Example sentences of "which [vb past] up [prep] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | At its lowest level , the beakers could be seen merely as souvenirs bought at the markets , which sprang up round the arenas and race-tracks at festival times . |
| 3 | We rode under another arch , guarded by serjeants-at-arms wearing the royal arms of England ; great iron gates were flung open and we passed through these into the inner bailey , stopping before the great four-towered keep which soared up to the skies . |
| 4 | With some difficulty I managed to get a permit to travel from Parma in a bus which went up into the hills to Lagrimone ; once there , I would walk to the house of a Signor Ugolotti , some distance from the village . |
| 5 | A sign which went up on the Raiders ' dressing-room door after the match , advising that only Australian media personnel were welcome , bore witness to the visitors ' touchiness about defeat , though at least they did not follow Manly 's example and grumble about the referee . |
| 6 | A beach of bleached stones gleamed bonewhite against the long stretch of grassy bank which rolled up to the pastures lining the valley floor . |
| 7 | The remains of a letterbomb which blew up in the hands of farmer Colin French . |
| 8 | There was a feeling of helpless impotence which permeated up through the ranks from GI to Supreme Command . |