Example sentences of "up [noun sg] [conj] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once out of the village they picked up speed and took a road that would zigzag through five hamlets before bringing them to the only cart track that wound up the lower slopes of the mountain . |
| 2 | The French were restless , and Joan of Arc stirred up patriotism and led a revolt against the reign of King Henry VI . |
| 3 | Eventually I plucked up courage and booked a ticket to Amsterdam with the sole purpose of getting laid . |
| 4 | After a hundred miles or so , she came off the motorway to pick up fuel and drink a cup of coffee . |
| 5 | He gave up farming and opened a restaurant in Glasgow but his new businesses failed after a few years and he left Scotland to live in Rugby until his death in 1937 . |
| 6 | As the gas leaks out of the coiled chamber it picks up water and forms a mist around the singer 's head . |
| 7 | They are used to cut up turf and consolidate a seed-bed , particularly after ploughing an old sward . |