Example sentences of "and [noun prp] [verb] up [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They changed roles , and Lucie climbed up on the playmaster 's shoulders , his weight hardly bending Garvey 's back . |
| 2 | Scared pelicans flapped away , and Ellen came up from the galley to see what had caused the commotion . |
| 3 | The draw itself is expected to last no more than 10 minutes , although there is always the chance of the sort of hiccup that occurred before the 1982 tournament when Belgium and Scotland ended up in the wrong groups — and there was the embarrassed re-examination of screwed-up slips of paper such as might be seen when the vicar 's wife wins both the turkey and the hamper in the Christmas raffle . |
| 4 | Gazza and Maradona square up for the first time for the world 's undisputed No 1 title as Lazio take on Seville in a friendly in Spain . |
| 5 | Sharon Hills parents John and Shiela turned up to the inquest into their daughters death — which happened last month when she was visiting egypt . |
| 6 | And Nyasha ran up to the top of the rise and saw the land and the city all below her . |
| 7 | He took off his clothes , and Isobel curled up on the bed watching him , like a little cat . |
| 8 | The Rector of Londesborough saved the day by giving chase in his car and he and Fred caught up with the horse at the farm gate , waiting to be let in . |
| 9 | This Ethiopian , he had come to Jerusalem , he was a , he was a a , go , a Godly man , he was seeking after the things of God , and he had come to Jerusalem on a pilgrimage to worship God , and he was returning home , and he had got hold of the scroll that had Isaiah fifty three in it , and he was reading it , and Philip goes up to the man in the chariot , he said , do you understand what you 're reading ? |
| 10 | It would be easy enough ( in theory ) to get money for Everest or K2 , but if Mick and Vic turned up at the doors of a giant multi-national with the word ‘ Ultar ’ on their portfolio , they might well be shown the corporate door . |
| 11 | While he and Blanche hummed up in the lift to the conference room , Dexter told the superintendent what he had found out at the dry cleaner 's . |
| 12 | They walked towards the castle , and Jessamy gazed up at the towers and battlements , and the great walls that loomed above them . |
| 13 | I retreated from this scintillating conversation and helped Oliver and Cathy clear up in the kitchen , and shortly before eleven we slid to a halt in the port that was halfway across Canada on some rails parallel with but a little removed from the station buildings . |
| 14 | The UK 's Solutions with Workstations Show at London 's Olympia between May 11 and 13 will be a good chance for the UK and Europe to catch up with the latest Common OpenSoftware Environment developments : Peter Idoine of IBM Corp , Steve Raby of Sun Microsystems Inc and Mike Shelton of the Santa Cruz Operation Inc will hold interactive sessions on COSE at 11am on each of the three days of the exhibition . |
| 15 | That well Lil and Nev going up on the mini break |
| 16 | Sun Microsystems Inc chief Scott McNealy apparently told his stockholders meeting that Solaris would be ported to the PowerPC if IBM , Apple and Motorola come up with the volume . |
| 17 | SAD TIME : Woody and Mia broke up during the movie |
| 18 | There were cries of ‘ take the chair ’ and Hegarty walked up to the mayor 's chair . |
| 19 | Another Desert Storm , even another Somalia — where the United Nations appeals for someone to help , and America steps up with the will and manpower to do so — might give Mr Clinton an aura of leadership that could help at home . |
| 20 | Then Henrietta and Samantha charged up to the tower , with Jacqueline stumbling after them , to quarrel about their bedrooms . |
| 21 | Zlorf and Ymor stared up at the figure on the threshold . |
| 22 | ‘ We have always been a very tired family , ’ Finch said loftily to Henry , both aged twenty-eight , Finch lying back in a large bed with his cello on his ex-girl friend 's pillow and Henry standing up by the gas fire . |
| 23 | I flinch , and Rachel starts up from the floor as I begin stumbling through some kind of introduction . |
| 24 | The priest came through the sacristy door in soutane and surplice and Moran went up to the rails . |