Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] [vb past] up the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The man posed as a mini-cab driver and picked up the woman outside a pub in Brockley , south-east London . |
| 32 | Stephen dismissed Paul with a wave and picked up the receiver . |
| 33 | He wanted an answer quickly , he was n't used to delay of any kind and kept up the pressure , ‘ Please give me your answer , ’ he implored . |
| 34 | When he left the house — Jessica had still not come down — he drove in the McCausland car to the heart of Belfast , where he went to an office in a grey , featureless building and followed up the leads . |
| 35 | He opted for the latter route and took up the gauntlet he saw set before him by steeling himself for a career as a boxer , a career in which he distinguished himself as a man of immense resolve and purposefulness . |
| 36 | He left the kitchen and picked up the hotel cashbox from his office in the foyer . |
| 37 | As she could hear Jack coming down the stairs she returned to the kitchen and picked up the metal spoon and plunged it into the saucepan which she had not yet put on to heat . |
| 38 | He stood on the starter and kicked up the side-rest . |
| 39 | Ordering fresh coffee from the waitress who came to take my order , he passed me the Guardian and picked up the Sun . |
| 40 | His hands flickered over the console and brought up the weapons display . |
| 41 | He parodied my groping stumble across the stage to the podium and gathered up the skirt to reveal hairy legs and bloomers . |
| 42 | Paul Owen has was appointed Director of the BCU and took up the post on February 17th . |
| 43 | ‘ And who dressed up as a wino and held up the off-licence ? ’ asked Tim . |
| 44 | I secured the locks on the wheelbarrow , crawled under canvas and wrote up the log and two letters . |
| 45 | The visitor sat back and watched the alchemy of the coffee take shape as the slightly stale odour of boiling milk permeated the room and steamed up the windows that looked down into Sauchiehall Street . |
| 46 | Before she could finish her sentence , Charles had stepped briskly across the room and snatched up the receiver . |
| 47 | She rushed back to the living room and picked up the snaps . |
| 48 | Fred came into the room and picked up the evening paper then settled himself in his usual chair . |
| 49 | He went through to his room and picked up the bag he had packed earlier , then went to the small desk in the corner and took a tiny notebook from the drawer . |
| 50 | They had a tiny room on the ground floor lit by a small leaded window and heated by an open fire from which as much smoke seemed to blow into the room as went up the chimney . |
| 51 | Zambia sucked the Munchis to softness before swallowing them , a procedure that took up the whole of the half-hour programme . |
| 52 | When Frobisher sailed to the north of America in 1576 , inspired by hopes of finding a north-west passage to India or China in the way that hopes of finding a north-east passage had led to the voyage that opened up the Muscovy trade , he and his backers were excited to find what they thought was gold on the route . |
| 53 | Murray 's cross from the right in the 67th minute was precise and evaded everyone except McCoist , whose header was turned towards Dykstra 's right-hand post and was as finely judged as the ball that set up the chance . |
| 54 | A little way along , Vern stopped and sat on the very same wall and gazed up the gorge , like I 'd done , at the high flying bridge . |
| 55 | ‘ This part of the kitchen was originally a coal shed and it was a very dark and dingy area , ’ Pauline explains , ‘ so we knocked down the adjoining wall and opened up the staircase that comes down into the corner of the kitchen . |
| 56 | However , although several lengths behind , Clydal Pal soon moved into overdrive and picked up the leader in the home straight to win going away . |
| 57 | Some 4610 feet from the side of Gunnerside Gill lies the engine room and hydraulic engine that pumped the mine clear of water and wound up the tubs of lead ore from the levels another 130 feet below the engine room . |
| 58 | Charsky raised himself on an elbow and picked up the mug of coffee , while Anna slipped off her dressing gown and climbed into bed . |
| 59 | Then she moved briskly away , opened the door , and returned to the stove and picked up the saucepan and the spoon . |
| 60 | She put on her cape and turned up the collar and pulled her hat low over her eyes . |