Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] [pron] [vb past] up the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seemed bigger than the sun and it sailed with a peculiar swiftness up into the heavens , growing paler and brighter as it did so until it lit up the plain with a dull , yellow light . |
| 2 | And they put all those factors together and they weighed up the alternatives and you 've heard some of them already . |
| 3 | DETECTIVES are hunting the killer of a friendly bus driver gunned down as he walked up the driveway to his North-East home . |
| 4 | It shone through , not only by the dedication she demonstrated to earn her outstanding successes internationally in both lawn tennis and golf but — in a way — even more so as she faced up the cruel two-year reality of fighting a terminal illness until her recent death at the age of 45 . |
| 5 | But after 74 miles , they were all together as they charged up the last climb to the finishing line . |
| 6 | So when he woke up the donkey was looking at him . |
| 7 | In 1747 , Stukeley could stand Stamford no longer and he took up the living of St. George 's in Bloomsbury , London , thus ending his associations with the town . |
| 8 | Shortly before he took up the study of genetics , the American biologist Thomas Hunt Morgan wrote a book , Evolution and Adaptation ( 1903 ) , arguing that evolution was governed solely by the production of saltations , and had nothing to do with adapting the species to its environment . |
| 9 | The writer may well have assumed that most book buyers already know of the existence of a writer called Ernest Hemingway , and even if they did not before they picked up the book , they would already have seen his name on the cover before turning to read this biographical sketch inside . |
| 10 | But suddenly , just as I grabbed up the half-eroded head of a carved-stone monkey , I found my finger caught so fast between its gritty teeth that a gasp broke from me . |
| 11 | His code was no problem ; had n't she seen it enough times anyway when he powered up the network ? |
| 12 | It was also noticed that he ceased to whistle unconsciously as he walked up the aisle from the vestry . |
| 13 | She saw Elaine as soon as she walked up the planked wooden steps to the bar , and noticed as she drew closer that her friend was already tipsy . |
| 14 | As soon as she picked up the receiver I 'd say , ‘ It 's Robina , ’ and then cut off . |
| 15 | " Essoldo Cinema , good morning , " it said again , as soon as she picked up the receiver in the hall . |
| 16 | As soon as he hung up the phone , he started to pack a few things . |
| 17 | I ca n't as soon as you warmed up the pie |
| 18 | It was after nine-thirty when we finished , because I remember that Mrs Reynolds had gone home and I washed up the cups myself . ’ |
| 19 | Since you arrived , ever since she picked up the … vibrations between us , that first lunchtime , she has done everything in her power to stir up trouble , including that episode in my office , and tonight 's performance . |
| 20 | I was carried ignominiously between two colleagues back to the car and greeted my wife with the sheepish grin she had been dreading ever since I took up the sport . |
| 21 | It was dark and the sea was rising rapidly as I came up the firth , keeping the bows in the direction of the flashing lighthouse on the White Hill of Vatster . |
| 22 | I did n't even look up as he went up the ramp into the street , so I 'm still not sure when he passed out of the garden and into the rest of the world . |
| 23 | Donna did n't slow up as she roared up the slope . |
| 24 | Ben Hanbury is flying as well and he picked up the big race there yesterday with White Crown . |
| 25 | The embalmers had done what they could but , even as they walked up the nave , both Cranston and Athelstan caught the whiff of putrefaction . |
| 26 | He smiled reassuringly as he started up the engine , which obliged first time . |
| 27 | She walked past him into the tiny hallway and picked up her bags , noticing with relief that he was n't around when she fled up the narrow wooden stairs to one of the three bedrooms , the one furthest away from his . |
| 28 | While it was charming I was not at all happy there so I gave up the grandiose life and moved over to the Peel Street YMCA . |
| 29 | The mare was breathing hard as she trotted up the pastureland . |
| 30 | Mr Chris Patten , the Environment Secretary , said he was sure Mr Chope could reply comprehensively when he summed up the debate . |