Example sentences of "[conj] a [noun sg] [verb] up [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We were the first up the hill and had to break a path , so although a summer walk up Schiehallion is simple and quick to the point of disappointment , winter is a trifle harder . |
| 2 | So far as the former are concerned , the Act ( as does the Financial Services Act ) assumes that public issues of debentures will be undertaken by the same methods as issues of shares and it provides that a contract to take up debentures , like one to take up shares , may be enforced by an order for specific performance . |
| 3 | Allegations of treason were made concerning the loss of lands in France , a matter which may have particularly concerned the Kentishmen , whose vulnerability to raids was obvious , and who may well have been alarmed by the issue of a commission of array , and a command to set up warning beacons , on 14 April . |
| 4 | This is when the bream are feeding very confidently , usually on maggots which they are picking up directly from the bottom , much as a chicken picks up corn one grain after another without having to move too far to do it . |
| 5 | They only become annoying , meaningless rituals if they are too rigid or obsessive — when a routine tidying up session turns into a ‘ you must always put away all your toys and clothes before you get into bed ’ command , no matter what the unusual circumstances may be that night . |