Example sentences of "up [prep] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 31 | So it , then I had erm , I brought up my husband 's sister 's daughter from when she was fourteen , I brought her oh , yes fourteen , I brought her up for nine years and br brought her up as my own daughter like because she got , got to be put away in a home and I did n't want her to have to go into a home so I , I brought her up you know we brought her up and sort of as , I lost my little girl she was with me like , see and she still comes to me like , she still calls but she calls me mum , mother like now , ha , you know all those years I had her , she 's married and her family 's grown up now and er she 's got one daughter left , left at home who 's just got engaged that 's Mrs from er she lives , yes so , so that was my hubby 's er sister 's daughter she only had the one daughter and two brothers , but she , the brothers she do n't hear nothing of them they just , you know they were gon na put her in a home , but we took her so she did n't have to go in a home , I did n't want her to have to go in a home |
| 32 | Hold up for 5 counts . |
| 33 | Lying down , with knees bent towards the chest , raise the elbows , head and shoulders towards the knees and hold up for 5 counts . |
| 34 | Raise the elbows head and shoulders towards the knees and hold up for 5 counts . |
| 35 | Raise the elbows , head and shoulders towards the knees and hold up for 5 counts . |
| 36 | Raise the elbows , head and shoulders towards the knees and hold up for 5 counts . |
| 37 | Raise the elbows , head and shoulders towards the knees and hold up for 5 counts . |
| 38 | Raise the elbows , head and shoulders towards the knees and hold up for 5 counts . |
| 39 | Lying as shown , raise the elbows head and shoulders towards the knees and hold up for 5 counts . |
| 40 | Lying as shown raise the elbows , head and shoulders towards the knees and hold up for 5 counts . |
| 41 | Lying as shown , raise the elbows , head and shoulders towards the knees and hold up for 5 counts . |
| 42 | Lying as shown , raise the elbows , head and shoulders towards the knees and hold up for 5 counts . |
| 43 | This involves standing up for personal rights and expressing your thoughts , feelings , and beliefs directly , honestly , and spontaneously in ways that are respectful of the rights of others . |
| 44 | One of my colleagues went up to D 's cottage last weekend and PK was up for eight days about a fortnight ago , and had a really super week and not bad weather though there was a lot of snow at the roadsides on their way back — she went with current boyfriend , a nice chap who lives in Midlands . |
| 45 | Fireman locked up for 11 arsons |
| 46 | ‘ Management development programme being set up for all departments and supervisory training for clerical and manual staff ’ … |
| 47 | I will be true despite thy scythe and thee ’ ) , in Sonnet 116 the Friend seems to have receded into the background while the poet stands up for all men ; Although the poet 's love is included in the affirmation , I would agree with Ingram and Redpath in seeing the poem rather as ‘ a meditative attempt to define perfect love ’ . |
| 48 | The 24 patients in this group with an abnormal naevus pattern have been followed up for 178 person-years . |
| 49 | The interviewing panel of Horsley , Pilger and Hayling , with Kerry Brown and Maxine Johnson representing the Founders , was supplemented by Christine Jackson , sitting in and limbering up for Equal Opportunities . |
| 50 | GIRDING up for six hours with the Mahabharata is a long training . |
| 51 | I stood up for six questions , not least for question No. 3 , in which I have a constituency interest . |
| 52 | The follow up varied from 41 to 180 days , and because the trial was stopped only 48% of the patients were followed up for six months . |
| 53 | My rent is paid up for six months . |
| 54 | Patients were followed up for six months with ultrasound and assessment of symptoms . |
| 55 | Whilst he was laid up for six weeks in Middlesex Hospital , Minton visited him regularly and kept his family in Northumberland informed as to his progress . |
| 56 | Yeah , she 's only coming up for six weeks , mm , a monster . |
| 57 | I have a 42″ x 15″ x 18″ tank which has been a set up for 18 months . |
| 58 | All the frustration and anger that had been bottled up for 16 years were suddenly out . |
| 59 | Twenty five patients were lost to follow up for non-biliary reasons . |
| 60 | She had been up for five hours . |