Example sentences of "[pron] up the [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | Shall I hire a gondola and take you up the Grand Canal to the sound of trumpets ? ’ |
2 | ‘ I will escort you up the first flight of stairs , but I shall observe the proprieties by leaving you to look after yourself on the second landing . ’ |
3 | The man turns and trots away from me up the right-hand staircase from the mezzanine to the station platform . |
4 | Drawing her to her feet , he led her up the wide staircase to a comfortable oak-panelled bedroom which overlooked the eucalyptus trees in the garden . |
5 | All of them were big men who had drawn lots for the honour of the occasion , and carefully they lifted Artai and carried him up the short flight of steps to the summit of the plinth . |
6 | He held on to the machine by the handlebars as he turned off the road and started to push it up the steeper incline of the track . |
7 | He began paddling at the age of 10 , got his first boat 3 years later , spent a week with PGL and followed it up the next year with a course at Raven 's Ait . |
8 | I agreed and arranged to pick it up the next morning on the way . |