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

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1 seems to have come up a bit .
2 It 's interesting that team briefing thing on there , because that 's come up a couple of times recently , people have mentioned about erm team briefing as a sort of management system .
3 I knew that she would be feeling timid , and it was rather a climb in any case : comforting for her to come up a flight of steps passing a trellis of gloriously flowering wistaria .
4 He er , Hugh and I used to come up every day do what we could , you see , in those days if you had a stroke you had to lay there till you died .
5 feeling as it were ready to come up the way you were swallowing it you could feel it .
6 If he happened to come up the way .
7 Just needs a string of natives bearing head bundles and brollies to come up the footpath . ’
8 Yeah , mm , now do you want to come up the town ?
9 I was a gambler on a winning streak : it did n't matter what number I placed my bet on , it always came up a winner .
10 Jonna 's chin came up a fraction and he looked his father straight in the eye .
11 God knows they have trouble enough so IBM would appreciate it if we were perfectly clear on a couple of points that came up a fortnight ago ( UX No 418 ) .
12 Yes we used to go to see her , and she came up a couple of times .
13 Her turn to act as hostess came up a month after Nora had returned to Northumberland .
14 I was n't prepared to totally drop things from the various courses ( because they still came up every year ) but over the years less and less emphasis was placed on the more mundane work .
15 There were five of them , and whenever they arrived they came up the woodland track on a big spreader wagon with a battered old van bouncing along behind .
16 ‘ As we came up the trackway of your house , Sir John , we found a Hand of Glory with a lighted candle in its fingers . ’
17 Horses and carts were the only means of transport until an infrequent bus service came up the valley to add a further lifeline .
18 I told him that when he came up the ramp he must accelerate on the throttle at speed so that he got the front wheel up in the air , so he would n't nosedive and hurt himself .
19 Standing under the vaulted fan roof of that incredible building , listening to the pure soprano of the leading choir boy singing , ‘ Once in Royal David 's city ’ as the choir came up the aisle , it was difficult to restrain our tears .
20 When the lights came up the girl looked at the audience , her mouth slowly opened and on her face was an expression of incredulity .
21 Wilkie came up the sand and arranged her return with M. Grimaud .
22 When his case finally came up the evidence of the couple 's daughter , who had been watching the whole incident , was torn to shreds by Russell 's lawyer .
23 Several days before these events a ship came up the Ankh on the dawn tide and fetched up , among many others , in the maze of wharves and docks on the Morpork shore .
24 Martha came up the companion , followed by a boy very much taller than she was .
25 Bars of sunlight broke through the slatted windows and swept back and forth across the floor , and the smell of the sea came up the carriage bearing memories of childhood outings .
26 He came up the week before on his own but he played two rounds every day .
27 It was dark and the sea was rising rapidly as I came up the firth , keeping the bows in the direction of the flashing lighthouse on the White Hill of Vatster .
28 On the 42nd lap Levagh came up the straight between the grandstand and the pits in his silver Mercedes at about 240 kph ( 150 mph ) and was being followed by Fangio .
29 Victoria came up the room and seated herself on the couch , and without either greeting or preamble , she said , ‘ I 've had indigestion ever since Christmas Day .
30 Mrs Stych was singing as she came up the garden path .
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