Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] up [prep] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Poor old Byron 's limp got mixed up with Richard 's hump . |
| 2 | After all , it had n't really been her fault that she became mixed up in Jack 's business affairs . |
| 3 | Gabriel reached out a hand , meaning to touch the man 's shoulder : his fingers got caught up in Garvey 's ear . |
| 4 | He kicked his st'lyan into a trot and rode to catch up with Kiku . |
| 5 | He tried setting up in Geneva and Canada before ending up in San Diego . |
| 6 | The European Council of Ministers on 10 March got fed up with Super-SARA — which was to have been Europe 's model for testing the conventional wisdom on safety designs — and axed the £200 million project . |
| 7 | I 'd turned up on NBC talking about Middle East narco-terrorism right after Flight 103 crashed . |
| 8 | Another exciting window on the mind seemed to open up in Chicago in the 1950s when Nathaniel Kleitman and Bill Dement began using the techniques of electroencephalography to investigate sleep . |
| 9 | They 'd ganged up on Kenny and afterwards he looked as if the mean streets had come up to meet him face first . |
| 10 | Since he 'd opened up to Roirbak his appearance had visibly improved . |
| 11 | I think , I 've heard about it erm one of the new clubs that 's , they 'd opened up in Edinburgh . |
| 12 | In one of the most touching passages , he recalled coming up to America on his emigrant ship in 1955 , his father and brother and he standing by the rail , feeling this sense of opportunity , this relief that the bad times were over , that a new world was out there waiting to be conquered . |
| 13 | Tonight , since she 'd driven up to Mdina to join Roman 's party attending the Mnarja , was the first chance they 'd had to relax , explore any remaining vestiges of their relationship … |
| 14 | He and Rory had had a drink the night before , and Rory confessed he 'd driven up from Belleeks early to cruise around Cultra and reconnoitre . |
| 15 | ‘ I 'd gone up to Ethel 's sister to cheer her up because she was looking so miserable . |
| 16 | ‘ I knew she 'd gone up to Jack 's — she always does now if he 's alone , makes no secret of it . |
| 17 | As I walked through the drizzle I imagined showing up at Bob 's CND group and saying , ‘ Do n't worry . |
| 18 | One such came lolloping up to Meredith , a silly grin on its face . |
| 19 | It happened as the manager arrived to open up at Cotswold Newsmarket on Priory Road in Cheltenham . |
| 20 | ‘ This is lovely , ’ she said sincerely , and turned to smile up at Penry Vaughan . |
| 21 | They happened to end up in Cork but it might just as well have been Hamburg or Paris or London , or America , as so many other Jews did . |
| 22 | ‘ I liked the coffee tonight , ’ he said , not allowing that it was the same instant coffee as ever , and to deserve the goodness she determined to go up to Soho tomorrow for some beautiful fresh espresso beans . |
| 23 | At the beginning of filming , the physical exertions began to catch up with Crawford , who needed injections in his left leg , which was hurting furiously . |
| 24 | Mr Morton , speaking after the launch in America of an updated version of his book , said : ‘ A campaign began to build up against Diana that she was mad and mentally unstable , that she was somehow bending reality , did n't tell the truth and that she was in some way responsible for this book . ’ |
| 25 | With Clive Thornton out of the way , the media spotlight began to warm up on Nick Horsley . |
| 26 | The rumours started earlier this year , when B-boys began showing up at New York clubs and wowing the assemblage with their traditional towering tonsors . |
| 27 | As the Soviet Union began to break up in August 1991 , Wang led China 's hardline brigade , travelling to the troubled border region of Xinjiang , which he had ruled as military commander four decades before , to demand socialist unity and issue veiled warnings against unrest . |
| 28 | THE arms-to-Iraq affair threatened to blow up in John Major 's face yesterday . |
| 29 | The withdrawal of these pioneers from the scene need not have been bad news for the industry ; few American production outfits made the transition to new times and Méliès failed to keep up in France . |
| 30 | On one occasion she planned to fly up to Scotland for a meeting about the children 's work . |