Example sentences of "[vb base] up [adv prt] of the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 But whether you are here for the first or merely the latest time , as you enter the square — better still , as you emerge into it , blinking away the bright Milanese light as you climb up out of the Metro — there can be no doubting its magical ability to conjure a timeless moment of calm from out of the bustle .
2 I leaned against her wall and gasped for air , and my arms and legs felt like lead weights , like when you climb up out of the baths and all the water 's draining off you .
3 Dropped by helicopter at Fifth Reef Pipeline , he saw the mother of all waves rear up out of the water .
4 You turn up out of the blue with some cock and bull story
5 They followed the porter along the serpentine path , then suddenly they were through the trees and into a glade ringed by clumps of trees , silent except for the gurgle of a small brook as it splashed down some rocks which thrust up out of the ground like the finger of a buried giant .
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