Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun] [verb] up [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Kenneth Baker came up in the House to offer congratulations . |
| 2 | Following the formal request for a special prosecutor , Attorney General William Barr had up to 30 days to make a preliminary ruling . |
| 3 | Newport were in shreds as Marcus Hannaford cleaned up for the third try . |
| 4 | As Sabrina stood outside the hotel on the Place de la Gare staring up at the Cathedral 's spire silhouetted against the dark , sombre skyline , she let her thoughts drift back over the hours since their departure from New York 's John F. Kennedy Airport . |
| 5 | At least they did not encounter what the builders of the Moscow Underground came up against many years later , a quicksand in their path . |
| 6 | ‘ I remember now , ’ said Burden , lifting the plastic strip curtain the Carousel Cafe hung up in hot weather to keep out wasps . |
| 7 | You remember when David Copperfield turned up on his Aunt Betsy Trotwood 's doorstep ragged and starved and she asked Mr Dick what to do ? |
| 8 | One of the twins ( I think it was Alison ) said ‘ There 's an MTWTV truck belting up behind us and a load of police cars . |
| 9 | ‘ In the stunned silence that followed , Miss Honey walked up to the front of the class and stood behind her table . |
| 10 | Miss Honey stood up at once . |
| 11 | What Scotsman would not be captivated by the extraordinary vision of Linda Evangelista trussed up as the supermodel-from-Brigadoon ? |
| 12 | The Lanesborough 's design team from Ezra Attia Associates came up with suitably residential interiors , although the smaller rooms seem rather heavily furnished . |
| 13 | But there had been no reference to them in the detailed report of Surrendered Ex-Enemy Personnel sent up by 5 Corps to Eighth Army two days earlier , on 15 May [ KP 112 ] . |
| 14 | Is n't it wonderful , darling , Miss Rossignol turning up like this ? ’ |
| 15 | Only two minutes left when Richard Walker popped up on the proverbial back stick , sounds painful does n't it , and it was for Portsmouth . |
| 16 | While she was deciding whether to support the Denver Broncos or the Pittsburgh Pederasts ( whatever ) , I sneaked into the bedroom and nearly had a heart attack to find a three-foot Paddington Bear propped up on the pillow . |
| 17 | Miss Hazelwood stepped up from behind her desk , slender and poised and gripping the tawse . |
| 18 | Think of the prospect of John Major lining up at the London Marathon , or Neil Kinnnock limbering up before taking to the squash courts . |
| 19 | Money in the Royal Life and Hafnia funds rolls up inside the bonds tax free , because they are offshore . |
| 20 | PFK 's big fish fanatic ANDY PARKES come up with another tempting tank buster . |
| 21 | And as top Australian journalist Richard Shears sums up in his stylish appraisal of Kylie the phenomenon : ‘ At the end of the year Britons will be able to make up their own minds when Delinquents is released . |
| 22 | Former Hammers player Bobby Barnes lines up against his old club . |
| 23 | The big oak table was laid in the hall , and quantities of Portugal wine brought up from the souterrain . |
| 24 | Plymouth looked to be cruising to victory when striker Dwight Marshall made up for an early miss with two goals in three minutes in the first half of this tie . |
| 25 | Hari knew that the two shillings a week would be crippling unless Edward Morris lived up to his promise of bringing in extra business . |
| 26 | ELITE United States troops backed up by a dozen helicopters stormed a building in south Mogadishu today and arrested 17 Somali militiamen after a brief gunfight , a United Nations military spokesman said . |
| 27 | He was on the airport tarmac waiting for me , his Mercedes sports drawn up to the foot of the mobile steps . |
| 28 | The tan Mercedes sports slipped up to the main door . |
| 29 | Hari stood in Goat Street staring up at the facade of the old theatre and swallowed hard , trying to pluck up enough courage to walk into the ornate portico . |
| 30 | Angus Cameron stood up on the oak stump which Donald used as a chopping-block , held out his hand to each part of the crowd as though drawing them into the circuit of the ceremony , and said , at first quietly , then gaining volume as he felt the truth of his words : ‘ Alexander McLaggan , Mary Stewart — you love each other , and must wed each other , and that is right and good . |