Example sentences of "which [verb] up from the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An explosion of methane gas which seeped up from the ground in Derbyshire 5 years ago demolished a pensioner 's house . |
| 2 | All I recollect is a grey , sombre sky and the dark Seine rushing under the bridges ; tall , sharp-gabled houses which sprang up from the cobbles and leaned crazily together , storey thrust out above storey ; the narrow , winding streets of the Latin Quarter ; the pell-mell of ascending gables and tinted roof tiles , the gables of their lower storeys sculpted into fantastic shapes of warriors or exotic animals . |
| 3 | Even if she 's afflicted with those dark curly sprouts which creep up from the bikini line , ultimately shrouding the bellybutton in a rich hirsute outcrop , she could n't give a fried calamari . |
| 4 | The great amphitheatre of vines which rises up from the village of Bouzy represents one of the most famous vineyards in the world . |
| 5 | Ernest 's words were drowned in the call which went up from the ship , and the outburst of cheering from the Flamingo 's passengers . |
| 6 | At a corner table , three men and an ample woman in an apron played cards noisily , the slap of the cards punctuated by bursts of virtuoso coughing , that cavernous café cough which echoes up from the boots . |
| 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 | LIKE SOUTH Luffenham Hall , Poulton Manor is built of limestone , a belt of which runs up from the Cotswolds to Grantham . |