Example sentences of "[noun sg] up [prep] [art] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In recent years there have certainly been dramatic moves to open sport up to the forces of the market . |
| 2 | She rooted through the cupboards , turned her nose up at the dishes in the sink , selected tea cups and located the caddy . |
| 3 | I step off my chipboard kneeler on to a joist in order to slide the three-foot square board up near the eaves in the corner . |
| 4 | She sets out before the sun , driving a team of horses which pull her soft blue chariot up from the depths of the ocean , and shows her brother the way to rise . |
| 5 | When insulating the loft floor , bring the ends of the blanket up against the sides of the cistern to give continuity . |
| 6 | The sump cover had already been removed and a quick look up into the bowels of the engine made apparent the enormity of the task . |
| 7 | Now Dr A. Noyan and colleagues from Hacettepe University in Ankara have discovered that the lymph nodes ( small swellings ) found at intervals along the lymph vessels act as tiny hearts , pumping lymph up from the extremities of the body towards the neck , where it enters the venous circulation ( Journal of Muscle Research and Ceil Motility , vol 4 , p 103 ) . |
| 8 | He wrote the event up for the straights of the San Francisco Chronicle . |
| 9 | The evening before he had procured from the local library a copy of Gerald Seymour-Strachey 's essay in autobiography , but a quick flick through the index had assured him there was no mention of Walter Machin , and he had n't had time to bone up on the details of the man himself 's career . |
| 10 | This would result in muscular development up to the clavicles for a man , preventing a ‘ droopy ’ looking chest , while for a woman it would cause a build-up of tissue leading into her cleavage , thus emphasising her bust . |
| 11 | It would have to be sold , of course , and her mind boggled a little at the clearing up of the accumulations of a lifetime Sara would have to do . |
| 12 | They built homes throughout the Dale up to the borders of what is now Drinan , and their chief town was at Dun Merkadal . |
| 13 | Deep rooted trees , notably the eucalyptus and acacias ( known in Australia as ‘ wattles ’ ) draw water up from the depths of the soil . |
| 14 | One day , on a long walk , he 'd almost literally bumped into Fergus Urvill , crouching in a hide up amongst the folds in the hills , waiting with telescope and .303 for a wounded Sika deer . |
| 15 | After the opening up of the borders between East and West Germany in 1989 the project became much easier . |
| 16 | The combination of these influences has encouraged the opening up of the airwaves to competition . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | You did n't have to hold slides of this unidentified emotional entity up against the illustrations in the textbook before you could declare your findings ! |
| 19 | From Lima we went an hour 's aeroplane journey up into the mountains into another world . |
| 20 | And that 'll be a t turn up for the books for him . |
| 21 | Cranston tossed them a penny , and turned to watch as a woman condemned as a scold was led by a beadle up to the stocks in Tower Street , a steel brank fastened tightly around her head . |
| 22 | The car left the autostrada and the bright new factories dotted about the valley and took a narrow , winding road up into the hills on the right . |
| 23 | The Trust is facing a £30,000 debt following higher expenditure keeping Coke Hole up to the standards of the new Residential Homes Act . |
| 24 | I mean I can take a form up to the porters in Goodricke and they 'll give me a key to a minibus . |
| 25 | She took the path up to the downs above the house . |
| 26 | If you are wearing sensible shoes , it is possible to join the path up through the woods on Petřín Hill , past some of the 16 and 18C walling now made into lookout towers , with lovely views over the city . |
| 27 | They roused the occupants of some houses by knocking on the door and holding Bartle up to the windows to be seen by those inside . |
| 28 | We go for a walk up into the hills in the afternoon ; me puffing and panting and coughing after Andy as he strides quickly , easily up the rutted forest tracks . |
| 29 | His lips were fiercely hot , melting every bone in Isabel 's body , despite the dawning knowledge fighting its way up through the mists of sleep still clinging to her brain . |
| 30 | The acrid , choking fumes eventually found their way up through the ventilators on the top of the hill and the height of steam motive power over one hundred trains per day passed through Blea Moor Tunnel . |