Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun] up [prep] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 From Cardiff the route snakes up through the valleys south of Caerphilly , over the Ebbw River , through the Ebbw Forest and on via the mining town of Risca to Pontypool .
2 From Lima we went an hour 's aeroplane journey up into the mountains into another world .
3 What was a lone scumnik doing up in the habs , acting like some spy ?
4 Luz is a small resort town , these days with its ski extension up in the mountains to the west , at Luz-Ardiden ; Saint-Sauveur is a spa a mile and a half away , in a gorge .
5 Water bubbles up through the pebbles , creating a cool refreshing effect .
6 A remarkable industrial contrast can be seen between this stone-built weaving village up on the moors and Hebden Bridge in the valley below it .
7 The Trust is facing a £30,000 debt following higher expenditure keeping Coke Hole up to the standards of the new Residential Homes Act .
8 came from quite a wide area way up in the hills Airedale and all that area , at the foot of the Cleveland hills
9 Too often she had seen her mother frowning with anxiety as she divided the contents of her father 's wage packet up between the jars labelled ‘ Rent ’ and ‘ Electric ’ and ‘ Coal Money ’ , too often at the end of the week she had watched her count out the pennies for a pound of sausages only to be able to buy just a half-pound , two for her father , one each for Paula and Sally , and only the scrapings of the pan to go with her own potatoes .
10 She saw prisoners being hauled out of squad cars up to the doors .
11 He was already into the champagne and mansion bracket up in the hills and very soon began his first famous relationship , setting up home with Joan Collins .
12 There 's an old clay range up in the woods , and I 've been practising on that .
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