Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun] [v-ing] up [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Along the western edge of the valley were tumbling glaciers and high rock ramparts sweeping up from the great moraines and scree slopes to culminate in lofty , snowcapped summits . |
| 2 | It is in the classic pattern for the fifteenth century hôtel ; built round a courtyard and with an entrance doorway leading up to the Medieval stairway in the centre of the court façade . |
| 3 | It is possible to find the origin of the synapses ending on cells of the type Hubel and Wiesel recorded from , and it is an amazing fact that 80 per cent or more of their excitatory input comes from other cortical cells , and less than 20 per cent from the nerve fibres coming up from the eye . |
| 4 | Also carefully lag any overflow pipes , so that should there be a ball valve failure there is no risk of an ice blockage building up in the overflow . |
| 5 | Brunel had carried out a survey at about the same time and submitted proposals for a broad gauge line linking up with the Hereford , Ross and Gloucester Railway . |
| 6 | Like all teams Oxford has its share of overseas imports … is British ice hockey catching up with the North Americans ? |
| 7 | The line of boys and masters — Hasan and Rafiq bringing up the rear — made its way through pools of water and patches of sodden black earth , across the cinder track leading up towards the Windmill , and to the chestnut-trees , now almost empty of leaves , that shadow the edge of parkside . |
| 8 | It 's Radio Nottingham it 's eight minutes to two Ann Green from Mansfield got the er family ticket to go to Alton Towers for spotting the firework noise popping up at the beginning of Billy Joe Spears . |
| 9 | There was a guitar on the table , and a frilled black silk shirt hanging up behind the door . |
| 10 | Jack had to fill the coal scuttles , Kevin to bring in the logs , Aengus had to roll yesterday 's papers into sausage-like shapes which would be used for lighting the fires later , Gerry , who was meant to be the animal lover , had to take Oswald for a run in the park , and see that there was something on the bird table in the garden , and Ronan had to open the big heavy curtains in the front rooms , take the milk in from the steps and place it in the big fridge and brush whatever had to be brushed from the big granite steps leading up to the house . |
| 11 | And the mile-high fuel club topping up over the North Sea . |
| 12 | I see not the slightest prospect with the scale of introduction of these alien wedges into the population of our cities , of a community attitude growing up in the future . |
| 13 | Crowds waited outside the venue to catch a glimpse of pop stars turning up for the awards ceremony , being televised on ITV by Carlton tonight . |
| 14 | But there 's an International Business Fair coming up at the end of this month . ’ |
| 15 | Then , as we neared the entrance , a ship came up astern , and she can only have been one of Everard 's sailing barges coming up on the tide . |
| 16 | Blind grain sites showing up on the ears of some cereal crops could trim yields and perhaps downgrade stands intended for seed . |
| 17 | Ships driven by revolving metal pillars sticking up from the deck sounds like Victorian science fiction . |
| 18 | No dugouts , though ; only the water hyacinths travelling up from the south , and floating away to the west , clump after clump , with the thick-stalked lilac flowers like masts . |
| 19 | Michael stared at the tie pin glinting up from the red velvet lining . |
| 20 | I had been down in my pantry working through the supplies sheets , when I had heard somewhere above my head the unmistakable sounds of motor cars pulling up in the courtyard . |
| 21 | It is 2130 and the EOD team are grouped around the television set again , cigarette smoke spiralling up to the ceiling . |
| 22 | 4 THE MOTHERBOARD : These are usually connected to the PC by a couple of screws and plastic standoffs poking up from the bottom of the case . |
| 23 | Ocean barriers opening up during the early phases of mammalian evolution had protected the marsupials in Australia and the lemurs and other unique animals of Madagascar . |
| 24 | You can usually count on finding old Bill Waddy sitting up at the bar here , and old Gareth Holmroyd hovering about somewhere . ’ |
| 25 | When Lucy went around the dressing rooms picking up after the final number , her hands shook . |
| 26 | The same is true of the health service , the more the private health educa the pri private health welfare comes in , the less chance there is of people who are , who are articulate and people who count in British society start speaking up with the rest of us and saying come on we we 've got a common interest and a common stake in this service and we want the best po for for everybody and the same will start happening in housing if you get your way . |
| 27 | Meanwhile , shades of Intel Inside , expect to see a PowerPC image campaign starting up in the second half . |
| 28 | The weight of the ensemble was counterbalanced by the tug of transmission cables snaking up into the ceiling . |
| 29 | There were at least two world champions lining up for the start and many seasoned and experienced drivers . |
| 30 | In his own Lake District Guide Book he says he came to Ambleside in 1809 , where ‘ he took a House opposite the White Lion ’ , and the etching showing his garden gate looking up to the Market Cross in its original position seems to support this site ; but the date is clearly wrong . |