Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] up [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And this ‘ vague altruism ’ apparently permeated up to the highest levels in government : for example , Neville Chamberlain , who had been a leading figure in the pre-war National Government 's denial of the problem of child malnutrition , was so shocked by the stories of the children 's condition that he commented to his sister , ‘ I never knew that such conditions existed , and I feel ashamed of having been so ignorant of my neighbours . |
| 2 | Mr. F.J. Norris , the Head of Modern Languages , had first come to the School , on teaching practice , in 1933 , and returned in January 1934 as Form Master of Junior A. He soon moved up into the Senior School . |
| 3 | Now he hardly glanced up at the dressing-gowned figure standing at the door . |
| 4 | United chopped and changed their team to face Leicester , but they still ended up on the wrong end of a 2-1 scoreline . |
| 5 | Unfortunately for Glanvil , many ghost stories are faked ; and investigators of the psychic phenomena of two centuries later came up against the same problem . |
| 6 | Dunlop also ended up with the fastest lap with a speed of 110.64mph on the last lap . |
| 7 | But Tandri now came up with the bright idea of charging an exorbitant additional fee for every island we needed to call at en route . |
| 8 | They often finished up as the main item on the menu at the feast after their visit . |
| 9 | Unlike their predecessor who typically worked up through the various functional departments and divisions of the enterprise , gaining ‘ hands-on ’ experience , the new manager cultivates a ‘ fast track ’ career by job-hopping and scoring up quick symbolic ‘ wins ’ . |
| 10 | Alderson is revealingly described : ‘ poor old John Alderson [ has ] gone careering off the rails , [ and is ] now shacked up with the liberal party … an intellectual liberal reformer with radical ideas [ whose ] philosophical mumbo jumbo , often incomprehensible , and not very original , did nothing to impress ’ . |
| 11 | Now , we very rarely went up to the great city and , when we did , Benjamin kept a close eye and a tight rein on me . |
| 12 | The inclusion of Butler ( Lord Privy Seal and Leader of the House of Commons ) was typical : omitted from the original membership he simply turned up to the first meeting , according to Hugh Thomas , ‘ and of course was allowed to stay … . ’ |
| 13 | She frequently sat up in the wee sma' hours staring out of the window . |
| 14 | Later , Mr Friel had refused his friend 's invitation to escort him home , then met up with the accused again by chance and been assaulted . |
| 15 | Having walked the Gorges of Kakouetta and then rested up in the benign landscape of Sainte-Engrâce , you may feel you have the legs back to inspect another of the spectacular limestone phenomena of the Upper Soule . |
| 16 | We gossiped for half an hour in the office and then walked up to the United Universities Club and had lunch . |
| 17 | Curbishley then stepped up for the intermediate girls ' 300 metres hurdles and proceeded to win by 25 metres in a time of 43.9 secs , 1.6 seconds inside the Division Five record . |
| 18 | Blake then went up to the second floor of the block and along to the main window . |
| 19 | He cursed the shareholders again , then looked up as the Annamese congaie appeared soundlessly beside him . |
| 20 | He then stared up at the blue sky . |
| 21 | Artemis curtsied again , and then stared up at the beautiful and elegant woman . |
| 22 | He studied him a moment , intently , almost fiercely , then pointed up at the overhead camera . |
| 23 | Gaughan again popped up on the right wing to centre for Nick Cusack to force Stewart into another diving save , then the impressive Andy Toman charged on to a Steve Mardenborough flick , and fired just wide with the keeper beaten . |
| 24 | Nigel Martyn , the goalkeeper he bought from Bristol Rovers for £1 million , has turned out to be a snip , his acrobatics saving the day when United penetrated Palace 's back four , newly shored up by the strapping Andy Thorn . |
| 25 | The two youngsters found the going much easier this time , with the way ahead lit up by the bobbing light of their new-found ally 's powerful flashlight . |
| 26 | As for the records being destroyed , it is true nothing now predates 1465 , but early records certainly existed up until the early seventeenth century . |