Example sentences of "up [prep] [noun pl] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 She had never liked suiting up for trips outside in space , and this suit was an old model , and equipped for combat as well as maintenance .
2 That is a child who has grown up with books instead of wallpaper .
3 Rushing around causes mistakes which end up in accidents both to clients and home carers . ’
4 THE organisation representing rank and file members of the Republic 's army was up in arms today over a new security vetting procedure .
5 Commuters to the capital obviously decided to take a long weekend or were put up in hotels overnight by their employers , said a spokesman .
6 They had driven to the edge of the city , into the brittle mauve of dusk , lights starting up in buildings everywhere as if some vast signal beacon were slowly igniting .
7 Maybe you have to throw a coat over your nightie and pick them up from miles away in the car .
8 Yeah it 's about time it were shaken up now that Labour Party er this government er , erm they 're agreeing to this , this has to be done and that has to be done you put notices up on buses all over Britain no smoking in the buses , now in the big restaurants they 're going to have to between now and July put notices up , no smoking in restaurants
9 AN ARMED miner gave himself up to police yesterday after a nine-hour underground protest over planned pit closures .
10 There are some first-class people in charge , men such as Peter Browne and Laurie Kelly , and you find ex-TVH men popping up at stadia all over the world to give you a shout .
11 The pictures which led to such demand for the Daily Mirror that the Sold Out signs went up at newsagents all over the country .
12 Actually it would be more accurate to call it a tutor ‘ hut ’ since our class is based in one of those ‘ temporary ’ classrooms that sprouted up around schools all over the country about twenty years ago .
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