Example sentences of "up in the [adj -est] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Usually , at this time of year , they stayed out of sight right up in the highest mountain peaks , where the monsoon rains fall as snow . |
| 2 | She agreed to come and I took her first to the more brilliantly decorated one , not knowing that she was not only a very religious woman but also a girl who had been brought up in the strictest kind of convent — no heating , nothing for show . |
| 3 | Sound quality suffers without a sound card , but it turns up in the unlikeliest places . |
| 4 | It was surely great to be an American going up in the greatest company in the world and in the greatest country in the world . |
| 5 | She curled up in the darkest corner , pillowing her head on her arm , and clung to the memory of four hours before , when the time had stilled and she had been not , sweet tearing bliss … . |
| 6 | We 'll fix you up in the best hotel on the station . |
| 7 | We 'll fix you up in the best hotel on the station . |
| 8 | Sir James set John Wordsworth up in the largest house in the High Street of Cockermouth , and later gave him the office of Coroner of Millom . |
| 9 | Some people try to introduce toys that do not reinforce gender stereotypes but , nevertheless , girls are much more likely to get dolls to dress up in the latest fashion , boys more likely to get toys for military-type games . |
| 10 | Major Match was favourite to follow up in the latest running of the Kempton contest , but had a rough time , getting knocked around before trailing in last behind Far Senior . |
| 11 | BE good to your secretary or you could end up in the worst seats on business flights and be booked into lousy hotels . |
| 12 | " Ham " acting shows up in the slightest twitch of an eyebrow . |