Example sentences of "up [noun] 's [noun sg] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | But to show Ian the detrimental effects of talking when you should be working , Mrs Britten held up Ian 's painting in front of the class and systematically ridiculed his efforts ; this with Ian standing beside her going redder and redder with every word . |
| 2 | He could only have shored up Labour 's establishment in Scotland and Wales by fragmenting its UK establishment , and betraying the north of England component . |
| 3 | I looked up Dana 's name in the telephone book , and , with wildly beating heart called the number . |
| 4 | Peter set up Nottinghamshire 's library in the winter of 1978–79 with the assistance of then chairman Dick Milnes : ‘ I spent the winter filling in gaps in the collection and disposing of the duplicates . |
| 5 | Graeme Fowler and Gatting each scored double centuries in the sweltering heat of the Chepauk Stadium to set up England 's victory in 1985 . |
| 6 | Instead he heated up Anna 's food in a microwave as 30-year-old Mrs Love shouted instructions . |
| 7 | Then came a review which made a bonfire of all the others and lit up Burton 's name in flames in the English theatre of the day . |
| 8 | We may therefore sum up Robertson 's order in respect of Yugoslavs as follows . |
| 9 | She looked up Andrew 's number in her address book , hoping he was not already on his way to London . |
| 10 | Some just stayed in London The " Owl and the Pussycat " rowed up Regent 's Canal in a donated boat while the " Quaffing Quartet " completed the monopoly board of London , mainly on foot , and " Bridge the Gap " rode tandems across 20 London bridges . |