Example sentences of "[vb past] up [prep] the [noun] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ A vast pillar of fire rose up through the floor and decimated the display of the Nugahiro Corporation 's new range of lap-top computers ! ’ |
| 2 | As the very last mouthful disappeared , a tremendous cheer rose up from the audience and children were leaping on to their chairs and yelling and clapping and shouting , ‘ Well done , Brucie ! |
| 3 | A few moments later , however , a taxi drew up to the kerb and he thrust his golden head out of the window . |
| 4 | A bus drew up at the lights and the driver , an excitable Puerto Rican , climbed down from his cab to see what all the fuss was about . |
| 5 | Both Pen and Ferdinando rushed in immediately the carriage drew up at the door and wonderful was the reunion ; then within the hour the kindest of notes came from Mrs Browning begging her to find the time and energy to visit whenever she was able . |
| 6 | An elegant BMW drew up over the road and Fatimah Bankhead , the chain-smoking Islamic feminist , stepped out . |
| 7 | Then a car drew up in the courtyard and at the same time the telephone rang . |
| 8 | The seamen aboard Villa de Bilbao lined up along the bow and the starting gun was fired . |
| 9 | A test was arranged involving a detachment of Guards who lined up along the WCs and flushed in unison . |
| 10 | We lined up across the street and he said : ‘ You keep in line and if you knock anyone down , leave him and keep going . ’ |
| 11 | To the accompaniment of shouts and screams from the Corporals , we lined up in the corridor and were counted and recounted by them . |
| 12 | We lined up in the final and I came off the bend well in the lead . |
| 13 | Gabriel knelt up inside the cart and peered out to see what would happen . |
| 14 | They caught up with the truck and followed it back to camp . |
| 15 | He watched as Turakina caught up with the pig and rode over it . |
| 16 | As Joseph caught up with the senator and Chuck , Jacques Devraux appeared on the track ahead , walking quickly back towards them . |
| 17 | Alec moved up to the plane and ran a loving hand along its polished propeller blade . |
| 18 | Whittingham says : ‘ I got a real stamina bank built up during the summer and , once I started scoring goals , my self-confidence was sky-high . |
| 19 | Talking to members of the Education Area about their researches , I was struck by the constructive relationships that they built up with the schools and groups that they studied . |
| 20 | It was outside rather than inside the Cortes that a conservative opposition built up against the liberals and by 1811 the unity of patriotic reformism was broken . |
| 21 | The societies woke up to the threat and realised that the public was no longer naturally coming to them for mortgages . |
| 22 | While in the 1970s Turkish law prevented any art or antiquities from leaving the country , for whatever reason , in the 1980s the Turkish government woke up to the prestige and international recognition that could accrue from sending travelling exhibitions abroad . |
| 23 | I had a friend who told me she fell for a boy when she woke up in the morning and realised he did n't snore . |
| 24 | I felt good when I woke up in the morning and I thought , ‘ Yeah this is it , I 'm going . ’ |
| 25 | Nicky was half aware of the Mercedes that approached them , and a moment later he screeched his warning to Lou , watching frozen , and horrified , as the great car drove up onto the pavement and bore down upon them . |
| 26 | A delivery truck drove up to the quay and transferred the entire contents — 107 cases of beer — to the South African yacht , a one-off 61-footer ( 18.5m ) . |
| 27 | She had just finished breakfast when Alain drove up to the house and he was alone ; Marguerite noted that fact with some surprise . |
| 28 | Just then , a tanker drove up from the south and the driver confirmed my suspicions . |
| 29 | The house is seized by the demolition contractors , its park invaded and churned up by the tractors and trailers of the timber merchant . |
| 30 | Louise came up for the funeral and stayed on for three weeks to give moral support . |