Example sentences of "[noun] as [pers pn] [verb] up a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The configuration of lights speed up , broaden , and throw different shadows into the car as I pull up a freeway ramp . |
| 2 | Outside a car revved up its engine as it changed up a gear only to screech to a halt at the corner and roar off again . |
| 3 | He was later denied the goal his performance deserved by Munday 's superb tackle as he lined up a shot . |
| 4 | Damien Walsh , from Colinvale , Poleglass , was murdered on Thursday night as he closed up a fuel suppliers in the Dairy Farm Centre . |
| 5 | THE return of both Des Haynes and Angus Fraser had the desired effect on Middlesex 's fortunes during the early weeks of the season as they ran up a sequence of one-day wins . |
| 6 | The whole operation was developing like a Grahame Greene novel as I walked up a dark country lane to the waiting car . |
| 7 | Instead was a happy medley of Luke laughing , of taking her hand as they ran up a long flight of grey stone steps towards some vague but wonderful journey 's end . |
| 8 | He stood by the exit , watching , cupping one hand around the flame of his lighter as he lit up a Marlboro . |
| 9 | Born in Hereford in 1855 , he became known throughout his native county as he built up a detailed knowledge of the countryside of Herefordshire and the Welsh border . |