Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [verb] up the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I turned the boat into the first drift and bent down to pick up the rods . |
| 2 | We moved fast back up the stairs , along the passage and back down into the lobby of the Regal Arms , trying not to run . |
| 3 | Duvall cursed aloud , fired one last shot directly into the door and whatever lay beyond it , heard the resounding roar of anger and rage … and then retreated hastily back up the stairs towards them . |
| 4 | Jack walked slowly back up the stairs numb and shivering . |
| 5 | ‘ But it is not really so very difficult , ’ said Snodgrass , after he was hoisted into the saddle and discovered how to take up the reins . |
| 6 | Last night 's mystery was set in an open prison so relaxed that you wondered if the female governor went round tucking up the inmates at night . |
| 7 | He had foolishly picked up the trolleys from a nearby supermarket and threw them . |
| 8 | The bed was untidy , as though she had merely pulled up the covers . |
| 9 | At about 2.15 , someone from the Cardiff side threw the first stone , then the bricks started flying : if they could n't get at each other on land , then they could always fight a missile war and there was plenty of ammo flying around : the workmen who put the fence in had not swept up the chunks of broken concrete around the supports . |
| 10 | It was also evident that they had not weighed up the consequences . |
| 11 | However , when they had used HP , they had often got into trouble over it , usually because they had n't kept up the payments . |
| 12 | She was glad now that she had n't put up the lights . |
| 13 | I discussed my feelings with the woman in question and I slept with her , but I deeply regretted it later on and was sorry that I had n't weighed up the consequences more thoroughly beforehand . |
| 14 | I just wish they had n't boarded up the windows . |
| 15 | With reference to the loss of WF-495 in the Atlantic I can recall some newspaper comment about a fishing boat skipper , whose boat had actually trawled up the remains of one of the crew , returning the body immediately to the deep without much thought for the relatives or friends of the deceased . |
| 16 | If the police had never set up the jewellers shop , they would , in my judgment , have been doing the same thing , though of course they would not have been doing it in that shop , at that time . |
| 17 | There was , Henry felt , something rather unsavoury about Maltby. perhaps that was why he had never worked up the notes he had made on the case . |
| 18 | Lucie , Izzie , the musicians and the playmaster set about gathering up the presents without a word . |