Example sentences of "they [vb past] up the [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | So they rode up the Water of Milk , Jardine country , and through the empty Tundergarth Hills to Eskdale , Armstrong territory . |
| 2 | Together they made up the Board of the Greencloth , named , like the Exchequer , from the cloth which covered their working table . |
| 3 | They weighed up the prospect of knocking on the door and members of the jury , you have to consider in due course whether they got that act right . |
| 4 | They speeded up the spread of electricity until all homes were connected . |
| 5 | They took up the whole of the street and nothing could move until this sea of humanity had passed by . ’ |
| 6 | However , as time progressed they took up the argument of legislation requirement and professional competence as a form of self-defence and as a means of maintaining their professional standing not only in their own eyes , but in the eyes of other planners , and in the eyes of their fellow colleagues in Kirkwall . |
| 7 | At last , while the shadow of the ramparts reached quickly over the grass , they gathered up the debris of their afternoon and skipped or ran or walked or grumbled up the slopes to home . |