Example sentences of "[adj] [vb past] up [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some played up to the queue even more than I did , and at times it was quite a pantomime as they expressed themselves in their broken English with much arm waving and competitive claims . |
| 2 | This tied up with the number who had breeding stock and were therefore likely to be needed as assistants at a calving or lambing . |
| 3 | Quite a few wound up in the private labs in Switzerland . |
| 4 | She blinked at Shiona and half sat up on the bed . |
| 5 | But more than 100 holed up in the police headquarters in Srinagar . |
| 6 | STAFF AT Lincoln turbine Service Limited turned up at the Moat House Hotel , Aberdeen on 5 December for their five-course Christmas Dinner [ well , who would n't ] . |
| 7 | From the window of his room on the top floor of the tenement building , Joe could see down into old Mr Webb 's office at the rear of the shop , and the outline of scores of books were clearly visible poled up against the filthy windows . |
| 8 | Sabine stared up at the lettering cut into the ancient stonework . |
| 9 | If they were watching for her , they would n't expect her to travel on the night boat from Liverpool , with a rough sea battering at the B & I ship , while the drunks and the seasick threw up in the smelly lounges . |
| 10 | Only 2,222 turned up at the Vic for the 3–1 win against Exeter on Tuesday well below the average attendance for the season , 3,500 . |
| 11 | A faint glistening showed up on the surface of the carvings . |
| 12 | ‘ I informed everyone in local league cricket , including 21 clubs of Asian boys , but only three turned up for the first week . |
| 13 | She looks pretty shook up from the letter . |
| 14 | We three travelled up in the lift of the Hotel Vancouver together and perhaps just to make conversation I mentioned my trip to the Haida reservation and my feelings about the neglect of our Indians . |
| 15 | As far as the material goes , his is more than equal to that served up by the aforementioned pair . |
| 16 | A dark close , a dark eerie house with silent people inside , and confused , childish tales of evil spells and horror — all made up for the ostracism of the two Rosin children . |
| 17 | Nutty stood frowning , not able to complain , her insides all knotted up at the thought of jumping in . |
| 18 | All steamed up over the real thing . |
| 19 | And , them will survive there , but during er the Winter , starting October , you could see the face of the plantation of that was facing the sea , it all scorched up towards the end of O of er December . |
| 20 | All came up with the same idea and they wanted to do it . |
| 21 | I saw you and Oliver in the café when we all came up from the beach . |
| 22 | According to Health Ministry figures , four people had been killed and 93 injured up to the time of the miners ' arrival on the scene . |
| 23 | The mattress — all curved up at the edges . |
| 24 | After the incident , Piggott said : ‘ It nearly blew us away and we all finished up in the roof . |
| 25 | We all trooped up to the altar , behind which your Berlin friends discovered a mysterious opening . |
| 26 | There could be millions of them — hundreds of millions — thousands of millions of stars all swallowed up in the one hole . ’ |
| 27 | Their role has changed from turnkey to nurse but many grew up with the expectation that Rampton would be their career . |
| 28 | We all stared up at the great tower which soared six storeys above us . |
| 29 | In the end , we took a taxi and all went up to the mountainous part — a good way into the interior — to a little village called something like Kaloxilos , where Maria 's grandmother lived and had a garden . |
| 30 | We all went up to the top floor , and entered the room where Mason had been attacked . |