Example sentences of "[adj] [noun prp] [verb] up [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The row has brought many French roads to a standstill — and hit the pockets of British Hauliers caught up in the jams . |
| 2 | Almost instantaneously they were round the nearside and had the odious Carol backed up against the van trying to wave away their prodding , stabbing fingers . |
| 3 | The 36-year-old Tynesider stepped up to the manager 's chair after Frank Gray became the third North-East football boss to lose his job since Christmas . |
| 4 | Downstairs smoke-rooms sent the odour of fine Havana leaf up into the street to mingle with the scent of fresh-roasted coffee or the exhaust of an occasional motorcar . |
| 5 | Around three Talbot came up to the library with a telephone-set in his hand . |
| 6 | Here is one place where America 's concern with Eastern Europe bumps up against the Community 's own deliberations . |
| 7 | An elegant BMW drew up over the road and Fatimah Bankhead , the chain-smoking Islamic feminist , stepped out . |
| 8 | Macho Jose lined up for the same run at Leganes yesterday — and was wounded by another horn . |
| 9 | The reek grew stronger of flesh and carbon and gunpowder and smoke , and the chaos of noise more ferocious as at last Dulé came up behind the gaggle of the English defenders . |
| 10 | Next Derek came up with the bright idea of making me walk to see how far I could get . |