Example sentences of "but [verb] up [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Sinead did n't go to the door but crept up to the window . |
| 2 | Area fisheries officer Vaughan Lewis said : ‘ The Wye has a healthy trout population but silting up of the river bed can be a problem . |
| 3 | At the age of 12 , her life appears so carefree , but growing up in the railway town sees her family growing apart . |
| 4 | But pressed up against the railings there were waxy gold marigolds , sunshine yellow flowers , bronze floppy heads and one clump almost the colour of blood . |
| 5 | In practice , this means the recognition process lags behind the production of the writing , usually by one or two characters , but keeps up with the speed of the writer [ Tappert , 1989 ] . |
| 6 | You get a couple of standard drinks , a plate of fruit and an hour 's chat with a hostess , but wake up in the morning with your wallet intact . |
| 7 | The ones appointed to do the job had never been very good at it , but he had heard a rumour that Horemheb was training a secret corps of police , answering to him alone but set up in the pharaoh 's name and in the interests of national security . |
| 8 | The buses crawling through the gates seem empty , but curled up on the seats , on the floor are the recruits , some with plastic bags over their heads , others muffled incognito in scarves . |
| 9 | THERE are times when life not only kicks you in the teeth , but follows up with the knee in the groin and the rabbit punch to the back of the neck as well . |
| 10 | But sitting up in the bedroom looking down towards the river , she was asking herself more often of late whether meat and clothing were all there was to life . |
| 11 | These were similar to the ordinary buskins but extended up beyond the knee : ‘ They used to flap about as you walked ; but they were whoolly useful in bad weather . ’ |
| 12 | Unfortunately , many did not reach this country , the United States , Canada or any other safe country but ended up in the gas chambers of Auschwitz and Dachau because they were denied the right to asylum . |
| 13 | The nut was not , however , found in situ , but washed up on the loch shore . |
| 14 | Sterling opened at Dm2.3157 , just above the all-time low it touched on Wednesday , but picked up through the day as dealers switched away from the German currency . |