Example sentences of "a [noun] [vb -s] up the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh shame it 's a bloke works up the bank |
| 2 | I 'm surprised that one did n't work because I mean they 're usually hot on it , you know they know where to go and and usually there 's action taken if a councillor takes up the cause . |
| 3 | It 's not an ‘ instant ’ way of playing , whereas , especially with units like the Trace Elliot here , using a plectrum tightens up the response time in terms of attack . |
| 4 | A guy with a gun sits up the tree and waits . |
| 5 | He said : ‘ If a player flicks up the ball and tries to head it to his goalkeeper , or flicks it up for someone else to knock back , he 'll be booked for ungentlemanly conduct . ’ |
| 6 | At Newby Cote , a detached farming community on the old road , a track leads up the hillside and when it ends , its direction can be maintained by continuing upwards alongside the stream bed of Grey Wife Sike , which is normally dry . |
| 7 | Each occurrence at such a spot builds up the energy store until , after generations , it begins to be noticed more consciously . |