Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] [vb past] up the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The team took up the gauntlet thrown down by the Health and Safety Executive and came up with a thorough checklist for the city 's 7 homes . |
| 32 | Lee switched on the torch and the beam lit up the stack-yard like a searchlight . |
| 33 | The civilian went up the ladder and retrieved the attaché case . |
| 34 | As they fled , the bomb blew up the northbound lanes of the Edgware Road flyover , destorying some of its supports and a nearby a B & Q DIY warehouse . |
| 35 | The general picked up the phone and dialled . |
| 36 | so then the housekeeper phoned up the doctor in October |
| 37 | 3–11–1898 The Moderator read the following extract minute of Presbytery ; " The presbytery took up the report of the committee on union with the United Presbyterian Church as sent down by last General Assembly , and as Instructed by the Assembly , agreed to transmit the said report to the Kirk Session within their bounds for their information . " |
| 38 | As the meeting broke up the conversation turned to Archer 's party . |
| 39 | One Tory MP on the right summed up the difference : ‘ Enoch was infinitely more interesting and distinguished than Tebbit . |
| 40 | Cornelius watched as the barmaid scooped up the bluebottle with the spatula , flipped it into the air and batted it out of the window . |
| 41 | The barmaid rang up the drinks on the till and then pocketed all of the change . |
| 42 | The journal showed up the regime in the most clumsy , incompetent , and oppressive light . |
| 43 | The moon lit up the roof of the breaking waves . |
| 44 | The sentry picked up the tags , stared at the photos and at our faces . |
| 45 | Ultimately , his change of pace and flight of the ball broke up the rhythm of Lee , who perhaps rather over pressed in the first set and found himself 0–5 down before he adjusted his momentum to claw four games back before Galasso 's touch and confidence returned , in what was for him a perfect final game and a match point won with a brilliant lob . |
| 46 | Facing this triangular space , created for the benefit of traders , the abbot divided up the land on either side into a series of narrow plots on which traders and others were encouraged to settle permanently , building their houses with timber and other materials provided by him . |
| 47 | Kathleen had never been one for jewellery and the amethyst picked up the heather mauve of Isabel 's new dress and even , she thought , gave something of a fresh nuance to her mist-blue eyes . |
| 48 | But there is nothing to support the theory that the crew made up the story , and no apparent motive for them to do so . |
| 49 | The landlord filled up the tankard from a keg below the bar . |
| 50 | The Keeper picked up the cage and backed out , his helper careful to close the gate quickly behind him as he came out . |
| 51 | Slowly the Captain picked up the half-sovereign , and as slowly rubbed it on his sleeve . |
| 52 | The guide picked up the rifle , shot and castrated him , and made off . |
| 53 | ‘ I have n't even seen the original series — I must be about the only guy in the western hemisphere who has n't , ’ he said as the cast walked up the plank in Irvine , Ayrshire , to inspect the Vital Spark for the first time . |
| 54 | The child sat down , more from surprise than the force of the blow ; the woman picked up the shopping bags and walked on ; she knew that she was in danger of missing the train now . |
| 55 | The Colonel brought up the rear . |
| 56 | Now , as the train swayed up the coast , there were tears in his own eyes too . |
| 57 | The corporation set up the networks itself , negotiating for lines with the local suppliers : BT and Mercury in the UK , HKTel in Hong Kong and , in the US , about 10 vendors offering overseas circuits . |
| 58 | I could only watch as the lightning lit up the windows and they struggled to get off that wall . ’ |
| 59 | There was another roll of thunder , and once again the lightning lit up the garden and the surrounding trees . |
| 60 | The headlights of the taxi-van behind us flashed as it hit bumps in the road and the interior lit up the faces of the men in the van with me . |