Example sentences of "[vb past] up in [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It trembled on the cold stairs and rose up in invisible clouds from the thread-bare carpets . |
| 2 | The van drew up in Pretty Street and Miss Poraway and Mrs Abigail got out , Miss Poraway still talking about the cartoon , saying it would tickle her brother when she told him about it . |
| 3 | cloacal curl coiled up in bloodied alabaster , |
| 4 | After April 1988 , they will have to increase GMP built up in future years by 3 per cent a year , once it starts being paid . |
| 5 | ‘ That question 's been going round in my head ever since I woke up in that alley . ’ |
| 6 | I used to sleep in the same bed as my mother and father because of the shortage of space , but one morning I woke up in another room and I looked out and saw the undertaker standing at the top of the stairs . |
| 7 | On that unhappy note she fell asleep , but the next time she awoke — to the clamouring of her alarm clock — she woke up in more ways than one . |
| 8 | At mid-morning , when the ground became hot and the air wafted up in varied densities , the refracted light produced mirages : the horizon flooded in every direction so that the edge of the ‘ dish ’ was lapping with water . |
| 9 | I had hardly time to see that a car had been driven up to a shop window and was now rapidly reversing out of it when two young men wearing stocking-masks and bundled up in thick clothing , making them unidentifiable , came rushing into the street , each swinging a bag of loot . |
| 10 | The advance guard of men on mules and horses came up in regular lines but as soon as they got near they dashed up at full gallop , shouting and brandishing their weapons , each man shrieking out how many men he had killed ; and then they wheeled round to make room for others . |
| 11 | Boon , meanwhile , joined his captain Border and coach Bob Simpson in completing 1000 runs in Tests against India : his 12th Test century ( fifth against India ) came up in 321 minutes ( 250 balls ) , with 13 fours . |
| 12 | These came up in some numbers right from the beginning to the end of this strip . |
| 13 | In the interviews themselves the topics sometimes came up in different sequences according to the way that the particular interview developed . |
| 14 | Er … yes , perhaps just a few more condom and illicit sex gags turned up in that show than normal . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ This list of rare plants in Durham turned up in various correspondences , but it was always assumed that it was Stephen Robson 's list , ’ says Alec . |
| 16 | It turned up in lost property . |
| 17 | At first we thought that the foragers might simply be suffering from some sort of apian hydrophobia , but when we increased the distance of the feeding station so that the dances indicated the far side of the lake , recruits turned up in great numbers . |
| 18 | He turned up in northern Cyprus , declaring himself happy to be home . |
| 19 | At the election , the women of the borough turned up in large numbers shouting " No Sow and Pigs " . |
| 20 | Anyway , at the party , there was the aristocracy of the land and quite a lot of celebrities and of course , David and his group turned up in scruffy jeans . ’ |
| 21 | The trendy York paving has disappeared from streets in Manchester and turned up in conservation areas in the South where it is in short supply . |
| 22 | It then turned up in another court case much later . |
| 23 | In the 1820s the Swan turned up in another museum , run by a perfumier , Thomas Weeks of London . |
| 24 | The same result showed up in rural experiments . |
| 25 | By the time she showed up in that rubbish dump on the Isle of Dogs , there would be little left that was recognisable . |
| 26 | Down the stairs , followed by the cat , was a long way , and the mirror on the landing showed up in full light the pouches beneath her eyes . |
| 27 | Aluminium cans are made from bauxite dug up in tropical forests . |
| 28 | On 14 August , as sympathetic rioting flared up in other Ulster towns and cities , notably the Falls area of Belfast , the B Specials were brought in to replace the RUC on the edge of the Bogside . |
| 29 | But you had a bit of flare up A You flared up in last time you had came off it , did n't you ? |
| 30 | Clasping her hands to her chest , she gazed up in round-eyed admiration . |