Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] up [art] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A pale autumnal sun played over Etive as I gazed up the beckoning folds of Spartan Slab with another partner , watching the leisurely antics of an American climber and his female ropemate on this classic VS . |
| 2 | I woke up a few times and got Mum out of bed all bleary-eyed and irritable in her nightie telling her a bogey-man was after me . |
| 3 | I pulled up a few tufts of grass and covered the blood . |
| 4 | Accordingly I looked up the various symptoms and cases of several diseases . |
| 5 | I looked up the authentic sources ; the Comte de Horne turned out not to be an illegitimate son of Louis XV ; the marriage had been consummated and he had died of indigestion . |
| 6 | I gave up a few years ago . ’ |
| 7 | No no i if it was if it was the likes of a say for instance , and I owned the book , it was my black book , and I ran up a hundred pounds on it . |
| 8 | I picked up The New Principles of Gardening , a leather-bound tome by Batty Langley ( d. 1751 ) and wondered when she would have been b . |
| 9 | Thus at my ease , I ate my tea and then I washed up the dirty crocks . |
| 10 | Though delighting to read in Blackwood 's of the exploits of imperial heroes , the educated British public showed little personal inclination for service in the assorted white men 's graves which made up the tropical dependencies . |
| 11 | He was , he said , threatened with murder ; and when he travelled round his diocese he was preceded by a troop of horse which broke up the illegal meetings . |
| 12 | British farmers who sold up a few years ago to buy cheap agricultural land in France are also finding that the grass is no greener on the other side of the Channel , and costs more . |
| 13 | He sold it to an American bookseller , who broke up the historic volumes that had survived the hazards of more than six centuries . |
| 14 | We will spare the blushes of those forecasters ' who notched up the biggest errors . |
| 15 | Gabrielle 's relationship with Baldwin blossomed and they had two children together , Sam and Harry , but later the couple parted and she brought up the two boys . |
| 16 | Another critic who took up the moral cudgels against the ‘ spicy ’ jokes and suggestive songs described how ‘ this kind of garbage is part and parcel of the repertoire of nearly every music hall in the kingdom … it puts decency and clean-living at a discount , and it glorifies immorality all round ’ . |
| 17 | Was Tory chairman who cocked up the 1989 Euro-elections . |
| 18 | Lady Grubb knew a great deal about antiques and owned some beautiful pieces , but she topped up the genuine furnishings with reproduction Jacobean coffee tables and plastic cruets . |
| 19 | She picked up the two copies reluctantly , as though with tongs , and looked back across the desk at him defiantly . |
| 20 | She picked up The Social Aspects of Illness . |
| 21 | In windy conditions , Tracy , who picked up the Irish Ladies title at Lough Erne last month , completed the 10. mile course in five hours and minutes . |
| 22 | I remind the hon. Lady who set up the National Rivers Authority . |
| 23 | Though bone dry , they shone in an evening sun that dazzled us , as we linked up the infrequent holds . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | We rushed up the last pitches having learned a lesson — next time I 'll take a windbreaker , even on a hot day . |
| 26 | We took up the lost threads of our writing together with even greater dedication . |
| 27 | We went up a few steps and into a small majlis which was nearly choked by deep couches pushed against its walls . |
| 28 | Main boomed out to port , genoa to starboard , they ghosted up the smooth waters of the river like a giant white butterfly as the first grey touch of dawn lightened the sky . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | Ever the professional , he silently directed his men with hand signals , ensuring that they took up the correct positions . |