Example sentences of "[vb past] up the [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was apparent to me that a great deal more useful information could be derived from the FDR if the single parameter of pitch attitude could be added to the requirements , and I pressed this view very hard with the authorities when they drew up the UK regulations on the subject in 1964 . |
| 2 | That is an easier position to implement than the one taken by the countries which drew up the Basle convention on transboundary movements of hazardous waste , agreed in 1989 and in force since May last year . |
| 3 | Bernadette Friend talks to Pearl Brown , the nurse member of the team which drew up the Tomlinson report |
| 4 | As Paul-Henri Spaak was later to remind the Consultative Assembly of the Council of Europe in 1964 , ‘ Those who drew up the Rome Treaty … did not think of it as essentially economic ; they thought of it as a stage on the way to political union ’ . |
| 5 | On March 11 , opposition groups led by George Serban drew up the Timisoara Declaration , a document calling for the banning of ex-communists from public office , a purge of the bureaucracy and democratic reforms . |
| 6 | Also , as it so happens , in August 1941 Winston Churchill had a meeting with President Roosevelt on board a British battleship , off the coast of Newfoundland , and that was followed by a further meeting at Christmas in Washington , when they agreed to send aid to Russia in the form of armaments , etc. , also they drew up the Atlantic Charter under which it was proclaimed that all peoples , in all parts of the world , would have the right to choose their own form of government . |
| 7 | We headed up the Ring Road towards Old Delhi , and as we drove the avenues began to fill with bicycle rickshaws , all heading in the same direction . |
| 8 | Building on the core collection which once formed part of the outstanding collection of Sir Thomas Lawrence , Parker built up the Ashmolean prints and drawings collection into one of the world 's finest . |
| 9 | His columnist chums built up the Dillingers and Machine Gun Kellys of America , the small-time hoods , and the G-Men , with some difficulty , took them out . |
| 10 | When he phoned up the Scotland Yard Press Bureau the woman who answered said it was she who had fixed up Nicola 's first contact with the Drugs Squad . |
| 11 | So I phoned up the Stanstead P R O the next morning and said ‘ confirm that the Queen is coming to open the airport ? ’ and he said , ‘ Well , we do n't know , we have n't a clue who 's coming to open the airport , yet . |
| 12 | And she phoned up the Saturday , on Friday |
| 13 | The huge yacht sailed up the Derwent accompanied by hundreds of spectator craft to take the winner 's gun early yesterday evening . |
| 14 | Encountering little resistance , they sailed up the Thames and destroyed some of the most powerful fighting ships of the Royal Navy moored at Chatham docks and towed away some others . |
| 15 | As the cold winter gave way to early spring more shipping sailed up the Thames , bringing some extra work for the struggling rivermen , but there was still much unemployment in the riverside borough . |
| 16 | When the first English settlers sailed up the Chesapeake Bay on America 's eastern coast , they found an estuary worthy of Samuel Taylor Coleridge 's fable — vast , limpid and dense with marine life , sustained by the unique mix of brackish water and nutrients that make estuaries the richest marine incubators in the world . |
| 17 | The eels were making such a noise that all the other fishes started making a noise as well , which woke up the Loch Ness Monster ’ . |
| 18 | We burned up the Xerox machine . |
| 19 | As we drove up the Llanberis Pass he imparted to me , in response to my questions , something of the routine of his life . |
| 20 | So we drove up the Llanberis Pass and on the way conceived the unoriginal compromise idea of a Snowdon Horseshoe circuit . |
| 21 | Danish invaders found their way to Lough Neagh between AD 849 and AD 1014 but whether they came up the Bann is uncertain . |
| 22 | Town and canton rose in importance after the early thirteenth century when the bridging of the Schollenen gorge opened up the Cotthard . |
| 23 | When Frobisher sailed to the north of America in 1576 , inspired by hopes of finding a north-west passage to India or China in the way that hopes of finding a north-east passage had led to the voyage that opened up the Muscovy trade , he and his backers were excited to find what they thought was gold on the route . |
| 24 | Alton 's fourth try came from Taff Evans after a series of swift handling moves completely opened up the RAF defence . |
| 25 | I raced up the Stuart Highway at 180 kph ; there were few travellers and the only signs of wildlife were the customary dead kangaroos . |
| 26 | The aim of the second Columbus video was to address the main issues raised by staff following the video and briefings which made up the March cascade . |
| 27 | About the same time , for whatever reason , that the cops , they stitched up the Weasel — who would almost collapse at fat Phillis 's tap , her grave face and hand upon his shoulder — Anton went for a piss . |
| 28 | The Darent valley , a short distance west of the town , contains several well-known examples such as Darent , Lullingstone and Farningham ; others existed up the Medway valley in the Maidstone area . |
| 29 | Store manager Richard Northover was dumped there by the two masked raiders who 'd kidnapped him as he locked up the Woolworths store . |
| 30 | The Finlay Committee which followed up the Shelmerdine report was charged with looking at ways of bringing about internationalization , and how the issue should be raised with the Dominions , the USA , and the USSR . |