Example sentences of "up on [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Zeinab curled up on a divan , deliberately provocatively , thought Owen , and ate Turkish Delight . |
| 2 | The bodies were washed up on a beach about four miles from where they are presumed to have been murdered . ’ |
| 3 | Police said yesterday the terrible injuries on their bodies , washed up on a beach , could be deceptive . |
| 4 | POLICE believe a body washed up on a beach in Kent might be that of a young Essex woman who has been missing for two months . |
| 5 | Lisa Benner — police believe that her body has been washed up on a beach in Kent |
| 6 | A BODY found washed up on a beach in Kent has been confirmed as that of missing Essex woman Lisa Benner . |
| 7 | Hours later Mr Elton 's body was washed up on a beach at Climping , two miles away . |
| 8 | ‘ I feel I should say that if I had to get washed up on a beach minus my memory I was lucky the beach was yours , Dr Vaughan . ’ |
| 9 | They encourage the children to imagine what it 's like to be a character in the play — one of two twins who are separated in a shipwreck and thrown up on a beach on a strange island . |
| 10 | Bankruptcies are 75 per cent up on a year ago . |
| 11 | The Government 's preferred three-month measure shows output was unchanged compared with the previous three months , and only 0.5 pc up on a year earlier . |
| 12 | Despite the brisk sales reported in the last few days before Christmas , December saw a small decline in retail trade compared with the previous year , according to the Confederation of British Industry 's distributive trades panel , said on Tuesday that many retailers had reported a disappointing Christmas , although the results were an improvement on recent months and sales in January were expected to be up on a year ago . |
| 13 | The overall unemployment level stands at 22.4pc , three per cent up on a year ago . |
| 14 | Sales volumes in May were up on a year ago for the fifth month in a row but they remained well below normal for the time of year , he said . |
| 15 | As in so many other fields of English law , the occasions on which recovery is permitted have been built up on a case by case basis . |
| 16 | When the statement had been issued , Mr Telford allowed his pistol to be hauled up on a rope . |
| 17 | Anyone who is leaning into the pit ( e.g. , hauling people up on a rope ) must make an I test or be knocked into it , suffering falling and spike damage as above . |
| 18 | CATCHING UP ON A BACKLOG |
| 19 | the ship 's radio officer was catching up on a backlog of communications ; some outgoing messages from passengers took precedence over ice warnings |
| 20 | Corbett then cleaned his boots , washed , changed his tunic and ravenously ate the bread and cheese brought up on a platter by an aged lay sister . |
| 21 | But anyway we had this one projector which I had winkled out of this friend of mine , and we stuck it up on a couple of stools and hung some sheets up behind the corner of the room which served as a stage , and with some incense burning in the corner an atmosphere was created . |
| 22 | Some people prefer to hold the script ; others like to read off a lectern , which can be simply a tray propped up on a couple of books . |
| 23 | I just wanted to erm pick up on a couple of points that er people have made in the course of a and responses I think to my er opening statement . |
| 24 | It 's just to pick you up on a couple of points . |
| 25 | Well , perhaps I can say pick up on a couple of points in the discussion . |
| 26 | The strategy which controls the frequency , duration and destination is usually set up on a systems availability base rather than being controlled by the quantity of data to be transferred and its " design delay " costs . |
| 27 | Someone rang me up on a phone-in programme , and he said ‘ I read your book , I think it 's absolutely disgusting . ’ |
| 28 | Many statutes can already be summoned up on a video screen at the touch of a few buttons , and complete coverage is in the offing ; but , since the use of these computerised systems is expensive , the old-fashioned methods will long be with us . |
| 29 | Preparing the campsite also involved some ingenious engineering , with a large pivoted chockstone winched up on a Friend belay to create enough headroom . |
| 30 | It fetched up on a sandbank . |