Example sentences of "of [noun] [verb] up the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 With rucksacks on their shoulders and clutching their weapons , the group of desperadoes trudged up the main coast road , clearly silhouetted by the headlamps of passing enemy traffic .
2 The Act of Union stirred up the latent nationalism even of non-Jacobite Scots .
3 ‘ And this heap of fur taking up the warmest spot is Blue .
4 Lastly , there are a number of differences between groups of institutions making up the monetary sector .
5 A sudden explosion of brightness lit up the whole sky .
6 Er you need to have a much more all round variety of exercise to build up the different things .
7 He makes the point that the arrival of these southerners ( and westerners ) has enabled the University of Ulster to push up the minimum entry grades for some courses .
8 In the case of Dataease setting up the initial forms is easy , even quite complex forms with many relationships can be set up very quickly .
9 Compare two recollections : Delicate motes of movement tiptoeing up the curving sabre-slash of Serenity Crack in Yosemite .
10 Somehow at the sight of him all her anger seemed to vanish like the wisps of smoke wreathing up the great chimney near by .
11 However , as the busloads of pilgrims trudged up the muddy paths to the whispered prayers ( ’ Our Lady of Ballinspittle sway for us ’ ) of the local inn keepers , the Bishop of Cork gave a lukewarm endorsement to the extent that it WIS no bad thing to see people praying .
12 In view of that stated aim , I was surprised to find no mention of Sherwood Idso 's claims that all of the fuss is a result of climatologists barking up the wrong tree , misled by computer models which are all making the same mistake .
13 Mind you 're still got , still getting a lot of heat going up the old chimney are n't you ?
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