Example sentences of "up [prep] [det] [noun sg] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jasper , her elder brother , had refused from the first to dress up for this party and wore his school jeans and Western shirt , though school had not seen him that day . |
| 2 | Roll the cake up towards that end and hold in place just for a few minutes . |
| 3 | By day of course , why not team up with another couple and get out and about sightseeing or discovering those hide away places that will linger for ever in your memories ? |
| 4 | The sequence in hand was apparently quite simple : we met up with another yacht and sailed in company , then came across a fishing boat to whose skipper I shouted , ‘ Have you any fish to spare ? ’ |
| 5 | And now I come to think — ’ Miss Rose got up with some difficulty and crossed to an oak bureau . |
| 6 | Excuse me for not writing more as I have to catch up with some sleep and get to a meeting about the course by 10 a.m. tomorrow ! |
| 7 | On several occasions he stood up with some serenity and went to the bathroom , and dived back in again gracelessly scrabbling at his belt . |
| 8 | He glanced at his watch ; less than five minutes , and as he trotted along to intercept the postman 's route he could n't come up with any plan that seemed remotely workable . |
| 9 | After lots of thought I 've come up with this solution and hope it will be helpful to others . |
| 10 | The picture plane is further stressed by the device of dropping the small doors or openings below the bases of the buildings , and by the way in which some of the forms are opened up into each other and fused . |
| 11 | Why is it that marriage should be a relationship of such potential closeness , joy and fulfilment , and yet for so many end up in such unhappiness and hurt ? |
| 12 | Does the Secretary of State agree that it is quite outrageous that people should stand up in this Chamber and attack the character of someone who is not here to defend himself ? |
| 13 | We 're setting up in another hangar and hope to be back in business soon . |
| 14 | After the war in 1920 , the National Bus Company set up in some strength and began to run various routes . |
| 15 | Some were veterans of News on Sunday 's many faction fights but now , for once , they stopped ganging up on each other and ganged up on Sutton . |
| 16 | For some reason he picked up on that word and let her cool statement go by for the moment . |
| 17 | Spooner picked up on this idea and thought the best way to do it would be as an extended Perils of Pauline -type adventure , complete with ‘ How are they going to get out of that ? ’ endings . |
| 18 | Even if the adventurers do n't pick up on this clue and seek out Drachenfels for themselves , they will find that , little by little , their steps are being directed northwards , out of the Vaults and into the Grey Mountains — towards Castle Drachenfels . |
| 19 | Back in Manchester a glossy fanzine called Muze had picked up on this story and published a naively frivolous article which dared to question the somewhat confused ethical position of the band . |
| 20 | but I must admit it 's up to each person that organizes it to say that , great , we do n't need the collectors . |
| 21 | If we were in bed together , how could we go down , seize Brampton , take him up to that garret and hang him ? |
| 22 | No one has yet been able to stand up to that complex and refuse to give it the money . |
| 23 | So if , if you are a poor peasant you are thinking hold on the Party expects me to stand up to this landlord and accuse him of this this and this , actually point a finger at him when there is a chance that , you know , the Kuomintang is , is twenty miles away and they , I know they 've come into other villages as they come back , m of land to peasants.s in the form of land |
| 24 | There are many adults who 've had to face up to this problem and have , in actual fact , overcome it Susan Hampshire is one ; I believe Hans Anderson , also , has suffered from this difficulty — that with help they can overcome this and live a normal life . |
| 25 | He was always up to any adventure that did n't involve working at tills or sitting on three-legged stools . |
| 26 | The sharing and growing up without much money and finding a belief in yourself and the work . |
| 27 | It 'll be worse now , in retrospect , it 'll worse phoning Amy up at that moment and asking what the name was . |
| 28 | The unmitigated gall of the man , strolling up at this time and expecting a welcome . |
| 29 | These memories can pop up at any time and transform even the most mundane occasion into something special . |
| 30 | She realised she was gripping the gun with two hands and had trained it on his chest , as if she expected him to leap up at any moment and lunge at her . |