Example sentences of "a [adj] [noun sg] [verb] up the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The study walls are a rich red to pick up the burgundy of the tapestry curtains . |
| 2 | The Castle can be approached either via a narrow path leading up the mountainside which approaches the gates directly , or by a safer and wider path which leads up to the mountain peak and a pair of half-derelict mountain gates . |
| 3 | All this was particularly noticeable in the summer of 1992 when billions of pounds ( some say as much as £20 billion ) of foreign reserves ( £7.2 billion of which had been especially borrowed for the purpose ) were spent by the Bank of England in a vain attempt to prop up the exchange value of sterling . |
| 4 | Made a vain attempt to tidy up the room , which was already looking like a heavy-metal combat zone , and took himself off for a shower . |
| 5 | A tall hotel broke up the skyline of the night . |
| 6 | We need an election and a Labour Government to clear up the mess . |
| 7 | A loud explosion echoed up the hillside . |
| 8 | Success came when he defeated the SDP in 1987 by a slim majority to take up the Stockton South seat . |
| 9 | On the other side of the road , a sign nailed to a wooden stump pointed up the escarpment and read , ‘ In Salah ’ . |
| 10 | Their apparatus was primitive and they could not control the reaction , so it was another two years before a different team took up the work again . |
| 11 | The Minister 's attitude reveals a clear determination to break up the system of comprehensive education in this country and replace it with something different . |
| 12 | The timeout is to prevent a non-completable request blocking up the QA system ( which is a serial system ) . |
| 13 | Holmewood 's ‘ whistling ’ bridge ( it made noises if the wind was blowing through the rafters from the right direction ) has just been passed by K3 No. 60896 as it heads a southbound coal train up the 1 in 100 in about 1961 . |
| 14 | After the door closed , a pudgy hand picked up the videotape gingerly as if it were a dead bird and , pausing for a moment so that the viewer could read ‘ GOVERNMENT DRUGS SCANDAL ’ , dropped it into a wastepaper bin . |
| 15 | I hope that the British Council will give its fullest support to ventures of this kind in the future , and will encourage the group which met at Jaipur in their plan to hold a second Workshop to follow up the work of this one . |
| 16 | It was a simple matter to walk up the body of the tree and swing over the top . |
| 17 | A hydraulic lift ran up the mansion 's four storeys . |
| 18 | More often , of course , separation involves a younger carer giving up the role , about which there is often profound ambivalence . |
| 19 | Guppy and Marsh , it was alleged , even went back to New York by Concorde on a quick trip to pick up the ‘ stolen ’ jewels , to sell them . |
| 20 | A corn-coloured moon climbed up the sky outside the closed window and Tom turned off his lamp so that there was no competition for the warm moonlight . |
| 21 | Stir in 175–225g/6–8oz light muscovado sugar plus a tablespoon or two of rum , brandy or Cointreau , if you like — a shop-bought jar will benefit from a little alcohol to pep up the flavour . |
| 22 | I ca n't imagine that a little thing like a little torpedo takes up the sound ! |
| 23 | Quite apart from idiosyncratic spellings , lack of punctuation , inconsistent use of capital letters and a widespread inability to add up the total valuation , one is confronted with archaic and dialect words . |
| 24 | The chimney of the so-called New Mill , built in 1850 and no longer in use , is the most prominent sign of the local industry , with a long flue rising up the hillside from the smelting furnaces some distance away . |
| 25 | She felt God had given her " a long rope to draw up the water to nourish her soul " . |
| 26 | In other respects careful management and a firm hand pushed up the royal income . |
| 27 | Rachaela had , again , the image of a man in a black cloak walking up the house wall . |
| 28 | They showed no qualms in spending £3 billion in a futile attempt to prop up the Pound . |
| 29 | Then a fountain-pen needle stitched up the lips of the wound in a neat blue herringbone pattern . |
| 30 | I suppose I am in a good position to weigh up the prospects of the major contenders in today 's race , at least , and I have no hesitation in declaring my delight at being on Docklands Express . |