Example sentences of "up [prep] [art] [noun] ' " in BNC.

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1 Some of the south 's top-staying chasers will be in action at Tweseldown , lining up for the areas ' longest race — the Field Seymour Parks four-mile mixed open .
2 The young Fusiliers had been patriotically offered up for the politicians ' errors ; they had even been bullied by the militant women brandishing their white feathers , and they went cheering , singing , promising to come home victoriously to the grime and love of their Lancashire womb .
3 Everyone , it seemed , was anxious to contribute , and ‘ Oh , the rubbish that turns up for the Dolls ' House . ’
4 Chris Lewis and Paul Jarvis were the pick of England 's attack , making up for the spinners ' lack of success with gutsy new-ball spells either side of tea .
5 Chris Lewis and Paul Jarvis were the pick of England 's attack , making up for the spinners ' lack of success with gutsy new-ball spells either side of tea .
6 Kate was down in the pit lane for the Friday qualifying session , her nerves nearly as wound up as the drivers ' , knowing that Ace was waiting to live up to his name with the fastest lap .
7 So the Civil Contingencies Unit , the Cabinet committee set up after the miners ' strike of ‘ 72 , which I 've no doubt you were intimately involved in , in –74 actually delivered the goods .
8 The 90 recommendations of the inquiry included the phasing out of seclusion , better staff training and the setting up of a patients ' advocacy service .
9 He and Vivienne were also probably fed up with the teds ' meathead mentality .
10 The Consumers ' Assocation said : ‘ People are fed up with the banks ' incompetence , compounded by arrogance . ’
11 The Government watchdog Securities and Investment Board ( known as SIB ) has teamed up with the Consumers ' Association to run a stand at the Home Buying And Finance show at the Ideal Home Exhibition , Earls Court , from 4 to 7 April .
12 At about the same time that I went up into the Boys ' School , my friend Hubert Gould moved away to Bournemouth and my other friend Alf Norris moved from The Friary to Greencroft Street and , as this was only two hundred yards from our house , we saw quite a lot of each other .
13 Reflector boards shone light up into the subjects ' faces to refine the modelling ( reflections give a certain hooded look to the eyes in the portrait here ) .
14 He finished up in the chimpanzees ' cage , hanging from the bars , while trying to retrieve his beret , stolen by one of the animals .
15 But an enormous backlog of untaxed cases of wine is building up in the producers ' warehouses .
16 I got the crow 's cage again and afterwards was sent inside to do the washing up in the Corporals ' eating area .
17 No doubt the Virgin Isles will crop up in an Airtours ' brochure before long .
18 Sweeping up from the adventurers ' blind side ( either a ridge line above their heads or out of the mist ) comes a ragged flock of Carrion , one of these undead birds for every two adventurers ( but at least three in any event ) .
19 It was supposed to be the parched Wild West , with dust spraying up from the horses ' hooves and the wheels .
20 He was being heckled , jeered and booed by the vast majority , which included several hundred workers who had driven up from the Midlands ' plants to influence the vote .
21 The trend was illustrated by the new cemeteries , which were springing up on the cities ' fringes .
22 Rumour has it that ‘ Cope ’ , brilliant as it is , might not end up on the Aunts ' album , such is the ‘ glut ’ of material available .
23 A sign which went up on the Raiders ' dressing-room door after the match , advising that only Australian media personnel were welcome , bore witness to the visitors ' touchiness about defeat , though at least they did not follow Manly 's example and grumble about the referee .
24 Graphically the game is up to the Codies ' usual high standards , the sprites being extremely cutesy ( I hate that word , it 's so barf-worthy ) .
25 This could either indicate that online services are failing to be useful , which is doubtful given the significant use that planners make of them , or that the online services have not lived up to the planners ' expectations .
26 There was a wide space beside the staircase , the stairs rose up to the boys ' bedroom wall , then turned left to join the landing .
27 The velocity widths of the lines will range roughly up to the bullets ' speed .
28 As I fought for bar space to order the drinks , I looked over my shoulder and caught her making hand signals to a bunch of her friends camped on the stairs leading up to the Ladies ' toilets .
29 One day in early February , Harriet walked up to the Raffertys ' cottage and knocked on the door .
30 She knew , however , that her mother could be relied upon to have fastened up the hens before coming up to the Oaks ' farm for the supper , so she settled her fears .
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