Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] up the [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was on an earlier trip to Germany that Brenda took up the challenge to pass her bike test . |
| 2 | Ward opened up the paper to reveal two tiny clay figures interlocked , the woman with her head bent over the man 's huge phallic erection . |
| 3 | Dracula walking up the brickwork to claim her ? |
| 4 | Robert gave up the attempt to eavesdrop . |
| 5 | It was a moment or two before Harry plucked up the courage to say , ‘ I do hope you wo n't do that , Madeleine . |
| 6 | Hearing of his father 's recovery , Lachlan leapt up the stair to visit him , but was turned from his door . |
| 7 | FOUR YEARS ago , Wirral plucked up the courage to make itself the centre of the finger-pickin' universe . |
| 8 | Then Berwick turned up the power to land five 5–1 heat victories in a runaway finish . |
| 9 | I recall one man in the dale saying that he passed Sleetburn going up the fell to shepherd at 10 a.m. one day and heard Sam and Mother playing . |
| 10 | The Founders and other people within NoS kept up the pressure to go even further down the Equal Opportunities road . |
| 11 | After a while , too , some of the more literary residents of Princeton plucked up the courage to speak to him . |
| 12 | ‘ Look , ’ he says , ‘ here are the Waylands coming up the Parkway to call on Charles Aught … |
| 13 | Feeling small and insignificant , Chesarynth summoned up the courage to move . |