Example sentences of "[noun] [be] [verb] up on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | All the computers were cracking up on the factory floor this morning . ’ |
| 2 | Having established that they had no signs of any fatigue cracks on the rear spar chord , the left and right stabilisers from two different aircraft were set up on the test rig . |
| 3 | Marie 's sitting up on the bed with a packet of fags . |
| 4 | While taxi-ing the crew received an airways clearance and the aircraft was lined up on the runway without delay . |
| 5 | Highfield came back strongly and should have scored in front of the posts but lost possession their hooker was held up on the line , their only reward was a penalty from their captain Terry Dillon . |
| 6 | The boat was mooring up on the River Severn when it rolled over , trapping two of them underwater . |
| 7 | The figure was hunched up on the seat , its head on the table , apparently almost sleeping . |
| 8 | Though French brands still account for nearly half of the luxury market , German , British , Italian and even a few Japanese and American brands are showing up on the shelves . |
| 9 | ‘ There are no barriers being put up on the basis of age but the national team is now in a situation in qualifying Group I where they have to produce every time in the six ties that remain to be played . |
| 10 | I 'm taking the Cortina , the clutch is playing up on the Renault . |
| 11 | Now a mile or two ahead , we could see a white line where the swell was crashing up on the fringing reef . |
| 12 | In fact the Ravenscraig , present Ravenscraig was built up on the first place from a steelworks known then as Corral Steelworks . |
| 13 | peace was patched up on the basis of the status quo but military victory made it impossible to destroy the new Bulgarian union . |
| 14 | The school will be closed for up to a week , and pupils will have to stay at home while temporary buildings are put up on the site . |
| 15 | The procedures of the 1981 Act ensure that statements are drawn up on the basis of the pupil 's individual needs , but with the general aim of ensuring , as far as possible , an education comparable with that of the pupil 's age group in the mainstream . |
| 16 | In those days all the cutters were laid up on the trot piles in the river Hamble during the winter months . |
| 17 | When I arrived , the village was deathly quiet ; a few fishing boats were pulled up on the shingly beach but there was no activity . |
| 18 | Notice boards were set up on the College house , and at the corner of the road . |
| 19 | But Donald was doubled up on the sofa . |
| 20 | In a similar manner to the interview analysis technique , a record was set up on the database for each activity using the numerical codes as an identifier , and a second field used to type in all information needed or produced by that activity . |
| 21 | There was a moment 's hesitation , then the boy 's prints were flashed up on the screen , the computer superimposing them over the others . |
| 22 | And th and can I restate the view of British Rail , there is little or no prospect of a new station being opened up on the east coast main route main line , because of the four track configuration , which I 'm sure you 'll have seen on your when you 've come up to York by tr by train . |
| 23 | As the coffin was lifted up on the shoulders of the men , Carmella stood and reached out her hand to touch its wood at Joey 's shoulder . |
| 24 | ‘ Since Big Bang , all the market prices are flashed up on the electronic screens . ’ |
| 25 | In one form — the earliest is usually attributed to the Boston Consulting Group , USA — a 3 × 3 matrix is set up on the two axes as in Figure 2.4 . |
| 26 | Ten of our 20 houses were snapped up on the spot . ’ |
| 27 | And that was plucked out by its roots , and two rows were set up on the green ; boys and girls were in each row . |
| 28 | A few fishing boats sat in the lagoon , some outrigger canoes were drawn up on the sand and one small pleasure yacht , which must have come from another island , was anchored to a buoy . |
| 29 | The two men were picked up on the Ross ice shelf , about 350 miles from the coastal camp at Scott base which was their original target . |
| 30 | On 5 July 1991 the Bank of England presented a petition for an order that an authorised bank be wound up on the ground that it was insolvent . |