Example sentences of "[vb past] up the [noun] [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gabriel went up the ladder two rungs at a time , and stood sweating behind his cloud . |
| 2 | ‘ I took up the sport six years ago when my local team , the Darlington Dawdlers , were short of a fourth rider . |
| 3 | A member of the Warrington Road runners , he took up the sport six years ago . |
| 4 | For part of the way we linked arms with Fred Lebow who thought up the race 23 years ago and who now has brain cancer and wanted to run it . |
| 5 | Tom , a professional engineer , set up the company 5 years ago after being made redundant for the third time . |
| 6 | Leicester 's highly-rated young lock , Martin Johnson , whose decisive second-half try set up the Midlands 16-13 win over the North , played down his England prospects . |
| 7 | Italy 's monarchy set up the agency 100 years ago to provide services to some 90 regional consortia that helped farmers and food companies sell their output and buy supplies . |