Example sentences of "[adj] up the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And there was the beds that was there there was beds were still in that bothy and there was there were three of them must have been in the bed you see , and then there was a a board that they slipped in half up the bed and there was a a mattress or whatever on that and another three on that . |
| 2 | Back at the hotel , I help him clear up the lounge bar , which still bears the debris from Andy 's last party a few months earlier . |
| 3 | It was going dark by the time the shepherd and his son shed their ragged leather milking jackets and carried two buckets each up the stone steps to the kitchen , followed by the two carabinieri . |
| 4 | He looked beyond them to the pony and cart , then added not unkindly , ‘ You could get that up the drive . ’ |
| 5 | Well I mean I can get that up the end . |
| 6 | They 're all up the creek . ’ |
| 7 | Im doing this on a PC , as opposed to me normal VDU , and for some reason the function keys are all up the spout . |
| 8 | Metal collars with long steel spikes were undoubtedly the favourite form of protection against throttling , although Punch ( 13 December 1862 ) also dreamt up ‘ great coats made a-la-porcupine … with spring daggers at the elbows and sharp spikes all up the back ’ in order to discourage attack from the rear . |
| 9 | How come you were all up the garage last night ? |
| 10 | But Chris I ca n't see them I ca n't see them making a fire like that that your heat 's gon na go all up the chimney , no way . |
| 11 | driving them all up the pole you know ! |
| 12 | When Santa got stuck up the whatsit . |
| 13 | At least it was n't stuck up the bum ! |
| 14 | Plus , now he knows how Santa feels.The airman who got stuck up the chimney . |
| 15 | When Santa got stuck up the chimney . |
| 16 | When Santa got stuck up the chimney achoo achoo achoo |
| 17 | Vice-Admiral Hawkins was the first up the gangway . |
| 18 | Yesterday , or was it the day before yesterday , or when was it , he had gone first up the ladder on to Lord Jim , but Nenna had gone first into the cabin . |
| 19 | Beth had long ago given up the idea of winning the old man over . |
| 20 | Next up the quality ladder is desktop publishing of which much has been written over the past two years . |