Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [pers pn] [vb past] up the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The conversation then started to get interesting and we turned up the volume in London . |
| 2 | Moran looked stern and self-conscious as he drove up the short avenue . |
| 3 | By the look of him , however , his chief had not perhaps shared a similarly successful period of recuperation , for he sounded tetchy as he picked up the brief note Lewis had left him . |
| 4 | In a conversation which she later recalled to friends Diana told him : ‘ You looked so sad when you walked up the aisle at the funeral . |
| 5 | And then of course erm would it be later that they took up the English miners ? |
| 6 | One of Stephanie close colleagues has been under gun guard , police guard for a week following death threats on the alleged kidnapper , as the net closed on him he phoned estate agent Jane the girl who helped prepare the second artist impression , Jane had met him face to face when he called at the office in Great Bar Birmingham days before the kidnap to collect details on several houses for sale , her blood ran cold when she picked up the phone on Wednesday February the twelfth to hear his voice again |
| 7 | She looked very young and pretty as she held up the teapot and Francis Morgan hesitated , then sat down , heavily , and seized two biscuits . |
| 8 | ‘ We were a player short and he made up the numbers for us . ’ |
| 9 | The process of information-gathering which ensued was certainly no more radical than that sanctioned by Nicholas I when he set up the Committee of 6 December 1826 . |
| 10 | It came to him , just like a flash of lightning and he was so excited that he picked up the telephone and rang Dennis Hopper in Los Angeles . |
| 11 | The train consisted of Cambrian 4-wheelers headed by a ‘ Seaham ’ class 2-4-0 and it proceeded up the Tanat Valley . |
| 12 | Archbishop Romero , although thought to be a moderate when he took up the Archbishopric , proved himself to be a zealous proponent of Liberation Theology , broadcasting his masses , which included political messages , to the people throughout the country , by radio . |
| 13 | Masklin was just ahead of the other two as they raced up the aisle between the rows of humans , who paid no attention at all to three tiny blurs running between the seats . |
| 14 | He knew that the archer would have to load and winch his bow , so he rose and ran with all his force , clearing the trees , almost breathless as he stumbled up the muddy causeway leading to the main abbey gate . |
| 15 | Dabbling with such challenging pastimes as mountaineering and long distance canoeing , Graham was in his early 50s when he took up the quadriathlon just as the sport was getting off the ground . |
| 16 | Chopra felt frightened as they walked up the narrow stairway to the battlements . |