Example sentences of "[noun pl] as [pron] [vb past] up the " in BNC.
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1 | The combination roared along Castle Walk , echoing into the empty courtyard of the Berkeley Hunt kennels as it careered up the last hill into the tiny village . |
2 | The guns a short distance away along the river bank were shelling the German positions as I started up the bagpipes in a fairly secluded thicket , the sound of the drones and the pipe reed easily drowning the noise of the guns . |
3 | At the same time , no power-dressed working woman would be seen dead without her higher heeled shoes — both to stamp on the toes of the men as she stepped up the corporate ladder and to balance her wide , padded shoulders . |
4 | The English had the advantage of a dominating position and they subjected the Scots to a devastating hail of arrows as they struggled up the slope to engage the English forces . |
5 | But it did n't stop him bumping into her every five minutes as she set up the slithering plastic tent , the heaters . |