Example sentences of "[adv] up the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although the soil of Craven was good loam , little corn was grown , even less up the dales ; oats alone could withstand the damp climate and formed the staple food of the common people . |
| 2 | He has described how on that summer morning he tip-toed alone up the back-stairs to the bedroom where her body lay : |
| 3 | No doubt they see themselves as devoted middlewomen , bringing the truly important work of the time to the avid masses , but all they are really doing , wrote Harsnet ( typed Goldberg ) is fucking up the lives of both sets of people . |
| 4 | Unlike Ted , he had risen rapidly up the ranks , was voted Rookie of the Year in 1987 , made it into the Top 16 at the end of '88 , and was tipped to become a challenger for the world title . |
| 5 | Walks vary from a gentle stroll to the neighbouring resort of Thumersbach , from where you can return by boat , through to more challenging rambles using the cable car further up the mountains . |
| 6 | We are yeah we had video at number three about three or four years back , and we thought that was great and we never dreamed of going any further up the charts you know so it 's great that this one 's gone to number one . |
| 7 | These are hollow and are connected to poison glands further up the legs . |
| 8 | It was the middle of March and the snow had receded even further up the slopes . |
| 9 | She has worked her way slowly up the rankings until now she is only a few places behind Durie in the high sixties . |
| 10 | He went straight up the stairs and a few minutes later came down carrying a parcel of his things . |
| 11 | Other pictures took the place of these ; Neil 's tent , not far up the brae , and the possibility not only , at worst , of having its shelter for the night , but of my seeing from that vantage point when Neil came back with his boat . |
| 12 | Soon the chicks were big enough to be out and about , and once they had left their mother , they began to exhibit her wild characteristics , wandering recklessly far up the fields into territory frequented by foxes . |
| 13 | I did n't stay to see it happen , just went as far up the fields as I could go . |
| 14 | Considering ( i ) the rock structures , then the several transport costs — ( ii ) for fuel , ( iii ) for raw materials , and ( iv ) to markets , why did the owners decide to place their blast-furnaces mainly in the north east , far up the valleys , as at Merthyr Tydfil and Ebbw Vale ? |
| 15 | What arguments , or reasons , would the directors have put forward for closing a dozen old works far up the valleys , at 300 m altitude , and building two new ones on the coast , at Port Talbot and , perhaps , at Cardiff ? |
| 16 | But then the majority of hill-walking is done in less than satisfactory weather , and somehow , no matter how foul and inclement it is , you can not wait to get back up the hills and do it again . |
| 17 | A ‘ clow ’ was a flap-valve to stop flood-water rising back up the ditches at high tide . |
| 18 | Harriet climbed back up the steps . |
| 19 | She pulled through the clutching shrubbery and skimmed back up the steps , realizing she was leaving footprints of damp earth . |
| 20 | Quiss stamped his foot in frustration , then marched back up the steps to retrieve the rest of his furs and make his way back to the castle 's upper reaches . |
| 21 | I walk back up the steps and stand in the open doorway with the gun smoking by my side . |
| 22 | She met Bill coming back up the steps , and they did not waste time on speech . |
| 23 | Athelstan went back up the steps to rejoin Cranston and Benedicta . |
| 24 | He turned and went back up the rows of cars . |
| 25 | As they drew back up the stairs , piling on the pieces she threw up at them , Lawton sniffed . |
| 26 | Feeling frightened , he scurried back up the stairs and sank bewildered into his armchair . |
| 27 | Angry that she had defied him and yet delighted at her little-girl behaviour , he reluctantly followed , then , holding her very close , walked her back up the stairs as they counted each step in unison . |
| 28 | She heard him coming back up the stairs , she knew his limping step now . |
| 29 | The constable walked back up the stairs , shaking his head . |
| 30 | Almost , she went back up the stairs to give him what she had … |