Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] up from [n mass] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The number of credit cards has shot up from 9.8m in 1979 to 28.4m now . |
| 2 | After just two days on the market , the software group has shot up from 70p to 113p — great news for the institutions who got in on the ground floor . |
| 3 | And on Wednesday Judy Robinson is set to leave the Grey Horse pub , Bank Top Judy 's rent has gone up from £13,000 to £25,000 . |
| 4 | Citrus fruit consumption has gone up from 2.70oz per person per week in 1982 for oranges to 2.99oz , and for other citrus fruits from 1.72oz to 2.19oz . |
| 5 | Salad consumption has gone up from 1.44oz to 1.89oz per week . |
| 6 | Over the last 20 years a pint of milk has increased five-fold from 5p to 26p today , and a loaf of bread has gone up from 10p to 47p . |
| 7 | The share of Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union has edged up from 9% to 11% . |
| 8 | Profits had shot up from £6m to £27m and the share price had risen — on a trajectory a jumbo jet pilot can only dream of — from 170p at the beginning of 1991 to 899p by the year-end . |