Example sentences of "[vb past] up the [noun sg] [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | it feels like , I went up the club last week and there , cos er , we did n't come in here and er |
| 2 | The Bishop , who only took up the post last march , was advised by the Archbishop of Canterbury to take a rest from his official duties . |
| 3 | Ouseley , who took up the post last week , was Britain 's first black local authority chief executive , appointed in Lambeth three years ago . |
| 4 | Mr Chris Brasher , the race chairman , cleared up the confusion last night , saying : ‘ There was a misunderstanding . |
| 5 | In spite of many buckets of water , it gave up the struggle last summer and had to be cut down . |
| 6 | If that had n't worked I 'd have tried something else , but , rather to my surprise , you snapped up the bait first time … ’ |