Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [vb past] up the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The establishment of English Heritage opened up the possibility of a second refuge for endangered houses , capable — at least in theory — of taking houses on without the massive endowments required by the National Trust . |
| 2 | The old lady picked up the glass and pulled a face . |
| 3 | Their apparatus was primitive and they could not control the reaction , so it was another two years before a different team took up the work again . |
| 4 | On the other side of the road , a sign nailed to a wooden stump pointed up the escarpment and read , ‘ In Salah ’ . |
| 5 | The British cabinet took up the subject again in Washington in September 1951 . |
| 6 | The old man looked up the staircase in front of them . |
| 7 | One back-bench MP summed up the mood of the Scottish parliamentary party , saying : ‘ If he does n't make the grade by the end of the year then there 's no way I 'd vote for him again . |
| 8 | A hydraulic lift ran up the mansion 's four storeys . |
| 9 | The influence of Central Office toned up the rest of the organization . |
| 10 | A corn-coloured moon climbed up the sky outside the closed window and Tom turned off his lamp so that there was no competition for the warm moonlight . |
| 11 | The government White Paper issued as a prelude to the reorganisation of local government in England outlined the aims which a new system should incorporate : At the start of the next paragraph the White Paper summed up the problems inherent in this approach with a statement of the classic political dilemma : ‘ Practical realities prevent all these aims being fully achieved together ’ ( DOE 1971:6 ) . |
| 12 | The daily national press took up the cause of sport with a vengeance . |
| 13 | A loud explosion echoed up the hillside . |
| 14 | An anonymous Anglican critic summed up the vitality and confidence of the ministry by the end of the century . |
| 15 | The Morning Post joined in when the First Sea Lord , Sir Francis Bridgeman , resigned in 1912 and Bonar Law took up the issue too , suggesting that Bridgeman had been " brutally ill-used " by Churchill . |
| 16 | There were several work-benches holding tools and various pieces of covered work , while shelving , tall cupboards and a low , flat sink took up the rest of the wall space . |
| 17 | Then a fountain-pen needle stitched up the lips of the wound in a neat blue herringbone pattern . |
| 18 | The Black Report summed up the position as follows : ‘ Among 1–4 year olds … almost all the differences in mortality rate between social class I and V are due to : accidents , poisoning and violence ; respiratory disease ; and congenital abnormalities. , – During late childhood ( 5–14 years ) accidents rather than illness are the major cause of death . |
| 19 | We shall be given all manner of reasons why there should not be a top salary review , or whatever it is called since the former Prime Minister tore up the negotiating arrangements for the civil service . |
| 20 | Photographs , coloured yarn and a short text made up the rest of the display . |
| 21 | It was dark outside and The Fat Controller pulled up the velvet collar of his overcoat . |
| 22 | ‘ I 'll have three rounds with each of these two men , ’ Trentham said as a reluctant instructor laced up the captain 's gloves . |
| 23 | Town and canton rose in importance after the early thirteenth century when the bridging of the Schollenen gorge opened up the Cotthard . |
| 24 | The orange river picked up the rejection letter and open cigarette packet in its path and floated them over onto X 's lap . |
| 25 | Even this far from the house , the air was permeated with the acrid stink of burning , but soon their sensitive canine smell-sense picked up the telltale odour of a man-thing . |
| 26 | A heavy squall drove up the meadow , bowing the trees before howling away up the mountain face . |
| 27 | It proved the last straw for John Titford ; ill enough , no doubt , without the need to struggle against a winter to end all winters , his weary body gave up the ghost . |
| 28 | The smell of roasting flesh drifted up the shaft . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | Even in the clothing district , wage earners reached almost 53 per cent in the villages of Cosford hundred , but since they fell short of a third in the rising manufacturing town of Hadleigh , it seems that vigorous industrial growth pushed up the level of earnings . |