Example sentences of "[verb] up one of " in BNC.
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| 1 | But when I mentioned that there was a legendary tunnel that ran from the battlements of Beaufort down through the sheer rock to the bottom of the Litani gorge , they leapt to their feet and bounded up one of the staircases . |
| 2 | Erm there 's , they have n't added up one of the boxes , and I believe that in terms of erm its actual cost . |
| 3 | No-one could deny that it brought real benefit to Scotland , which built up one of the most advanced and successful electronics sectors in Europe . |
| 4 | She snatched up one of the spears racked handy beside the hearth , and her father ducked fast as it slashed just over his head into a tapestry hanging above the fire , cut a two-foot gash in Saint Peter 's side and raised a shower of sparks . |
| 5 | Riven had lost his in the river , but he snatched up one of the long river poles and stabbed it down on the crowds of hairy heads which thronged the water , clicking against skulls . |
| 6 | He had picked up one of the pups and examined it roughly before replacing it in the cardboard box with the others . |
| 7 | The whole situation seemed both tragic and also profoundly humiliating — as when she 'd picked up one of his sweaters , packed in her suitcase by mistake . |
| 8 | Or had a tourist picked up one of the cards she had lavishly distributed around the village shops and arrived to buy a souvenir ? |
| 9 | Eleven days ago these sides contrived to conjure up one of the really memorable Croke Park finals that wo n't be easily forgotten by those fortunate enough to have been present . |
| 10 | Paul and I had gone for a walk along the sand , northwards on a calm , bright autumn day after a ferocious storm the night before that had ripped slates off the roof of the house , torn up one of the trees by the old sheep-pen and even snapped one of the cables on the suspension foot-bridge . |
| 11 | ‘ We were doing some vocals and Damon ( Albarn ) was in one of his mad moods and was climbing up one of the acoustic screens they had in the studio . |
| 12 | Picking up one of the large wooden podgers the women used to push down the bagwashes , Michael prodded Tommy on the shoulder . |
| 13 | In pursuing the campaign for family allowances ( initially intended to provide the mother with a wage as well as allowances for children ) , mainstream feminists of the inter-war years were picking up one of the major demands of labour women 's groups prior to World War I and consciously taking on board social issues of importance to working class women . |
| 14 | Claire stood up and began walking around the room , idly picking up one of the many calculators lying around , her hand trailing over the volumes of books on the shelves . |
| 15 | ‘ Diamonds , eh ? ’ he said , picking up one of the rings . |
| 16 | ‘ When did you last see your husband ? ’ she asked , picking up one of the queries the police had put to her . |
| 17 | Instead he examined the white , scabrous legs of the hospitaller , picking up one of the candles to study the purple-yellow bruise just above the shin on the corpse 's right leg . |
| 18 | I do hope he is n't the murderer , I do n't want them to lock up one of my best contacts , but if you ever hear where he really was , I 'd love to know . ’ |
| 19 | Mr Lloyd Webber has built up one of the country 's finest collections of Pre-Raphaelites , which is split between his 10,000-acre country estate in Berkshire and his home in Eaton Square . |
| 20 | Mike Curb , who has built up one of the most successful privately-owned record companies and recently moved his head office to Nashville from Los Angeles , thinks country is well on its way to being a big part of mainstream pop — making a nonsense of the current radio-station categories that still set country apart . |
| 21 | The German government has approved at massive programme to clean up one of eastern Germany 's most polluted regions , the triangle linking Halle , Leipzig and Bitterfeld , formerly a major centre of lignite mining and chemical processing . |
| 22 | We drove up one of the steep hills which look down on the city and are encircled by walls and bastions ( built by the great sixteenth-century architect Michele Sanmichele ) to the house where I was going to live . |
| 23 | He could dress up one of his ladies to look respectable an' make a call . ’ |
| 24 | Derek lifted up one of these squeaky casings and there , sitting in a row on an oily shaft , were three baby barn owls . |
| 25 | Dr Russell insisted that I went with the convalescent men and we were lucky to pick up one of the last trains to go northwards . |
| 26 | A lever was sent for , and Harry himself was required to open up one of the barrels filled some days before . |
| 27 | But in South Africa , because male dancers were scarce , every available man willing to go on stage and hold up one of the women had to be encouraged and enabled to do so ; consequently , even the most rudimentary beginners were taught partnering . |
| 28 | Melinda waded out after me and we climbed up one of the mooring ropes on to the deck . |
| 29 | Once , when we were going up one of the main avenues in the city a lump of thawing snow fell from a tree under which we were passing and hit me on the face . |
| 30 | Workmen cleaning up one of the less contaminated rooms hastened out in alarm after their air meters showed they were breathing dangerously low levels of oxygen . |