Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] up in front " in BNC.
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| 1 | The whole horse militia of Westmorland and northern Lancashire , and all the militia of Cumberland , were drawn up in front of the little Lake District town , under the chief local landowner , Lord Lonsdale , and with 10,000 men they easily outnumbered the rebels , but a mere sight of Forster 's advance guard was enough and the whole body fled in terror , leaving the field littered with horses and arms . |
| 2 | Many of the players were playing up in front of the water but Sam was through the green with a 2-iron . |
| 3 | On 17 October 1952 tanks were lined up in front of the presidential palace and a group of officers led by Nasution called on Sukarno to dissolve parliament . |
| 4 | Four younger men were lined up in front of him and he was addressing them . |
| 5 | Huge four-wheeled carts , each pulled by six horses , were lined up in front of the main doors as Fat Henry moved his furniture and belongings elsewhere for another round of pleasure . |
| 6 | An enormous powder blue car , gleaming and new , its plentiful chromium winking in the sunlight , was drawn up in front of the house and against it leaned a man in a white suit . |
| 7 | A single-bar electric fire stood in front of the empty grate and a wing-backed chair , threadbare and with broken springs , was drawn up in front of it . |
| 8 | One morning I was called up in front of the 2ème Bureau and walked into an office to be interviewed by three Sergeants who spoke perfect English . |
| 9 | A queue of about ten people wearing gym shoes was lined up in front of the ladder . |
| 10 | Everyone else , from the father to the uncles to the cousins , was lined up in front of the brother and given a gun . |
| 11 | Earlier , PC Reggie Williamson , 46 , was blown up in front of his girlfriend as they returned home from a night out near Moy , Co Tyrone . |