Example sentences of "up from the river " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first body , found in the Thames , was discovered accidentally by a bargee , who had been poling his way up the river and had been more than mildly surprised when he had brought his pole up from the river bed to find a sodden brown parcel on the end with a baby 's arm sticking out . |
| 2 | Later the women saw the smoke billowing up from the river valley . |
| 3 | Below 700m many of the soils are man-made — the soils on the terraces having been brought up from the river mouths or down from the bases of the escarpments . |
| 4 | These can be enjoyed from some 200 miles of welltended and signposted paths , meandering up from the river valley in which Garmisch nestles , into the surrounding hills and valleys . |
| 5 | Up from the river came the moist , dirty smell of its swollen waters . |
| 6 | An odour of dank river air swam up from the river . |
| 7 | He seemed vulnerable but then I heard the chink of armour and , looking carefully through the trees which swept up from the river , caught a glimpse of colour and steel and knew that help , if he needed it , was never far away . |
| 8 | Up from the river chugs a little blue train . |
| 9 | He shrugged , backing the car out of the parking space to turn it deftly up the narrow unpaved path leading up from the river . |
| 10 | There was a nice cool breeze wafting up from the river as she settled herself in the shelter of the huge willow tree , at the water 's edge . |
| 11 | And it alleges that in some cases traffic is being severely disrupted on the busy road after cars have been covered in slime dragged up from the river bed . |