Example sentences of "up in [art] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ruth followed her into the hallway and was immediately aware of disorder ; open packing-cases and an assortment of clothes and furniture piled up in every inch of space . |
| 2 | ‘ Speaking the truth in love , we are to grow up in every way into him who is the Head , into Christ from whom the whole body , joined and knit together by every joint with which it is supplied , when each part is working properly , makes bodily growth and upbuilds itself in love ’ ( Eph. 4.15–16 ) . |
| 3 | The more accomplished players gain additional encouragement from their membership of , and loyalty to , one of the many music centres which have sprung up in every part of the country . |
| 4 | Alarms can either be rigged up in every room in your house , or you can wear an alarm unit on your person , to activate in times of need . |
| 5 | Throughout the Ancient Near East seven was a sacred number , and it turned up in every area of Israel 's worship . |
| 6 | Fortunately the low 85-knot rotation speed comes up in no time at all , providing a sense of relief at being airborne before losing control of the situation . |
| 7 | There were a lot of very nasty people around , then as now , and if one of them turned up in no condition for a party , lying on the towpath , there was no questions asked . ’ |
| 8 | Aziz and Hasan were caught up in a maze of stout shoes , Sherley 's extendable dog-leads and sniffing , quivering red setters , corgis , Jack Russells , Old English Sheepdogs and pugs . |
| 9 | Polar Star is no exception ; its lovely clueless opening soon snarls up in a mess of motives and half-finished characters . |
| 10 | His look deepened and the corners of his well-defined mouth turned up in a half-smile of mystery . |
| 11 | Kinnock grew up in a society in which it was natural to be Labour and which Labour controlled . |
| 12 | It was not that this could be attributed to a weakening of moral fibre on their part , but rather that they had grown up in a society in which there were few straightforward moral guidelines , and into ‘ a community which is thoroughly confused about morals , and … their behaviour reflects that confusion ’ . |
| 13 | But most readers of this book will have grown up in a society in which the major comparable distinction is between kin and non-kin , and in which it is assumed , or even insisted upon , that kin relationships ought not to enter into the non-kin sphere at all . |
| 14 | From time to time , her eyes screwed up in a spasm of misery . |
| 15 | Wirral was portrayed as being a community in a state of shock caught up in a problem for which it had no explanations or obvious solution . |
| 16 | He and Helga sat at the back of the class , groping each other up in a flurry of smirks and giggles . |
| 17 | Sweeping into Battersea Park , the anti-lock brakes show to advantage as the car pulls up in a flurry of leaves . |
| 18 | The fire brigade van pulled up in a flurry of flashing lights and the crew were there immediately assessing the job . |
| 19 | The old office boy , Alistair soon saw , was curled up in a sleeping-bag under a work table in the outer room . |
| 20 | Her father 's face screwed up in a mask of hatred . |
| 21 | She seemed harassed and shop-worn , her greying hair tied up in a bun with a twisted elastic band . |
| 22 | With the remaining doubters now likely to join the majority , Mrs Thatcher seems certain to end up in a minority of one in opposing the conference . |
| 23 | Thrown on or crumpled up in a bucket of it . |
| 24 | It can be uniquely specified with reference to all the categories set up in a description of the form of the language concerned ; it thus represents the intersection of a grammatical item and lexical item . |
| 25 | He was defending himself with great skill , every now and then sliding his hands down the staff and striking at a distance with its full length , and then suddenly changing direction and bringing the shortened end up in a jab at the face or stomach of one of the attackers he had tempted to come too close . |
| 26 | ‘ All she could remember was waking up in a shower with him four hours after drinking with him . |
| 27 | ‘ All she could remember was waking up in a shower with him , four hours after drinking with him . ’ |
| 28 | Barely noticing the brief , sharp moment of pain as her flesh yielded to his , she was caught up in a maelstrom of whirling sensations , the hard , pulsating rhythm drawing her down into an emotional whirlpool , before her body was suddenly racked by shuddering convulsions of a pleasure so incredibly intense that it was almost too much to bear . |
| 29 | Her fingers dug deep into his shoulders as she clung to him , caught up in a maelstrom of sensation , too stunned by the sheer beauty of it all to register more than the most fleeting second of pain . |
| 30 | The sense of his living in a closed world , stylistically speaking , is beautifully conveyed when Falstaff , frustrated in his attempts to get a simple answer to a simple question , wanting to know his ‘ happy news ’ , is forced to move up to Pistol 's manner : — an effect not unlike that if W. C. Fields had turned up in a performance of Mourning Becomes Electra ! |