Example sentences of "[noun pl] up [adv] [subord] " in BNC.

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1 NORTHGATE REPORTS LOSSES UP MORE THAN 40%
2 cupboards up there once they 're painted .
3 " There are places up there where he could have been put in all right without attracting too much attention . "
4 I wish I could give these women their time again , to take them to the hills and show them what they could have shared with their selfish husbands , show them how a ridge-walk compares to a coffee morning in a draughty church hall , and how they could have become more in tune with their spirit and feelings up here than stuck down there watching television soap operas .
5 I hope that delays will be reduced and therefore cost reduced money saver customers up there unless it can be
6 It was an unexpectedly tender insight on the part of the Arabs to accommodate their infants up here where it was airy and cool .
7 This in turn leads to their ‘ going by the book ’ , their sense of power stemming from their ability to hold things up rather than get things done .
8 Double top : Unigate , known for its St Ivel brand , reported pre-tax profits up more than 50% , from £101.4m from £65.7m .
9 These above-average profits depended to some extent on the Company 's political influence in England ; in India it was not powerful enough to control the market , but its charter gave it a monopoly in England which let it push prices up further than would have been practicable if non-members of the Company ( denounced as ‘ interlopers ’ ) had been able to import cotton goods into England freely .
10 So , they 've had to get men in , to board the windows up then if somebody else gets the house , they 've got to get these men to come and take the boards down again , then they glazier has to put the window in .
11 Nora calculated that there must be lots of single men up there so she decided it was ideal for the ‘ manhunt ’ , as we called it , even though the train fare was a serious consideration .
12 I do n't know why makers leave nuts high in this way ; if they have real confidence in their necks , they should set nuts up perfectly before the guitars leave the workshop .
13 They 'd better make their minds up quickly whether he was in charge or not .
14 And th they will they will have dealt with more incidents up here than I would imagine any other erm place of employment that they 'll go to .
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