Example sentences of "up [prep] [art] [noun] 's " in BNC.
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| 1 | He committed Mike Hooper to his dive , but his shot spun up off the keeper 's legs , giving Torbin Piechnik time to head away from under his crossbar . |
| 2 | These prizes were awarded to students for commendable achievements and demonstrate the close partnership that has been built up between the polytechnic 's Department of Science and local industry . |
| 3 | Trent struck up between the man 's legs , right hand stiff as a piece of iron . |
| 4 | ‘ We should start in the engine room , ’ Nell suggested , shivering , ‘ work up through the crew 's quarters , and then into the complex . ’ |
| 5 | Nigerian-born John Salako came up through the Palace 's Junior ranks as a pacy winger who could also score goals but , since The Eagles ' last return to the 1st Division , John has shown himself' capable of fulfilling other roles , by performing splendidly at left-back in the latter stages of the 1989–90 season , notably in the FA Cup semi-final against Liverpool and in the Wembley Finals . |
| 6 | Looking at the paraphernalia attached to the subject wired up for a night 's recording , one might legitimately ask whether anybody could reasonably be expected to feel natural , and get to sleep in their usual way . |
| 7 | So er I went down the Red Lion in Willenhall and fixed him up for a night 's dosh , did n't I , and the driver and then er I worked on , worked on and on and was able to get these er done for him to take back to fit this ship . |
| 8 | Yes , have a little nap ; it 'll set you up for a day 's work tomorrow . |
| 9 | Having selected your water and turned up for a day 's fishing you then have to decide where the fish will be on the day in question . |
| 10 | If I was a man and I thought the only way to get my jollies was by coughing up for a woman 's veal in a sorrel coulis , I would be suicidal . |
| 11 | Last spring , Lorna signed up for the fortnight 's training course , and was allocated a large portion of the Glasgow and Clyde area , with 12,000 potential customers . |
| 12 | A leading liberal , Mr Martin Lee , whose United Democrats won a landslide in elections for the partially-democratic legislature in September , defined the Governor 's job differently : ‘ He must be committed to democratising Hong Kong and to standing up for the territory 's interests , especially in the case of conflict with Britain and China . |
| 13 | Friends who are very dissimilar may not give the same thing to each other , but what each gives can sometimes be even richer for this : it can make up for the other 's deficits . |
| 14 | He spent 1990 watching his paymasters demolish the investment bank that he had spent the previous seven years building up for the Pru 's assault on Wall Street . |
| 15 | Significantly , despite his huge investment in bloodstock , Sheikh Mohammed has never won the Epsom Derby and the pressure will be on to have this exceptional three-year-old line up for the world 's most famous Classic . |
| 16 | Even after they moved , and that 's ten years ago now , she would make a point of coming up for the children 's party , at Christmas . ’ |
| 17 | As one of the Northern League 's two unpaid Press officers , he was doubtless pretty pleased also at Monday 's announcement that the council is to provide a major financial leg up for the district 's four NL clubs . |
| 18 | I mean , nobody would ever believe you 'd been brought up as a gardener 's boy ! |
| 19 | However the custody order expressly forbade Miss T. being brought up as a Jehovah 's Witness , the intention being that she should make her own decision when she was old enough to do so . |
| 20 | It was in Nazareth that Jesus was brought up as a carpenter 's son . |
| 21 | OK , so you 'd probably end up getting gunned down by the SAS or something , but that 's got to be a better end for a bunch of real rock terrorists than ending up as a Levi 's advert . |
| 22 | This media course was set up as the school 's response to being chosen , like school A to participate in the Gulbenkian Research Project . |
| 23 | The 22-year-old from Sheffield signed up as the sport 's first big-money professional with a one-year contract worth £8,300 a month from the newly-launched Professional Pool Federation . |
| 24 | The figure for ‘ advances ’ begins to tick up as the customer 's borrowing increases . |
| 25 | The bigger the flock , the smaller the chance that you end up as the cat 's next victim . |
| 26 | Play was held up as the goalkeeper 's knee was strapped up . |
| 27 | Rights to occupational and private pensions are built up during the individual 's employment . |
| 28 | Even where it is possible to clear up after the day 's work , another couple of unpaid hours work is added to the women 's costs and subtracted from those of her employer . |
| 29 | Yvonne wakes me up after an hour 's sleep and tells me I have to leave . |
| 30 | The taking up of a driver 's references , checking qualifications and licences are all done by Overdrive . |