Example sentences of "up a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Coyle also picked up a Guinness Player of the Month award from the Northern Ireland Football Writers . |
| 2 | The Secretary led them up a marble staircase , to the first floor ; then along a lofty corridor with a moulded cornice , to the back of the building . |
| 3 | On April 30 , however , security forces broke up a rally by supporters of the UDPS , and unofficial reports claimed that two people were killed . |
| 4 | How can anyone dream up a handicap system whereby my handicap can go up because somebody else scored a net 65 ? |
| 5 | ‘ If you 're forced to live in a place you hate , it 's the surest way to break up a marriage . ’ |
| 6 | Her family attempted to fix up a marriage with the US-settled tennis star from India , Ashok Amritraj . |
| 7 | So how would you sum up a function ? |
| 8 | Instead , he picked up a stone and threw it into the bushes , then made a noise that sounded suspiciously like ‘ shoo , shoo ’ . |
| 9 | He scooped up a stone and leaping the steps to the terrace three at a time , he hurled it through the door and dived after it , hitting the living-room floor flat and rolling twice . |
| 10 | They walked and walked , at first along tiled and bleakly lit corridors under electric lighting , and then along dusty carpets in dark shuttered places , and up a stone staircase and then further up a winding wooden stair , cloudy with dark dust . |
| 11 | ‘ Pretend to pick up a stone and throw it at the dog . |
| 12 | Allen whistled , picked up a stone and flung it high into the trees . |
| 13 | Nicholas dropped to sit on a block , and picked up a stone , and took out the knife he had been given back . |
| 14 | Now , his team-mates — all £14m worth of them — reckon the kid who was brought up a stone 's throw from Ibrox is even better . |
| 15 | She then picks up a stone in her jaws and , vibrating her head at high speed , bangs down the soil . |
| 16 | He picked up a stone and flung it into the horse pond . |
| 17 | She led her up a stone staircase into a small room where Brownies were sitting on wooden toadstools . |
| 18 | You will soon learn how it behaves in the pan , but if agonising doubts gather as you gaze down upon a yellow heavy flake , pick up a stone and crush the flake . |
| 19 | Slowly and carefully he picked up a stone and threw it at the window . |
| 20 | He snatched it up instinctively , as his ancestors might have snatched up a stone when faced with a marauding tiger . |
| 21 | ‘ Chalon has picked up a stone . ’ |
| 22 | He took a step towards her , and she bent swiftly and snatched up a stone from the flowerbed beside her . |
| 23 | Anyone , almost , could pick up a stone or work a piece of flint to use as a tool , but making metals was a far more skilled job . |
| 24 | There are caves which seem to We went into the caverns and erm saw the petrified caves where they , the water drip on objects and however many years they build up a stone coating . |
| 25 | One young person gave up a holiday to America just to help us . |
| 26 | He fixed up a holiday for himself and Fergie in St Tropez . |
| 27 | It is not difficult to set up a holiday firm and expand rapidly . |
| 28 | They gave up a holiday to watch Boro play away . |
| 29 | In southern India The Body Shop has provided the means to set up a boys ' town for destitute youngsters . |
| 30 | ACT can also generate additional objects to create customised products — the group will ‘ effectively make up a bespoke product , assemble a bespoke suit to fit each client ’ . |