Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] up the [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In what seemed to him to be the far distance he could see Mariana and the President climbing up the meadow to meet him . |
| 2 | It is scarcely feasible for the communes to set up the apparatus to assess local household incomes ; this is a matter that is best left to the republics and provinces . |
| 3 | But some believe the DoH has stopped short of adequate advice , while others believe the new guidance opens up the system to abuse . |
| 4 | The game is a vertically scrolling shoot-'em-up where your aircraft zooms up the screen to greet the enemy troops zooming down to kill you ( surprise , surprise ) . |
| 5 | Concern was expressed over the failure of Cala Homes to make up the roads to serve their new houses . |
| 6 | He looked backwards expecting to see the rear gunner running up the fuselage to report that his gun had jammed . |
| 7 | It was on an earlier trip to Germany that Brenda took up the challenge to pass her bike test . |
| 8 | Ward opened up the paper to reveal two tiny clay figures interlocked , the woman with her head bent over the man 's huge phallic erection . |
| 9 | Dracula walking up the brickwork to claim her ? |
| 10 | Tame films of this sort show directors and writings giving up the struggle to deal with contemporary anxieties . |
| 11 | The marriage ended when her husband gave up the struggle to find better ways of communicating with her . |
| 12 | Robert gave up the attempt to eavesdrop . |
| 13 | University — and particularly institute of education — suspicion of the entry of the CNAA into the field also spurred the universities to take up the challenge to validate the BEd that Robbins had thrown down . |
| 14 | Horses and carts were the only means of transport until an infrequent bus service came up the valley to add a further lifeline . |
| 15 | When will the right hon. Gentleman summon up the courage to make a decision on the applications ? |
| 16 | This seemed to relate closely to my problems , but I have to admit it took me a while to pluck up the courage to do that deadly and dangerous deed ( that everyone tells you never to do ) to my machine ! |
| 17 | It was a moment or two before Harry plucked up the courage to say , ‘ I do hope you wo n't do that , Madeleine . |
| 18 | You will not be at a level a good deal lower than the surrounding ground , so you will have to lay a hardcore base to build up the foundations to suit the path material and method of laying . |
| 19 | Put them in now , before autumn gales and winter blasts make the plants rock at their roots , and frost loosens up the soil to compound the damage . |
| 20 | Hearing of his father 's recovery , Lachlan leapt up the stair to visit him , but was turned from his door . |
| 21 | FOUR YEARS ago , Wirral plucked up the courage to make itself the centre of the finger-pickin' universe . |
| 22 | How can a demoralised off-licence manager work up the enthusiasm to sell what an increasingly adventurous customer has no desire to buy ? |
| 23 | Then Berwick turned up the power to land five 5–1 heat victories in a runaway finish . |
| 24 | I recall one man in the dale saying that he passed Sleetburn going up the fell to shepherd at 10 a.m. one day and heard Sam and Mother playing . |
| 25 | She felt God had given her " a long rope to draw up the water to nourish her soul " . |
| 26 | The A.87 now crosses the loch on a long causeway with a warning of high winds , but even in calm weather the former road continuing up the valley to round the head of the loch , at the cost of two extra miles , is to be preferred . |
| 27 | The Founders and other people within NoS kept up the pressure to go even further down the Equal Opportunities road . |
| 28 | After a while , too , some of the more literary residents of Princeton plucked up the courage to speak to him . |
| 29 | The home side 's run of four straight wins in which they scored 10 goals counted for nothing as Brian Flynn 's men put up the shutters to keep a clean sheet for the fourth time this season . |
| 30 | Visitors should not be put off by the modern appearance of this roof , nor by the notice on the gate to the abbey field which indicates a slight trek back along the lane to Abbey Farm to pick up the key to view St Leonard 's Church , Kirkstead . |