Example sentences of "[verb] up [prep] [art] [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All this was mixed up with the newspapers and the money . |
| 2 | This is gently mixed up with the compost and the worms get to work . |
| 3 | The Russians courteously declined , saying they could n't get mixed up in an issue that did n't concern them . |
| 4 | It has its new smell still — the perfect red plastic smell , the smell of writing numbers in arithmetic books ruled in squares ; the smell it had before it got mixed up in the dust and plasticine and tangled electric flex in the toy drawer . |
| 5 | ‘ Spinal Tap ’ may have been the ultimate send up of the genre but ‘ Spinal Tap ’ is most metal fans ' favourite film . |
| 6 | If it could bring its cost-effectiveness nearer the average , it could recruit up to the establishment that the Home Secretary has recommended . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Well , where else would you go to meet up with the Duke and his followers ? ’ |
| 8 | His place will be taken by Doddie Weir ( Melrose ) who will leave Edinburgh on Sunday to meet up with the squad when they arrive in Hong Kong on Monday . |
| 9 | If you 'd like to meet up for a drink or something , do give me a call on the above number . |
| 10 | ‘ A vast pillar of fire rose up through the floor and decimated the display of the Nugahiro Corporation 's new range of lap-top computers ! ’ |
| 11 | As the very last mouthful disappeared , a tremendous cheer rose up from the audience and children were leaping on to their chairs and yelling and clapping and shouting , ‘ Well done , Brucie ! |
| 12 | A few moments later , however , a taxi drew up to the kerb and he thrust his golden head out of the window . |
| 13 | A bus drew up at the lights and the driver , an excitable Puerto Rican , climbed down from his cab to see what all the fuss was about . |
| 14 | Both Pen and Ferdinando rushed in immediately the carriage drew up at the door and wonderful was the reunion ; then within the hour the kindest of notes came from Mrs Browning begging her to find the time and energy to visit whenever she was able . |
| 15 | An elegant BMW drew up over the road and Fatimah Bankhead , the chain-smoking Islamic feminist , stepped out . |
| 16 | Then a car drew up in the courtyard and at the same time the telephone rang . |
| 17 | Some caterpillars possess the markings of small venomous snakes and , when approached too closely , will rear up on the branch and wave their fake snake-heads at the attacker . |
| 18 | The seamen aboard Villa de Bilbao lined up along the bow and the starting gun was fired . |
| 19 | A test was arranged involving a detachment of Guards who lined up along the WCs and flushed in unison . |
| 20 | We lined up across the street and he said : ‘ You keep in line and if you knock anyone down , leave him and keep going . ’ |
| 21 | To the accompaniment of shouts and screams from the Corporals , we lined up in the corridor and were counted and recounted by them . |
| 22 | We lined up in the final and I came off the bend well in the lead . |
| 23 | The late arrival had necessitated her getting out of bed and throwing on a voluminous dressing-robe in order to prepare suitable accommodation — on a night such as this , moreover , when all a body wanted was to curl up under the quilt and hide from the horrors outside . |
| 24 | ‘ Moss stitch is best for ties otherwise they tend to curl up at the edges and look like a drain pipe . ’ |
| 25 | He says Wilfrd Thesiger 's idea of a nice night is to curl up on a rock and eat some fresh camel 's milk . |
| 26 | It was an act familiar to anyone , that is almost everyone , who has suffered from those self-inflicted illnesses that inspire only a feeling of wanting to curl up in a ball and be alone . |
| 27 | Allow your children to see your own grief so that they grow up with the idea that it is a natural reaction to an unhappy situation . |
| 28 | And the view should not be ruled out too summarily that all our desires grow up from the fact that certain things have been found immediately pleasurable . |
| 29 | And those that do , grow up in a sub-culture that is a disgrace to England ; unable to read or write , born to crime as a way of life , most of them have never even seen the inside of a church . |
| 30 | I cut off the path proper and charged up over a dune and down its other side to where the service pipe carrying the water and electricity to the house appears out of the sand and crosses the creek . |