Example sentences of "[verb] up [adv] over [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A deep depression with a centre varying between 968 and 978 millibars moved from the Faroes to the mouth of the Elbe , while behind it a ridge of high pressure built up strongly over the Atlantic . |
| 2 | I suppose it built up slowly over the years … ’ |
| 3 | Begin by exercising moderately for 5–10 minutes per day , and build up gradually over a period of a month . |
| 4 | erm the minor awards or discretionary awards as they became and that 's erm , I was given this job and er that 's how it 's built up really over the years . |
| 5 | Very few films are about rape , although it crops up all over the place — from the narrative device launching an endless cycle of Death Wish movies , to general ’ scene-setting ’ in war movies and crime thrillers , or used with sublime insensitivity to illuminate ( male ) character : Robert De Niro raping his childhood sweetheart in Once Upon A Time In America , Bob Hoskins forcing himself on the maid in The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne . |
| 6 | For months afterwards copies of forms turned up all over the Manchester office . |
| 7 | Ride to Langholm in Eskdale this first night , then lie up there over the morrow . |
| 8 | Slack planning laws mean hotels are growing up all over the place , said Nick — who quickly threw out his own idea that the West has all the answers to the problems . |
| 9 | They 're growing up all over the place and as you say , Ernie he he he did say about education but whose gon na run education in the future same as social services , you 'll soon find they 'll social services up into the health service . |
| 10 | Yeah I know but they do n't turn up and you get all tangled up all over the place |
| 11 | The wind-chill factor was obvious , but the wind-skill factor was non-existent and a series of nasty vendettas sprung up all over the pitch . |
| 12 | Laura , you let me throw up all over the alley , all over Bill 's cab . |
| 13 | ‘ If I have to watch you any longer I 'll throw up all over the table . ’ |
| 14 | People will puke up all over the place and since it 's your fault , you 'll have to clear up the mess . |
| 15 | Always exercise gently to begin with , building up gradually over a period of time and remembering that there is never any need to strain yourself . |
| 16 | following the Robbins Committee Report in 1963 new universities sprang up all over the country and tertiary education in general was in a state of unexampled euphoria . |
| 17 | In the relatively affluent days of the 70s and early 80s leisure centres , squash courts and swimming pools sprang up all over the place , much of it made available through international funds . |
| 18 | It started to rain again , a light drizzle that caused umbrellas to pop up all over the place . |
| 19 | After what seemed like several hours but was probably only a few minutes , we heard an aircraft approaching , and heads popped up all over the hut . |
| 20 | Purple and yellow crocuses were popping up all over the lawn , the hard winter outlines of shrubs and trees were blurred by new growth like the fuzz on an adolescent 's upper lip , even the rows of savagely pruned rosebushes at the front of the house , separated by concrete walkways like a cemetery of spider crabs buried upside-down , were shoving out shoots and buds . |
| 21 | The Darling Buds Of May returned and suddenly Miss Zeta Jones was popping up all over the place . |
| 22 | Ethno-religious conflicts have sprung up all over the world in recent years . |
| 23 | I got up and had another little walk around , finishing up just over the road from Buckingham Palace . |
| 24 | The Interflora boom and Smiths devotees were sprouting up all over the place with their obnoxious shirts and silly haircuts . |
| 25 | After that for six days little smoke columns seemed to be sprouting up all over the forest , now here , now there , but only for an hour or two . |
| 26 | Anwar blew up all over the place . |
| 27 | Although Wilhelm 's army was no match for the total power of the Waaagh , Grom 's forces were split up all over the Empire into many small armies . |
| 28 | Reform circles were springing up all over the country , calling for Mr Grosz 's dismissal . |
| 29 | Much of this is undoubtedly true but perhaps not true enough to justify the industries springing up all over the country offering simplistic solutions like food supplements and gymnasia . |
| 30 | Then there were new Switchboards springing up all over the place , sometimes with more enthusiasm than resources and occasionally with decidedly dubious intent or policy . |