Example sentences of "come up in [art] world " in BNC.

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1 From what I 've heard he 's come up in the world since he went to work for Christian Timms .
2 Innes McInnes was obviously a soup-meat-cheese man from way back , but had come up in the world .
3 One of Ken 's aunts had come up in the world and arrived at the cemetery wearing a fur coat which was donned purely and simply to impress the other members of the family .
4 I was before I came up in the world , true , but lower-middle-class , not working-class .
5 They were identical with their small upper windows , narrow porches and square bays , but it was obvious that the road was coming up in the world .
6 Sure an' they must be pleased seein' the geddle come up in the world like she has . ’
7 " Come up in the world .
8 This man , chamberlain , sheriff , Lord Mayor of York , member of parliament for the city , er master of the king 's mint , an important man , a local man , come up in the world quite a lot cos his grandfather had just been an apothecary living on the corner of er Grape Lane going up and up and up .
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