Example sentences of "drawn up [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The long , slender pelvic fins are drawn up flush with the underside of the body , while the pectoral fins lie flat against the sides . |
| 2 | Charged in 1861 with supervising the charters of peasant obligations which had to be drawn up immediately after the emancipation , in most cases they sanctioned charters from which the gentry profited . |
| 3 | Third , there is the issue of the party manifesto for a general election and the idea that this should no longer be drawn up just by the leader on the basis of informal consultations . |
| 4 | The big ships , those drawn up far on the shore , had tumbled together , smashing one another to powder . |
| 5 | The Scottish host was drawn up now along the flank of Homildon Hill . |
| 6 | There were people , people everywhere — huddled inside doorways trying to keep dry , crowding into the small , old-fashioned shops , and buying fruit and vegetables at bargain prices from the swarthy hawkers whose barrows were drawn up close to the kerb . |
| 7 | The coffee table had taken flight to one side of the room , and two chairs had been drawn up close to the fireplace with their backs to the chesterfield . |
| 8 | Inevitably this procedure , in the early years , worked less than smoothly , with budgets drawn up hurriedly under the pressure of reorganisation , and the Ministry being quite glad on occasion if they were exceeded , since this simply meant that the industry had achieved more than expected with limited physical resources . |