Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] up [prep] the first " in BNC.

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1 Sapiens International Corp NV has definitive agreement to acquire SmartStar Corp , the privately-held Goleta , California that came up with the first applications generation language for Digital Equipment Corp 's VAX/VMS , and is now working on object-oriented user interfaces for databases .
2 Axelrod draws a moving illustration of the importance of the shadow of the future from a remarkable phenomenon that grew up during the First World War , the so-called live-and-let-live system .
3 A moment later , a second rider came up over the lip of rock and drew up beside the first .
4 As expected , Tadpole Technology plc , the UK company that took itself off to Austin , Texas , and came up with the first notebook computer based on Sun Microsystems Inc 's Sparc RISC chip and Unix , has decided the time is right to bring its Sparcbook 1 back to Europe ( UX No 371 ) .
5 Patrick took his tea and went up to the first floor , to the long landing window which looked over the village green .
6 He made a show of pursuit , but gave up at the first intersection , returning to Jude breathless .
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