Example sentences of "and [vb past] up the [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Marshal had made a point of checking on that because although the Florentines spent a small fortune on electronic locks , bars , security doors and burglar alarms they quite open pressed the switches and opened up the lot to anybody with the wit to ring the bell and call ‘ Telegramtne ! ’ |
| 2 | This had better be good , I thought grimly as I crossed the road and walked up the cul-de-sac to the Parsonage . |
| 3 | She indicated Chris with a quick nod of the head , and ran up the garden to the house . |
| 4 | In a speech at a national conference on industrial production made on Aug. 2 and released on Oct. 8 , Li Peng warned against " blind " over-rapid growth , and summed up the policies to be continued into the first two years of the forthcoming eighth five-year plan as " rectification and the deepening of reform " , with the emphasis on central control . |
| 5 | He was halfway through his coffee when he swung his legs off the couch and picked up the phone to the embassy . |