Example sentences of "[vb past] up [prep] the [noun] and " in BNC.
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| 31 | She came up to the wind and headed out to sea as I swung round . |
| 32 | The keeper called , ‘ Sue , Sue — come here , ’ and a young leopard came up to the bars and rubbed herself against them while he stroked her back . |
| 33 | His wife Jackie , 30 , said : ‘ It was the salesman who came up with the price and they have signed a contract . |
| 34 | It came up through the floor and took out a piece of his ear . |
| 35 | Of the verderers he could see nothing , but so strong was his sense of present danger that Allen remained half-hidden watching until the sun came up over the forest and the wet rock slabs of the Waste shone like glass and he could feel the first faint warmth of the sun 's beams striking on his face . |
| 36 | We came up behind the break and manoeuvred into position and sat on our boards . |
| 37 | I think an example which came up in the Health and Environmental Protection Committee recently , did we really want an AIDS Advice Officer ? |
| 38 | Towards the end of her confinement she climbed up into the den and refused to leave . |
| 39 | Ian climbed up onto the parapet and sat swinging his legs humming a tune ; he felt quite happy now , almost cheerful , thoughts came to him , why was he thinking of suicide ? |
| 40 | After some time , another official climbed up to the platform and spoke to me . |
| 41 | He climbed up to the catwalk and examined the roof , then strolled around surveying the empty space and making knowledgeable noises . |
| 42 | Then he climbed up on the rail and swung muscularly from the butt of one of the loading extensors . |
| 43 | Well he climbed up on the roof and he came down again and whatever he done , there was nothing wrong with the roof for a start |
| 44 | Battler opened up with the violin and it was all over in a few minutes . |
| 45 | When I turned up at the theatre and Terry and I got changed next to each other , I frequently made a point of saying to him , ‘ Well , Terry , has the call come yet ? |
| 46 | Women with stiff-brimmed panama hats turned up at the side and pinned with giant rosettes . |
| 47 | Investing in a jump suit and hard hat Della turned up at the aerodrome and took to the skies in a plane |
| 48 | But actually it does n't tell you anything about the quality of the care which they 're purchasing and the evidence that we are getting increasingly from the community health council is the experience of people of the health service is that actually the quality of the care is getting worse and this is not due to the staff in the health ee the more detailed plans coming to the next meeting of the e the more detailed plans coming to the next meeting of the for an operation er , four years , it should to be said er , she 's been waiting despite the government 's claim that all operations are done within two years er for very severe varicose veins and surprisingly enough she got them because of course most varicose have been removed her , the north-east Thames region erm , and er she turned up on the Wednesday and the operation had been postponed twice previously er , she was er gone through all the er , various tests which took her four hours cos she had to find all the places herself , there was nobody to show her to X-ray and various other places erm she was prepared for the op and then was sent home because there was n't a bed available ! |
| 49 | Very flat on the bottom and turned up to the bow and that 's what the salmon fishers used in the in the rivers for pulling their nets in and fishing salmon on the . |
| 50 | The smoke poured up towards the horizon and they were no closer to arriving at their destination , wherever and whatever that might be . |
| 51 | Something 's trying to get in ! ’ and I rocketed up in the air and out of the water . |
| 52 | So I clambered up through the hole and went to him . |
| 53 | She had been on the run since her conversation with Jack , a steady stream of nasty fractures and frightened children and anxious parents , and then , shortly after two , just when things began to settle down and she thought she might actually get some lunch , a car screeched up into the entrance and a man jumped out , flung open the back of the car and half dragged , half carried a woman towards the doors . |
| 54 | An acrimonious argument and clash of personalities flared up between the BMC and MLTB , which ended up in a London arbitration court that suggested a formula for reconciliation , Lord Hunt reported on the way forward : a key element being that the BMC should retain and foster its influence and activity in the training sphere . |
| 55 | They linked up with the Thakins and in 1939 the embryo of a Burmese Communist party was formed with Aung San as Secretary-General , Thakin Soe as leader , and H.N. Goshal , a Burma Indian ( also known as Thakin Ba Tin ) , as another early member . |
| 56 | Marcus had n't given me any since I threw up in the hall and he stepped in it when he came to see what the matter was . |
| 57 | They walked towards the castle , and Jessamy gazed up at the towers and battlements , and the great walls that loomed above them . |
| 58 | He gazed up in the air and appeared to be musing to the ceiling . |
| 59 | When you accelerated towards the light coming from the front , you met up with the humps and dips faster-they appeared to be squashed up together . |
| 60 | Detailed Description : the steps which led up to the problem and any messages or codes that were included . |