Example sentences of "[adv] up [prep] [art] [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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1 | Even the conservatives in the House could not be entirely depended on , for all but a few of them were no more than ‘ Hooverites ’ to use Stockman 's contemptuous label ; they were keen on budget-cutting only up to a point and were anxious that the budget should be balanced , but they had no stomach for swingeing tax cuts — the main article of the supply-side faith . |
2 | Criticism and discussion must , therefore , be solicited and encouraged , but never for its own sake , and only up to the point that decision is taken . |
3 | So up to the woods and there in the woods he heard the sound of an axe . |
4 | By jeep and lorry we moved swiftly up through the towns and cities of middle Europe . |
5 | And , miraculously , there was little resistance and I stared in disbelief as the great organ disappeared gloriously and wonderfully from sight I was right behind it with my arm , probing frantically away up to the shoulder as I rotated my wrist again and again till both uterine cornua were fully involuted Ben I was certain beyond doubt that everything was back in place I lay there for a few moments , my arm still deep inside the sow , my forehead resting on the floor . |
6 | During all our alterations I 've seen it in the old garage away up in a loft and I 've seen it put out in the back yard in the rain , and I 've always saved it and it 's there today . |
7 | Now that is a word you seldom come across in England , but away up in the Highlands and Islands being " fey " means that you have a certain sixth sense — you are the seventh son of a seventh son , or whatever the drama is on that score . |
8 | After a brief stay at Kyle we were soon up to the house and burn near Sandaig Lighthouse , the undisclosed setting , I suspect , of Gavin Maxwell 's otter book " Ring of Bright Water " , later to be filmed . |
9 | Of course there is the ever-present possibility of resistance because of client fears that you are out to chase up more fees ‘ but you have to be open about it and say , yes , there may be fees further down the line but it 's still up to the client whether they want the work done or not , ’ he said . |
10 | However , things are apparently still up in the air and OEMs are expected to gang up on the doorstep to get their two cents in . |
11 | Favourite backers had few anxious moments about the narrow margins involved in their investment , however , as Pencader was always up with the leaders and quickened at the furlong pole to score by two lengths . |
12 | Brittain is always up with the lark and it was a nice piece of work that Needle Gun did under Roberts on the Side Hill woodchip gallops early on Tuesday that makes me select him for the Laburnum Stakes . |
13 | The brander also walks calmly up to the horse and says ‘ hullo ’ and gives it a quiet stroke too . |
14 | The exam educates youngsters cheaply up to a level that is not reached in other countries until someone has been at university for a year . |
15 | With the tow secure , doubled to form a bridle from the lifeboat 's stern , the bow of the casualty was brought slowly up into the wind and held there to provide the relative wind needed for the helicopter to lift the crew off . |
16 | Lesley turned smartly left as the lights changed , and wound her way by back-streets to the parking-ground on the edge of the shopping centre , a multi-storey monstrosity of raw concrete , at which she gazed with resigned distaste as she crept slowly up to the barrier and drove in to the second tier . |
17 | Start at the hip and work your way slowly up to the armpit and back down again . |
18 | Slowly up from the ankle and then down again . |
19 | However he , he must of chosen the right place to go and er he went right up onto the hill and Mr got his shooting er and he bought the thing on the spot . |
20 | Then she let out a scream that seemed to lift her right up into the air and she dropped the plate with a crash and a splash onto the floor . |
21 | I must learn how to lift it right up into the air and keep it there . |
22 | So did this fella keep visitors right up through the year or was it just the Summer |
23 | and as we 're right up towards the end and now after the bank holiday we 've had lovely fine weather anyway , we got off to the main road and turned at Fibwell traffic lights onto the A twenty one and we got the to end of the dual carriageway onto the tail end of the queue as it started into the road works so I just went over the central reservation and went back down the dual carriageway to the traffic lights at |
24 | The square shape becomes a virtue , as the blade can be taken right up to a wall or back of a cupboard . |
25 | ‘ No , I would n't let you , you 'd say thank you very much , the fees are this price , and I 'd like a nice flat of my own with carpets going right up to the wall and no counting how much electric fire we use . ’ |
26 | We have to get right up to the ceilings and dust right down to the floors of every room so that in Spring it 's all ready for you to come and see |
27 | He intended to build terraces of houses right up to the Head but only the new Park Road was slowly completed , chiefly because of the steep hill . |
28 | On November 5 , 1969 the Ministry of Defence ( MoD ) sought the RAF Museum 's approval to keep PA474 flying right up to the date that it was due to go into Hendon , which the Museum agreed to . |
29 | With the piece of toast in her hand she went right up to the window and pushed it further open . |
30 | Gwen Evans wore neither less nor more make-up than most other women in the room , her skirt was by no means the shortest there , her dress zipped up the front right up to the collar and she had a cardigan draped casually over her shoulders . |