Example sentences of "up [coord] [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This will divert forests from disputed uplands where foresters are frequently held up or defeated in long battles with environment groups . |
| 2 | I am convinced that zander often shoal up or gather in great numbers when they are not hunting and to come across one of these occurrences as I have done from time to time is an unbelievably exciting experience . |
| 3 | Except 176 , the other eight care remained in service until 1960–1 , when they were broken up or used as Illuminated feature cars . |
| 4 | Keepin and Kats were responsible for a calculation which has been taken up and treated with biblical reverence by the anti-nuclear lobby : for nuclear power to displace coal from the energy mix in a high energy scenario 8000 large reactors would have to be brought on line worldwide at the rate of one every one-and-a-half days . |
| 5 | It must be able to run full-tilt down any of its tracks , anticipating every hazard on the surface that might trip it up and leaning into familiar bends like an experienced racing driver going round a well-practised circuit . |
| 6 | In deep water the travelling wave may be only a few feet high : but on those rare occasions when such waves reach shallow water , or coastlines , they can rear up and explode with fearful consequences . |
| 7 | Conversely , flame-coloured harridans that looked as if only Agent Orange could stop them curled up and died of aristocratic pique at the advancing hordes of dandelions . |
| 8 | Such ventures never formed more than a significant minority of the total number of clubs , most of which were based on street or neighbourhood groups set up and run by ordinary working people . |
| 9 | The fabric he is shifting will be taken to one of the many ateliers in Paris to be cut up and sewn into ready-to-wear , middle-market fashion . |
| 10 | Being bundled up and escorted from old peoples home to movie premiere , from infant school to racecourse , from hospital to Cup final . |
| 11 | The secretary of state for foreign affairs still retained , as did his fellow secretaries for war , the navy and the maison du roi , ultimate responsibility for the administration of a group of French provinces ; and each of the four still acted as general secretary to the king , in the drawing up and despatching of official documents of all kinds , for three months in the year . |
| 12 | In Russia the children will be split up and sent to different orphanges . |
| 13 | In Russia the children will be split up and sent to different orphanges . |
| 14 | It is therefore unwise to allow grass to grow up and mature in late summer . |
| 15 | Such views are often picked up and repeated by non-finance specialists ( e.g. Hill , 1985 ) . |
| 16 | As the son of noble parents , Rodrigo was brought up and trained in knightly pursuits at the court of Prince Sancho , eldest son of King Ferdinand of Castile and Leon . |
| 17 | A man jumped up and ran after Black Dog . |
| 18 | At the end of the Gulf War , British Army authorities announced they would have to destroy all dogs which had been picked up and kept by British units in the war zone , but Dave and his colleagues decided they were n't going to let this cruel fate befall Des . |
| 19 | The World Cup will inevitably become not a sporting event , but a completely commercial package — no longer the peasant game , but sanitised , trussed up and priced for corporate consumption . |
| 20 | Plateosaurus was a well-known herbivore , occasionally rearing up and sprinting in short bursts on its hind legs , its momentum aided by its long tail . |
| 21 | Over the years , Midland has helped thousands of businesses to start up and grow into thriving enterprises . |
| 22 | At night I would often get up and go for long walks in the school grounds , especially when the moon was full and I felt particularly restless , enjoying the silence and solitude of the woods . |
| 23 | Right , it 's clear i n't it under four rule twenty eight , four , it 's not essential for the disallowance of any cost or interest that er the taxing officer should be satisfied that erm the other party has been prejudiced , in fact that is not a condition precedent to the exercise of his part and disallow interest in this here item , er any prejudice there maybe is merely one factor to be taken into account in other matters and it does seem to me that the fact the court can , can properly and should properly take into account , is , is that erm , it is desirable that to litigation should erm comply with there obligations , either expressly , express or explicit under the rules of the court to comply with matter such as it should have orders part drawn up and served as appropriate , as I say it seems to me that er the plaintiffs 's can be criticized in not erm having perfected the order of Mr Justice er before they did so but er , I have , it seems to me to look at all the relevant pictures in the case , er if it were the case that the plaintiff suffered any prejudice as the result of that claim , clearly that would be a matter which I would have to take into account , but I 'm bound to say it does n't seem to me that the fender of the plaintiffs to perfect the order did in fact cause any prejudice to the plaintiff and indeed if they , the plaintiffs had perfected the order , it seems to me exactly the same course of events as in fact transpired in this case , would actually have occurred and would n't make any difference at all , so unless it 's a matter of simply of er seeking to punish the plaintiff as a matter of discipline , it seems to me there is a , not really anything in the point that the order was not perfected er when it seems to me it should of been , and I , there stood to see the other er circumstances , now it 's quite clear to me having been referred to correspondence , passing between the solicitors that erm although really from a very early stage er the plaintiffs solicitors referring to Mr a letter of early nineteen ninety one indicating that erm the view was being taken that the likelihood was that erm the plaintiffs would have to get their costs out of the defendants share and interest in the premises and er that would be a matter which could only be dealt with when the enquiries director by Mr Justice had been dealt with . |
| 24 | Would you propose that the Supplement text is marked up and ordered in correct alphabetic position prior to capture ? |
| 25 | The simple task devised by Kinsbourne and Cook ( 1971 ) was subsequently taken up and modified by other investigations . |
| 26 | The local technical university is a useful source ; so is the Penang Skills Development Centre , set up and financed by local multinationals . |
| 27 | The task of parents and teachers was to supply books and information , to provide sympathy and encouragement , sometimes to sum up and enlarge on particular questions . |
| 28 | Suzanne Garment writes in her recent book Scandal : ‘ The great American scandal machine that we have built for ourselves is up and running with ferocious momentum . ’ |
| 29 | In hospital , each patient has a care plan which is drawn up and discussed in great detail with the person and the nursing staff . |
| 30 | These are cooperative credit societies set up and controlled by local people from a defined geographical area . |