300 ) a tonne for the first time , lead prices fell in early December to around £340 ( $660 ) a tonne as stocks built up in the face of sluggish demand from battery manufacturers . |
| 26 | Huge backlogs of work built up in the securities dealers ' back offices as deals could not be completed within the exchange 's usual accounts periods . |
| 27 | In Malaysia , a single tiger whisker ground up in the animal 's flesh or bone is thought to be powerful enough to kill an enemy . |
| 28 | A part of ‘ gross ’ investment will therefore be needed simply to replace these assets used up in the course of production . |
| 29 | A quick calculation will show that the sum of constant capital used up in the production cycle — 5454.5 — plus the constant capital accumulated from surplus-value is equal to the product of Dept . |
| 30 | Here there were some more beautiful flower arrangements and the band of the Inns of Court and City Yeomanry The Royal Yeomanry played up in the gallery during luncheon . |