Example sentences of "up [conj] [adv] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well it 's always going to be hard because we 're , you know , near the bottom and that and it 's very tight , you know just a win or a loss like , it puts you either three places up or right near the bottom . |
| 2 | Some would take up for ever more space than they were entitled to — like my mother 's wedding dress , shrouded in sheet linen , suspended in time , uncrushed by the other more workaday but less significant garments that crowded together as though they were cold , waiting in a queue , inmates of a zenana to be taken up or not at the Pasha 's pleasure , promiscuously gathered , at the mercy of their owner . |
| 3 | The more important organs such as the brain , heart and liver are either high up or deep within the organism , so the direction from more important organs out to less important organs ( such as the skin or the peripheral joints ) is also in agreement with this model . |
| 4 | it creates extra communication problems , since top management is more remote from the work done at the bottom end of the organisation , and information tends to get distorted or blocked on its way up or down through the organisation hierarchy ; |
| 5 | In windy weather , the effects of the wind gradient near the ground accentuate any movement up or down of the towplane and glider . |
| 6 | Individual colleges and institutes vary both according to the proportion of advanced work which they provide and also the types of courses which they offer , depending partly on the nature of the institutions which went to make them up and partly on the way in which they have developed in the past few years . |
| 7 | She took the stairs at a run , up and up to the attic she slept in . |
| 8 | Roger led up and rightwards onto the ice and it was quickly apparent that in places the snow was lying directly over rock , with what ice there was insecurely bonded to the smooth slabs . |
| 9 | In the morning he woke to find Amanda already up and well on the way with preparations for her day , to judge by the clattering coming from the kitchen . |
| 10 | He walked to the small , single window and pushed it open , gazing up and outward into the night , at the friends he could never meet . |
| 11 | To lift the patient off the bed onto a chair or commode , one carer takes up the position already described , while the other stands behind the patient on the bed and guides the patient 's seat up and round onto the chair . |
| 12 | They then interact with microwaves on their way up and again on the way down after gravity has turned them round . |
| 13 | When she looked up she could see the bees shooting up and away over the wall , and by each hive there was a continual coming and going of bees , some of whose pouches were brilliant with golden pollen . |
| 14 | From somewhere beyond the artificial horizon , the Bridge arced up and away into the darkness , the lower part of its immense length in shadow , the upper glinting with fiery reflections from Lucifer 's atmospheric corona . |
| 15 | The second precaution is to pull each of the bridle rings up and away from the sail before positioning the cross-spar first into the centre ferrule with the spar beneath all the bridle lines It is most important that the lines which we will call ‘ B ’ and ‘ C ’ as in the drawings , are free and not in any way tangled with either the leading , edge vinyl , spine fitting or the cross-spar Otherwise the bridle setting and consequent flight performance will be sadly deformed ! |
| 16 | He swam up and away from the tangle of lines and disappeared on the other side of the iceberg . |
| 17 | Moreover , there is not so much to smell when you are flying high up and away from the scents and aromas that cling to the Earth — or even if , like man , your nose stands at a height of five or six feet , rarely bending towards the ground . |
| 18 | That bar in the illustration , had to be lifted up and over at the end of each row to deposit the stitches on to the needles — a great opportunity to drop stitches , which I did most of the time ! |
| 19 | Fall down and go right on the dodgems , go up and right through the wall , go down and collect the scroll , go up and push the crate right off the platform , fall down and push the crate left off the platform , fall down and push the crate right off the platform , push it left off the next platform , then right and left twice , jump on the big wheel on your right , jump off and at the bottom of the screen go right , collect the arrow , go left and up , go right and climb up on the platforms , go left and collect the star , fly right , up and right , push the crate right off the platform , push it left onto the button , go left , down and collect the star . |
| 20 | I looked up and deep into the eyes of the cafe proprietor . |
| 21 | As well as dealing with the punch , the rising block travels diagonally up and forwards into the opponent , catching him high on the attacking arm . |
| 22 | The moment the alarm clock went off Maggie was up and out of the cavity bed she slept in . |
| 23 | During filming , we even saw eggs being pushed up and out of the nest while the reed warbler host was still sitting on them . |
| 24 | Once again , Charlie scrambled up and out of the trench only yards behind . |
| 25 | She intended to pick up her cases and proceed with what she was here to do , go up and out into the street and thence to Streatham Street to find the hotel . |
| 26 | Her collection of outdoor treasures shot to the ground as in a single movement she leapt up and out between the trees . |
| 27 | Finding the point is not easy , and the gully walls are vertical elsewhere , so if in doubt continue up and back to the source of the gullies . |
| 28 | some some extra layers on this , I mean I think that 's very valid and the extra layers include er one , the fact that since then there have been a number of royals who have divorced and so it is not unique for royals to be divorced and the Church of England has not jumped up and down about the fact that there are royals who are divorced particularly given that the , you know the Church of England are opposed to divorce . |
| 29 | They 'd be going up and down between the aisles as well . |
| 30 | He paced up and down between the scullery and the living-room as if on the deck of a ship . |