Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] up [conj] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The mistaken identification of some red dye , accidentally spilled on a window sill , as blood , led to a riot that was only broken up when the mob was charged by soldiers led by a cutlass-wielding town councillor on horseback . |
| 2 | ‘ It seemed to me , and the team , that the flag only went up after the ball hit the back of the net , ’ he said . |
| 3 | All I have to do is push down , the man inside pushes up and the wardrobe slowly comes up like that . |
| 4 | I have already commented that colours will not show up unless the intensity of the light is sufficiently great . |
| 5 | She did not look up when the girls came in , although the billiard table was connected by a cord to a cow-bell , which jangled harshly . |
| 6 | I was watching a card trick one of the soldiers was showing me and did not look up until the cart had almost passed the window . |
| 7 | He knows that as long as everybody stays level with the leading attacker they can just step up when the ball is played and the linesman 's flag will be raised . |
| 8 | The jacket allows plenty of all round movement and the hem will not ride up once the drawcord is tightened . |
| 9 | Though not , of course , the one he 'd just come up because the ferret was still down there in hot pursuit . |
| 10 | The moral is simple : do not let up until the time-up bell sounds . |
| 11 | His ulcer had finally blown up and the doctor was rushing him to hospital . |
| 12 | As a result , the second visit sees a number of entrances and bolt-holes still closed up while the remainder are back in use . |
| 13 | I always wake up before the alarm goes , so I got to watch . |
| 14 | It was deliberately set up when the University received its Charter in 1909 . |
| 15 | They rose 10 per cent on 2 August , and also moved up when the UN imposed sanctions , when Iraq refused the UN 's call for withdrawal and when the UN set the 15 january deadline . |
| 16 | Even this latter source of funds is now drying up as the property market slides into an ever deeper slump . |
| 17 | And the writing wo n't dry up after the story of Cormac is told . |
| 18 | Yeah they are like and like they just do n't grow up until the time |
| 19 | Ask the task orientated member to regularly sum up where the meeting has reached . |
| 20 | The girl playing marbles did n't even look up as the travellers left . |
| 21 | It was n't set up until the afternoon . |
| 22 | Some aspects are still a little scrappy — the bundled software , DOS and Windows , is n't particularly well set up and the documentation wo n't win a Pulitzer prize . |
| 23 | Chapters 4 to 6 are art historical , interpreting about 800 years , beginning with a time when a miniaturist copied approved models with almost or actual religious obedience , and ending in a period in the early Renaissance when an illuminator does not even stand up when the Chancellor of France enters the room or when John of Holland can complain that Jacquemart de Hesdin has stolen his private pattern sheets in 1398 . |
| 24 | And if they did n't get up when the Night Sister switched the lights on , they were on the Matron 's mat , and they lost that hour . |
| 25 | To go to the one in the park we 'd have to go up that hill and there 's no way I can push this buggy with Bryony in the front and all these fruit and vegetables I could n't get up and the hang on to you two with your reins I could n't get up that steep hill . |
| 26 | ‘ Anyway , this Sunday evening she did n't turn up and the woman in Hayle had n't seen her — had n't expected her . |
| 27 | The value of the ‘ pearls ’ each family has collected is then added up and the family with the highest number is the winner . |
| 28 | Aches and pains sometimes ease up when the menopause is over but many of us will have to settle for a certain amount of back pain , headaches and limited movement from now on . |
| 29 | ‘ We had tried four other theatres and were about to give up before the church answered our prayers , ’ said Beth Duffin , secretary of the Association of Ulster Drama Festivals . |
| 30 | The balloons will then stand up and the base will look like feet . |