Example sentences of "[verb] as they [verb] up the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They became widely separated as they struggled up the slope . |
| 2 | ‘ Suppose old Hilbert 's face were to appear at the window now , ’ Adam had said as they went up the bask stairs to bed . |
| 3 | He turned as they came up the spiral wrought-iron staircase . |
| 4 | They would take a lazy bottom turn , stall as they climbed up the wave , then disappear behind the curtain for a second or two , reappearing like actors at the end of a play to take a bow . |
| 5 | A glorious red butterfly with sapphire blue eyes on its wingtips fluttered and curtsied in front of me , moorland sheep scuttled reluctantly off the track as I ploughed towards them and a group of walkers cursed as they struggled up the bank . |
| 6 | Some of their moves were a delight to watch as they swept up the field constantly , and the rate of scoring hardly slackened all afternoon . |
| 7 | For the ground crews there is barely time to think as they bomb up the tornados for yet another sortie . |