Example sentences of "filled up with [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But ten days later he returned to the same Thornaby service station , filled up with petrol and then paid by cheque . |
| 2 | ‘ A week after the pact , Stow and Melrose filled up with soldiers . |
| 3 | His goggles filled up with water and he thought he had swum a whole length under water , and was so pleased that no one bothered to disillusion him . |
| 4 | She took hers ‘ on the rocks ’ as I believe they say in America and then filled up with water and I realized it was only broached for me . |
| 5 | The tide was close in by now , and his footprints behind him filled up with water , gleaming . |
| 6 | My eyes filled up with water , I did n't want to stay there I wanted to be with my mum . |
| 7 | All but one of the females produced broods over the weeks , but the smallest female filled up with fluid and died instead of delivering the expected babies . |
| 8 | They 're great big hollow bits of metal filled up with noises and they let the noises out on Sunday mornings after breakfast . |
| 9 | Sharp at nine a conch shell sounded and the temple courtyard filled up with Thais , dressed in white trousers with embroidered aprons , chanting and shaking in time to gongs . |
| 10 | Gaps filled up with fronds ; and little shoots |
| 11 | The crew , from Crook , Co Durham , were off to their annual dance when the bus filled up with smoke . |
| 12 | Filled up with rain ! |
| 13 | There were other carts scattered , in various stages of decay , around the hastily abandoned village : no shortage of wood , no shortage of time , as the tracks in and out of the place filled up with mud . |
| 14 | One of them was Kalchu , who had come early to make sure of a place at the front before the small shrine filled up with people . |
| 15 | As soon as they were back the room filled up with people : Kānchho 's wife and family , Kalchu 's other brother , Māilo , and his son and daughter , the ā gri from the house next door . |
| 16 | Previously , for example , drivers risked a heavy fine if they crossed a border with more than 200 litres of diesel — the idea was to ensure they filled up with fuel abroad . |