Example sentences of "up go the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Up goes the axe . |
| 2 | Inspector comes in — up goes the radio to the ventilator out of sight . |
| 3 | A tap is turned , a pressure of 120 pounds per square inch applied to the piston , and up goes the end of the coach as easily as though it were a doll 's house . |
| 4 | Up goes the telescope , you 're lying there you know , and the doctor told me , he said , Do you wan na watch ? |
| 5 | Sensible and necessary price increases none the less attracted a predictably irresponsible press reaction , with Conservative newspapers bearing anti-nationalisation headlines such as ‘ You own the electricity industry — AND UP GO THE PRICES ’ . |
| 6 | Up go the ‘ Trespassers Will Be Prosecuted ’ and ‘ Keep Out ’ signs , the extra barbed wire is ordered and the shotgun is cleaned and prepared . |
| 7 | Sure enough , the twenty-minute time pencils activated the detonators and up went the aircraft . |
| 8 | Up went the yellow flag . |
| 9 | But er if you had to paper the parlour was always papered in the ceiling but he kitchen was always whitewashed because we had these , if I explain to you these er fireplaces that er were n't very successful burning coal you know and the smoke would rise and before you knew where you were the ceiling was black again so sort of every so often up went the whitewash brush and you 'd whitewash the the ceiling . |
| 10 | Up went the visor . |
| 11 | At the end of every round off came the gold knob and up went the stick . |
| 12 | ( b ) For emphasis : Down came the rain and up went the umbrellas . |
| 13 | As the novelist E. M. Forster was to put it in the Indian summer of the bourgeoisie : ‘ In came the dividends , up went the lofty thoughts . ’ |