Example sentences of "it [vb past] up [prep] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As L & Y shed No. 17 it housed up to 40 locomotives including LYR 4-4-0s , 2-4-2 tanks , 2-6-2 tanks and Dreadnought 4-6-0s for working the passenger traffic to Preston Manchester and Liverpool . |
| 2 | Er there 's another book which is similar to the other one in the sense that it made up of some papers by Phillips , Steel and Tants and that has some information about Mexicano in it , er and you find that some people er were giving Mexican language a low a low prestige rate whereas other group in the community were doing the opposite and giving a high prestige rate or certainly a less low one , er in favour of spanish a lot of the Because it was in I think it 's in South America I guess , er you find that a lot of the locals were switching to spanish because it was coming the dominant language er because of societal pressures and constraints and so on . |
| 3 | It broke up into tiny specks as it was blown across the painting and gave a nice granular texture to the whole surface . |
| 4 | He feels lucky in that the aeroplane was very strong , although it broke up into several pieces , the cockpit remained intact . |
| 5 | In nineteen seventy three it went up to fifteen dollars a barrel and in nineteen seventy nine it went up to thirty dollars a barrel . |
| 6 | In nineteen seventy three it went up to fifteen dollars a barrel and in nineteen seventy nine it went up to thirty dollars a barrel . |
| 7 | It went from thirty two and sixpence to er thirty seven and sixpence and then it went up to two guineas , two quid a week . |
| 8 | ‘ I had a relationship and it blew up through various circumstances . |