Example sentences of "[adj] [pers pn] [vb past] up [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | At 0400 she blew up with the loss of fifty-seven of the precious tanks and ten of the even more precious Hurricanes . |
| 2 | When on 24 August 1921 she broke up over the Humber on a final exercise in sharp turns , Maitland , on board but not in command , died with forty-two others . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm glad he spoke up about the shooting on the river before he collapsed again , ’ said Coffin soberly . |
| 4 | To their left it led up into the trees . |
| 5 | I am sure she went up to the poor man 's room , picked up the thread lying there , pulled out the slow fuse , lit it with a tinder and then came back down here . ’ |
| 6 | I f I shall feel as if we 've been from here cos when I was first married we lived up round the next road . |
| 7 | DOWN 1 Do one in for equal wages ( 6 ) 2 Sprint up with lace undone in typical family ( 7 ) 3 Request he received from the British Empire ? ( 5 ) 4 Concentrating so in form for plans ( 10 ) 5 Queen that is raised for the country ( 4 ) 6 Peg holds this original drier ( 4–5 ) 7 Solvent with less substance ? ( 7 ) 8 Relative amount needed to be filthy , he said ( 6 ) 13 High fashion involving exercise with English lords ( 3,7 ) 15 Common sense about riot disorder and love of ill fame ( 9 ) 17 He went up to the city which went with the flow ( 7 ) 18 Fail to keep appointment with his comedy ? ( 5–2 ) 19 Prevents injection of energy for champion of prevention ( 6 ) 20 Keep alien in bad weather ( 6 ) 23 Make ten to five when you do it ( 5 ) 24 Strike one for chastity which he went Up the second time |
| 8 | The good old Ordnance Survey Landrangers guided our way and after about 2½ hours ' driving we pulled up alongside the river and could n't believe our eyes … |