Example sentences of "and [noun] [vb past] up the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Finally , when Schisgal had returned to his interrupted slumbers , Mortimer and Yates brought up the subject of the purpose of their visit . |
| 2 | The light from the kitchen window was showing up the faintest of impressions on the paper , and Doyle picked up the pad and examined it more closely . |
| 3 | The octopus was urbanization and Williams-Ellis conjured up the vision of the tentacles of urban growth with their strong hold over the countryside . |
| 4 | " I think I 'm going to try and cut the grass , " Quentin Featherston said as he and Lavinia washed up the dishes after the Mothers ' Union tea-party , which had been even more trying than usual . |
| 5 | We sat down and Harvey picked up the telephone . |
| 6 | Two of the doors were numbered , and Alison opened up the door bearing an eight . |
| 7 | Rashid and Shahid cooked up the idea while serving customers at the Sitar in Northgate , Darlington . |
| 8 | Wilcox and Hill set up the move , Stowell could only block Shearer 's shot and Sellars followed up to put Rovers ahead . |
| 9 | A barrage of punches which started with a swinging left hook left Clarkson on one knee and once the action restarted and Hardy picked up the assault , it was clear the fight would come to a quick conclusion . |
| 10 | And Bobby picked up the phone when the phone rang and it was her and she sai erm Bob said yes ? |
| 11 | The telephone rang and Rust snatched up the receiver . |
| 12 | She paused for breath and Giles took up the tale . |
| 13 | Alain went for the gap , Steve moved over and Alain locked up the brakes flat-out in top . |
| 14 | A long clearance by keeper Freestone was headed on by West and Cullen set up the chance for PASCOE who , in plenty of space on edge of the area , rifled home a shot . |
| 15 | Players and officials lived up the club 's friendly image by chipping in bonus money to ensure no-one would be left behind . |
| 16 | But it 's only just over two and a half years since the village Post Office and shop put up the shutters for the last time . |
| 17 | Suddenly there was a commotion outside as Nigel and Elinor hurtled up the garden path and through the front door . |
| 18 | He has lived on , you see , through the time when Athens embarked on the Peloponnesian War , and Cleon and Alcibiades buggered up the world 's first and best democracy . |
| 19 | Luib and Belig brought up the rear , and the two wolves loped alongside . |
| 20 | Jan sat on one of our original moquette chairs and Darren picked up the atmosphere and , for the first time since I 'd met him , sat on a chair in silence . |
| 21 | A chill wind had come with the onset of darkness and Magee pulled up the collar of his coat as protection against the breeze . |
| 22 | Finally , at just after ten o'clock by Rock Hardy , Stanley came back from the pub and Emily totted up the points . |
| 23 | An entrance porch , cloakrooms and lavatories made up the rest of the accommodation . |
| 24 | Lisa settled down with the bulldog clip that held the current day 's orders , and Folly picked up the accounts book . |
| 25 | At one stage it looked as though McCallen might catch Dunlop as he closed the gap to three seconds but it was not to be and Dunlop opened up the gap again over the last two laps so that with victory in sight he had a cushion of seven seconds . |
| 26 | Summer died under the weight of falling leaves , and autumn filled up the ruts in the road with rainwater , like blood filling fresh claw-marks . |
| 27 | Richard and Henrietta set up the business in 1987 . |
| 28 | Major alterations in the seventeenth and eighteenth-centuries covered up the marble and we have to be grateful to renovations in 1904 for the fact that it is now visible again . |
| 29 | The local press and radio picked up the story and carried it week after week — for a couple of years the gay struggle was big news for the folks back home . |
| 30 | ‘ Just keep walking , ’ whispered Rex , as he and Laura marched up the marble steps which led to the plaza before the great building . |