Example sentences of "[vb past] up [prep] the [noun] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Scots caught up with the Britons on land that is now part of Coilsfield Mains farm . |
| 2 | AT TREVOR , I crossed the Dee by Thomas Telford 's Pontcysyllte Aqueduct , built nearly 200 years ago to carry barges on the Shropshire Union Canal across the deep valley ; then cycled up past the church on steep Methodist Hill , built surely as a penance for sinning churchgoers . |
| 3 | Swathes opened up in the crowds on either side as they saw the brickbats coming . |
| 4 | No one noticed for a month , until the contamination showed up at the filters on the primary water circuit . |
| 5 | Again , there was no direct reference to Hitler 's ‘ prophecy ’ about the destruction of European Jewry , though the whole section of the report was placed under a quotation from the speech which led up to the passage on the Jews : that in the light of the suffering of the Germans at the hands of others , people should ‘ keep well away from us with their humanitarianism ’ . |
| 6 | Aldhelm got up from the turf on which a new and unsteady lamb was also trying to get to its feet , nuzzled by the quivering ewe . |
| 7 | The bullock carts were empty , the oxen eating from huge shallow dishes raised up from the ground on stands made of branches . |
| 8 | She glanced up at the clock on the wall opposite . |
| 9 | They walked up to the Washington on the corner of England 's Lane . |
| 10 | We stocked up at the hypermarket on coffee and beer at less than half English prices . |
| 11 | Nearly 200 vehicles pulled up at the roadside on the A38 just south of Gloucester . |
| 12 | When on 24 August 1921 she broke up over the Humber on a final exercise in sharp turns , Maitland , on board but not in command , died with forty-two others . |
| 13 | As the Flamingo herself cast off and manoeuvred into position to sail down the broad river , a wild cheer went up from the emigrants on deck . |
| 14 | When at last the French coast came in sight , a cheer went up from the soldiers on deck . |
| 15 | its , it 's , it 's the same Saturdays and Sundays , I ca n't get him out of the house and yet soon as we get there we have friends and family and they say , keep saying come on , come up and see us , I went up in the mini on me own one day and spent a couple of days with her , but , it , it ai n't the same when you go on your own , I dare n't go too far in my mini because it 's , it 's erm , it 's not a car that you can be hundred per cent sure of it , I mean as soon as it rains it stops anyway , we went out in it today and there 's all water in the front of the , in the front , but |
| 16 | Zlorf and Ymor stared up at the figure on the threshold . |
| 17 | He strode up to the constable on duty by the front door . |
| 18 | They are as follows : the Cabinet Committee system grew up as the load on the Cabinet itself became too great . |
| 19 | When Barbosa tripped up during the pursuit on the penultimate lap , McKean opened daylight over the rest of his rivals and maintained a three-stride advantage to the line , winning in 1min 47.29secs , ahead of Burundi runner Charles Nkazamyampi ( 1:47.62 ) . |
| 20 | She looked up at the books on the shelves and reached for the closest . |
| 21 | But now … hands and handkerchiefs and newspapers waved from every window of the train , and smiling faces looked up at the children on the fence . |
| 22 | Sharpe looked up at the weathercock on the stable roof and saw the wind had backed southerly . |
| 23 | ‘ I 'm glad he spoke up about the shooting on the river before he collapsed again , ’ said Coffin soberly . |
| 24 | Gauging a spot which he thought might be level with Vic 's house , Mungo struck up to the right on a winding path . |
| 25 | They often responded positively to being given a chance , but as time went on , the same families ended up with the father on the dole and older brothers and sisters unable to find work . |
| 26 | This resulted in farce : ‘ I have never forgotten seeing footage of a British manager which began on his moccasined feet , wafted over his monogrammed door mat , and ended up opposite the sofa on which lounged five of his charges , scowling greasily ’ . |
| 27 | And then the whitewater caught me so I proned out and hung on — I was eaten up then I was spat out and then I was eaten up again and spat out again and the beach was right there , so I threw the board away and just rolled and rolled and tumbled , and I ended up in the river on the far side of the berm . ’ |
| 28 | Erm all the other stuff I 've just got a little header set up in the file on |
| 29 | She pointed up to the curtains on the front window . |