Example sentences of "[noun] as [pers pn] [vb past] up the " in BNC.
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| 1 | There 's nothing like a good bed , ’ said Nessie O'Neil to her daughter Nellie as they made up the bed in the box bedroom at Ballytreabhair Farm . |
| 2 | He ran to his car , calling back to Aunt Nellie as he started up the engine : ‘ Ring up the A.A. box at Begwith and tell them to try and stop her . ’ |
| 3 | We crowed with pleasure as we rushed up the remaining feet to the top and , in the last dregs of daylight , hastened back across the lonely moor to the car , Mullion , and a well earned pint . |
| 4 | The combination roared along Castle Walk , echoing into the empty courtyard of the Berkeley Hunt kennels as it careered up the last hill into the tiny village . |
| 5 | Juliet glanced quickly at the girl as she folded up the stethoscope . |
| 6 | Senior Sea King pilot Lt Cmdr George Wallace spoke of the shelling as he picked up the two injured men . |
| 7 | The dung only penetrated as far as my upper thigh as we struck up the devastated hillside towards Meall a' Choire Leith . |
| 8 | The guns a short distance away along the river bank were shelling the German positions as I started up the bagpipes in a fairly secluded thicket , the sound of the drones and the pipe reed easily drowning the noise of the guns . |
| 9 | A series of falls hidden from immediate view follows the gill on the left-hand side and one May morning as I walked up the gill the falls were roaring after the heavy rains of the week before . |
| 10 | Miss Harker was a little out of breath as she rolled up the petition . |
| 11 | She stared , hypnotised , not daring to move again as he resumed his task , and she fought her physical responses , rigidly blocking out the sensual touch of each curling finger as it hooked up the criss-crossing lace . |
| 12 | The trip was hazardous , as bilge-water created a stability problem and the Coastguard searchlight was now a hindrance as it lit up the flying spray . |
| 13 | The engine of the bus protested bitterly and the close air filled with the heavy smell of petrol as they started up the steep brae . |
| 14 | George was frowning in thought as they clattered up the prison-like stone steps to his set . |
| 15 | ’ Gertrude lowered her voice as she yielded up the spiciest morsel of her story . |
| 16 | Satan , in his accustomed place in the lead , came to a stop as he picked up the first trace of man-scent . |
| 17 | Chantal ran the tip of her tongue over her lips and exchanged a glance with D'Arcy as he picked up the receiver . |
| 18 | Mother Bombie asked Evelyn as they trudged up the shingle path towards the girls ' house . |
| 19 | At the same time , no power-dressed working woman would be seen dead without her higher heeled shoes — both to stamp on the toes of the men as she stepped up the corporate ladder and to balance her wide , padded shoulders . |
| 20 | The following day it was revealed that Bering had chipped a bone in a knee during the race , but such was the power of his acceleration as he took up the running that he could hardly have been affected until the very final stages . |
| 21 | Charles squeezed her hand as they drove up the winding sunlit road to the peak . |
| 22 | Our conversation , previously animated , took on a dogged silence as we climbed up the final leg . |
| 23 | She preserved a dignified silence as she gathered up the trailing dressing-gown in one hand and kept the other on the rail attached to the wall on one side of the staircase . |
| 24 | ‘ There was a lot to do with telephones , ’ says Ian , ‘ like you could turn down the stereo as you picked up the phone ! ’ |
| 25 | The English had the advantage of a dominating position and they subjected the Scots to a devastating hail of arrows as they struggled up the slope to engage the English forces . |
| 26 | The cavalry officer pushed a hand through his long golden hair as he ran up the house steps . |
| 27 | Willie watched him in horror as he picked up the wriggling worms and put them inside the tin . |
| 28 | ‘ Do n't fancy marching in this heat , ’ remarked the driver as he started up the engine and we sped off in the direction of the Orne bridges . |
| 29 | Reporters and police rushed for cover , watching Janotte as he ran up the banks of a nearby gully . |
| 30 | But it did n't stop him bumping into her every five minutes as she set up the slithering plastic tent , the heaters . |