Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun prp] [vb past] up the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Rosa had taken the tray Luce picked up the crutch and practised hobbling round the bedroom . |
| 2 | Later that evening when they were seated comfortably in the bar Mary brought up the subject of the eerie feeling in the cutting ; they agreed it had been a most disturbing experience and that there must be some explanation . |
| 3 | Four years after her accident Dawn took up the javelin , shot and discus . |
| 4 | When Kee left the room Conway picked up the telephone . |
| 5 | On May 28 , ten days after they had lost contact and close to complete despair Bonington gave up the search . |
| 6 | When he was a couple of streets away from the pensione Aldo tore up the letter into pieces as small as he could manage and dropped them in the gutter . |
| 7 | Office manager Heather rang the company 's technical services department in Cambridgeshire where systems analyst Chris picked up the phone . |
| 8 | Office manager Heather rang the company 's technical services department in Cambridgeshire where computer analyst Chris picked up the phone and at once both knew it was the start of something special . |
| 9 | ‘ Comes round wavin' his byelaws at us ’ her Cousin Jake took up the story . |
| 10 | Having regained his edge Dunlop turned up the wick again , and went on to win by four seconds from Perugini with Gianluigi Scalvini third . |
| 11 | Having regained his edge Dunlop turned up the wick again , and went on to win by four seconds from Perugini with Gianluigi Scalvini third . |
| 12 | With a shaking hand Isabel picked up the goblet . |
| 13 | Outside the hotel Maggie turned up the collar of her mac . |