Example sentences of "the [noun pl] up [prep] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | MacLachlan led the Hurricanes up to 22,000 feet to the South of Comino where four Messerschmitts were seen coming straight at them . |
| 2 | At most I would only buy one each of the values up to 15 volts . |
| 3 | Tory is no stranger to rare and unusual birds , over the years up to 40 varieties have been recorded reachings its shores including many varieties from Arctic regions . |
| 4 | You know when they pull the flats down they should say , Right , we 'll put fifty families in , fifty families in , fifty families at , you know what I mean , to split all the people what 's in the flats up into different areas cos most of the people in the flats , you know they all stick together sort of thing . |
| 5 | He tore the pages up into big pieces and then he tore the big pieces up into tiny pieces . |
| 6 | The windows had been broken years ago but the railway company had boarded the frames up with wooden battens which were very effective ; they did however allow a view into the building and although the children could see in they were fascinated with the place and were happy playing in the cutting . |
| 7 | Already as a consequence of the war , half the children up to five years are short for their age due to malnutrition . |
| 8 | She picked the onions up between cupped hands and dropped them into the frying pan on the cooker . |
| 9 | A notorious critic of Hollywood , he justified taking the job by declaring he would break the stranglehold of the agents , who tied the studios up with pre-wrapped packages made up of their own clients : stars , writers and directors . |