Example sentences of "[vb past] up in [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | On each side a wide staircase led up in six zigzag sections , breaking off abruptly on an open landing about twenty metres above the ground . |
| 3 | I think the proof of the pudding was that y you know you finished up in twelve minutes and arguably you have three minutes could have been spent floating around just chatting about this , that and the other . |
| 4 | The eight million square feet in the World Financial Centre went up in four years and defied all predictions . |
| 5 | He just said , ‘ I want this place cleaned up in forty minutes . ’ |
| 6 | When the band split up in 1985 Sting started out on a solo career which has seen hits like Spread A Little Happiness and If You Love Somebody , but he has yet to get near the success , in the singles chart at least , of one of the biggest-selling pop groups in history . |
| 7 | As this Third Concerto was drafted on similar manuscript paper as the others ( and shares the same key as No. 1 ) , and portions ended up in two countries , the substantial music for it was thought to be discarded ideas for the Firsts , although all the thematic material used in it is found in music composed or published around his fifteenth year . |
| 8 | Like when we 're doing geography , we do n't seem to be working , but when we started revising we ended up in two years with seven books , which is goodness knows how much compared with chemistry or a subject like that . |
| 9 | And then he stood up in one fluid movement . |