Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] [adv] [vb pp] up [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During the summer months I can usually get away with leaving my boat conveniently tied up to the pier , but only if I am at home to keep an eye on the weather : in Shetland , even in summer , a gale can blow up from the south east , causing a swell to set into the voe . |
| 2 | McAllister , clad in her shabby bottle-green dress enlivened at the throat by a bit of cheap lace , her serviceable shoes on her feet , her hair simply tied up in a knot on top of her head , her hands red raw from hard and constant manual work , resignedly straightened up , to meet the gaze of Havvie and his friends . |
| 3 | The blonde woman was always elegantly dressed and absolutely immaculate , even when she came off the beach , her hair neatly pinned up in a French pleat or out of sight under a chic floppy straw hat . |
| 4 | Yet most social workers find their work intensively bound up with families . |
| 5 | One of them died soon afterwards ; and the other one — I saw it myself-was so bad and its head so swollen up with the stings that it had to be supported in its stable by a kind of sling fixed to the roof . ’ |
| 6 | Her face suddenly lit up with understanding . |
| 7 | Lack of attention aside , his name still cropped up in many conversations but he was never in any real danger of being taken seriously within the circle of Manchester 's low art dwellers . |
| 8 | As generally happens , his mother-in-law finally caught up with him and , having obtained a special licence from the Court , arranged for him to be imprisoned for twelve years . |
| 9 | I took this as his Imprimateur , his permission if you like for me to go away and write aqbout what Toad really got up to next rather than being annoyingly good as he is at the end of Wind in the Willows |
| 10 | Is your mind really made up about Lovat ? " |
| 11 | ‘ Some of our team just turned up on the night , pulled and had a belly full of beer . ’ |