Example sentences of "up [conj] [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Her monochromes , obtained through the superimposition of differing and at times contradictory tonalities , take on their full significance when they are placed , either hung up or leaning on the ground , in a pre-chosen space with controlled lighting . |
| 2 | From a black perspective you 're up against a white power structure and it does n't really matter whether you 're being beaten up or abused by the police or by a group of kids on the street , it all comes down to the same thing — racism . |
| 3 | By the time the gay movement started in 1970 the gay friends I had were people I had picked up or met through a pick-up ; I probably knew about half a dozen gay people intimately . |
| 4 | ‘ But I do n't always speak up or shout from the roof tops . |
| 5 | Young men began ringing up or arriving on the doorstep and announcing themselves as ‘ Wedgie ’ or ‘ Snubs ’ or ‘ Schizo ’ and saying that Conor was the best there was , and was there anything they could do ? |
| 6 | The business might one day be sold off , wound up or nationalised by the host government . |
| 7 | Along the top of the instrument panel are amber oil and fuel low-pressure lights and the left-to-right mechanical flap indicator ( there are five quaintly-named setting , full flap on the left , landing , take-off , climb and up or cruise at the right ) . |
| 8 | Now I I think I would like to ask the county to come in and deal with this question of how much of their forty one thousand two hundred is new build and how much is gon na be taken up or provided by the conversion . |
| 9 | Moreover , the herb can be planted without disturbance to the roots , almost immediately after buying , whereas those sent through the post may spend many days travelling in inadequate packaging , having been dug up or removed from a container . |
| 10 | Do not forget that you live alone and there may not be anyone there to pick you up or ring for the doctor if you break a leg or a hip . |
| 11 | Fall-rise and rise-fall tones , however , can be quite difficult to recognise when they are extended over tails , since their characteristic pitch movements are often broken up or distorted by the structure of the syllables they occur on . |
| 12 | The plaintiffs , A and others , who were customers of the defendants , obtained an injunction before Morland J. on 13 August 1990 restraining the defendants from delivering up or disclosing to the United States court or to third parties otherwise than in connection with and for the purposes of the business and trading of the plaintiffs , any documents relating to the plaintiffs ' accounts with the defendants , and ordering the latter to return to its London branch certain documents which had been removed from the jurisdiction . |
| 13 | The [ defendants ] whether by [ themselves , their ] servants or agents or otherwise howsoever be restrained until trial or further order from : ( a ) delivering up or disclosing to the grand jury in the County of New York empanelled in the matter of the People of the State of New York v. John Doe ( B Bank ) or , without the prior consent of the plaintiffs , delivering up or disclosing to any third party otherwise than in connection with and for the purposes of the business and trading of the plaintiffs or any of them , all documents and information contained therein held by [ these defendants ] at [ their ] branches in London or elsewhere within this jurisdiction concerning or relating to the plaintiffs ' accounts with the [ defendants ] or any of them or otherwise relating to the business of the plaintiffs or any of them ; ( b ) without the prior written consent of the plaintiffs ' solicitors herein , removing from the jurisdiction of this court any of the documents referred to in subclause ( a ) hereof or any copies thereof . |
| 14 | The clue is , of course , that if Archer 's coat was powder-stained his killer must have been someone known to him who could get up that close in the deserted night street where he met his end . |
| 15 | Some people were waking up and seeing through the disguise humanity had constructed around its deities . |
| 16 | A list of deadlines and responsibilities was drawn up and agreed between the two departments and this has led to a better understanding of each others tasks and the benefits of compliance . |
| 17 | A timetable covering the completion of our work and of the transaction under the terms of the engagement will be drawn up and agreed between the directors and us by [ date ] . |
| 18 | The matter was raised in the meeting of the Land and Properties Sub-Committee 14 January 1992 ( LP 4 ) where it was resolved to offer the land for sale by open tender on condition that the purchaser submits a detailed planning application for one detached dwelling based on plans already drawn up and agreed by the planning officer as acceptable . |
| 19 | In fact he had lost his nerve and was too shy to go up and knock on the door . |
| 20 | The concrete slabs were taken up and replaced with a crazy paving patio , and gradually they developed their plans , as money allowed . |
| 21 | It had been decided in July 1944 that the Cabinet Committee on post-War Civil Aviation should be wound up and replaced by a Minister responsible specifically for this area of policy . |
| 22 | It 's impossible ! she exclaimed to herself , getting up and leaning on the rough stone windowsill . |
| 23 | Secondly , anything suggested by the Progressive Democrats has to be automatically suspect , on the grounds that the Pee Dees are a miserable bunch of motherfuckers who , when Sam Snort grasps the reins of power , will all be rounded up and interned for an indefinite period . |
| 24 | He stands up and taps on the table for silence , intending to announce this new discovery , in the hope that it will cause yet more laughter , and increase his reputation for honesty still further . |
| 25 | They thought they 'd have the Mexican wave when someone go get , get up and go to the loo ! |
| 26 | After blunting two ice-screws I give up and go for the peg . |
| 27 | it 's like party balloons , she 's got like water balloons I mean , with water and , they was , I had them in this box mucking about , I was trying take something out , and then like we dropped a water balloon in their bathroom and erm , we started having water fight , and that they filled them up and go into the balloons and then you go and tie it up |
| 28 | We just give up and go through the motions and we let our negativity harden inside us . |
| 29 | but here we , we never go up and go in the general by the |
| 30 | It 's very easy for young people to come into politics , full of enthusiasm and full up of get up get up and go and many of them get up and go after a few years . |