Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] up the [noun] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Shetland Bird Club took up the issue and have appealed to the government to curb the fishery , even presenting a petition to the Prime Minister . |
| 2 | An anonymous Anglican critic summed up the vitality and confidence of the ministry by the end of the century . |
| 3 | The blue tape of smoke from the left hand snaggled for a moment , then the snaggle slid up the tape and disappeared , leaving the smoke rising as steadily as before from the underside of the hand . |
| 4 | Then the midwife lifted up the gown and rolled her roughly on to her side . |
| 5 | I announced his name at Reception , and the girl rang up the guy and said , ‘ Your taxi 's here … . ’ |
| 6 | The boy picked up the knife and was about to cut into the cake when he stopped . |
| 7 | The old lady picked up the glass and pulled a face . |
| 8 | The civilian went up the ladder and retrieved the attaché case . |
| 9 | A bomb blew up the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank building and the nearby NatWest tower on April 24th , just as life in London 's financial centre was getting back to normal after a similar episode in April 1992 . |
| 10 | Town put up the barricades and blocked everything . |
| 11 | The general picked up the phone and dialled . |
| 12 | You could get to I know Graham went to , which is way out , other went up the Kimberley and that area , and other went to Sutton . |
| 13 | The Keeper picked up the cage and backed out , his helper careful to close the gate quickly behind him as he came out . |
| 14 | My aunt looked up the records and told me about her . |
| 15 | The old wood of the door frame gave up the struggle and splintered , freeing the tongue of the lock , and without much more trouble I pulled the door open towards me , swinging it wide . |
| 16 | Anyway , everybody rushed out into the kitchen and cook found some ice and wrapped it up in white cloth and then this woman picked up the toad and put it back in the garden but with the ice in her hands . |
| 17 | On the other side of the road , a sign nailed to a wooden stump pointed up the escarpment and read , ‘ In Salah ’ . |
| 18 | Her dress fastened up the front and she began to undo the buttons . |
| 19 | The 26-year-old Frenchman kept up the punishment and barely 30 seconds after the opening bell Cook fell to the floor and was counted out . |
| 20 | The centre took up the case and now we have got the cheque . |
| 21 | I could only watch as the lightning lit up the windows and they struggled to get off that wall . ’ |
| 22 | There was another roll of thunder , and once again the lightning lit up the garden and the surrounding trees . |
| 23 | The MI5 man picked up the telephone and pressed the digits with the forefinger of the same , left hand . |
| 24 | His strike inspired Cliftonville to step it up a gear , but the visitors defence put up the shutters and survived — despite the last-gasp controversy . |
| 25 | The crowd caught up the shout and Jess felt excitement run through her . |
| 26 | A local thug phoned up the office and said ‘ tell them if they set foot in Drogheda they wo n't get out alive ’ . |
| 27 | After a break , the play had more life with it as City stepped up the pressure and encamping their opponent 's half for long periods . |
| 28 | the Sergeant started up the jeep and we entered the cornfield at speed , heading in the direction of the first three canisters . |
| 29 | Another hand snaked up the chest and pinched tight on a nipple . |
| 30 | The local press and radio picked up the story and carried it week after week — for a couple of years the gay struggle was big news for the folks back home . |