Example sentences of "[noun prp] [adv] [verb] up the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Doc Threadneedle slowly turned up the lights . |
| 2 | When Richard finally took up the scrip and staff of a pilgrim , the latter broke under him . |
| 3 | Hill gradually moves up the grid … he 's second for the last of the starts but his engine is n't quite powerful enough and comes home in fourth spot … |
| 4 | He remembered the morning he had watched Bert proudly hang up the brand new sign . |
| 5 | Aldercine Hodson recently took up the challenge of organising a ‘ Fun Sports Afternoon ’ for the disabled that would cater especially for those handicapped people who have athletic inclinations but not necessarily the strength to cope with competition at County , Regional or National level . |
| 6 | Shrewsbury have got to make sure as much as possible when they do win the ball in the they do n't just smash long balls up , because as l as soon as they do that and as long as they keep doing that , Blackburn just pick up the ball again and keep coming at them , they 've got to try like they did just a few minutes ago , try and play themselves out of defence with nice low passes . |
| 7 | Simon actually counting up the cars next door , on the drive , getting , by that knowledge wanted to keep it . |
| 8 | Eyeing the tiny seed-pearl head-dress with the fly-away veil , Ellie determinedly picked up the scissors and cut all the net off . |
| 9 | Christopher Martin-Jenkins succinctly summed up the situation when commenting that in less than a year England had been outplayed by the entire subcontinent . |
| 10 | Warriors including Ollokot meanwhile scampered up the slope and mounted a defensive fire into the soldiers ' flanks from improvised rifle-pits . |
| 11 | As their 35ft yacht , the Blue Doublet , bobbed about on the choppy waters , Commander Tim Laurence finally plucked up the courage to pop the question . |
| 12 | [ BELVILLE absent-mindedly picks up the paper that PAMELA has been writing . ] |
| 13 | Mr Taylor 's claim came vividly to mind when the revolving advertising boards around the perimeter of the Hillsborough yesterday flashed up the legend : ‘ UEFA ‘ 96 The Pitch Is England 's . ’ |
| 14 | Jenny Maxwell and Dawn Gill both take up the challenge of the presumed cultural and political neutrality of mathematics and , by means of an examination of the common ( and therefore frequently invisible ) setting for mathematical problems , bring to light many ( contentious ) presumptions about acceptable , appropriate and valued uses for mathematics . |
| 15 | Phil now takes up the story . |
| 16 | And Cambridge almost wrapped up the game in the first few minutes of the second half but were denied by Oldham goalkeeper John Keeley , who pulled off an excellent save to push away a curling , 20-yard Chris Leadbetter free-kick , then fingertipped a header from Mick Heathcote on to the crossbar . |
| 17 | JUST nine weeks before he died Dr Donal McGettigan proudly walked up the aisle with his new bride , Carmel . |
| 18 | The lattice windows which Hazlitt remembered were replaced by sashes when the Coleridges finally gave up the cottage at the end of 1799 |
| 19 | Santa Barbara village street was deserted , except for Inés just opening up the shop to take in the milk left by the farmer . |
| 20 | ‘ Captain Marvel ’ Bryan Robson yesterday gave up the fight to keep his 34 year old legs pounding towards a century of caps and announced his England retirement . |
| 21 | Defries mentally summed up the stranger : fit ; scruffy ; non-combatant . |
| 22 | So Moore again picked up the poker . |
| 23 | France yesterday stepped up the pressure on the Government to join the ERM . |
| 24 | Bishops then turned up the pressure in a search for an equaliser , and it nearly came on seventy minutes as yet another debut man , Tommy Callanan blasted the ball against the underside of the ball from literally yards out when it was easier to score . |
| 25 | Stirling then dreamed up the idea of a true-to-life rehearsal against shipping at Port Suez , without bothering to inform the Navy . |
| 26 | Silas and Matt then set up the barbecue , and Lucy was able to open the two food hampers , her eyes widening at the variety they contained . |
| 27 | Manchester had modest arrangements with Macclesfield and Winsford ; Liverpool had major schemes at Winsford ( again ) and Ellesmere Port ; Wolverhampton built at Wednesfield and Seisdon ; Salford had a major involvement with Worsley ; Newcastle upon Tyne expanded at Killingworth and Cramlington ; Bristol utilized Warmley ; and Walsall also took up the provisions of the Act . |
| 28 | Well , Charles immediately set up the kind of court that he 'd had in London as far as he could , with a very set routine . |
| 29 | According to family tradition , Mr and Mrs Major then carved up the constituency and set about rallying the troops . |
| 30 | The same player struck a penalty moments later to put the visitors 13-8 in front , but a Davie Nicholson 's try for Armagh then tied up the scores at 13-13 at half-time . |