Example sentences of "[vb past] up the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dougal levered up the rectangle of hardwood . |
| 2 | On my first evening , my body still believing it was morning , I wandered up the maze of cobbled alleyways to the city 's most venerable quarter . |
| 3 | It was low and cracked to begin with , then it rose up the scale , eerily , and shook out its top notes across the damp , half-lit glade until I really did think that my father had come not from the hospital but from some horribly , cold , empty region that lies in wait for us instead of all the heavens we have dreamed up to make things bearable . |
| 4 | A twenty-five-foot wave flung itself at the canoe from an unexpected angle and before the crew could turn to absorb the blow , the Hokule'a rose up the face of the wave at forty-five degrees , and was capsized as it flew off the peak . |
| 5 | Some stories say the scribe who drew up the document for the Queen Regent was a Madeiran and that he deliberately forgot to include Madeira . |
| 6 | The bid to revitalise the town was launched yesterday at Stockton Town Hall by John Sefton , chairman of Stockton Central Area Development Agency , which drew up the document . |
| 7 | Everybody knew that they lived in a ‘ planned economy ’ and they also knew who , in the final analysis , drew up the plan . |
| 8 | With his left hand he tore open the tunic of his uniform and drew up the undershirt , baring the flesh . |
| 9 | Which means — since I did n't know about all that when we drew up the contract — there will be a surcharge . ’ |
| 10 | Already gowned and masked herself , she drew up the lignocaine and opened the suture packs . |
| 11 | HM Inspectorate helped in various ways and Statistics Division of the Scottish Office Education Department drew up the sample of schools at short notice . |
| 12 | They ran the most influential party journals , drew up the agenda for party conferences and congresses , and spearheaded the internecine struggle in which the parties were involved . |
| 13 | Indeed those who drew up the blue-print for the Common Market in the 1956 Spaak Report sought to make available to Europeans those advantages so long enjoyed by US manufacturers in the USA 's single market . |
| 14 | The committee which drew up the Act included a large representation from the Finnish National Board of Forestry . |
| 15 | I drew up the list , you 've got it written in there . |
| 16 | If Campese misses the Wales Test at Cardiff Arms Park on November 22 , he may find consolation in the ad men who drew up the match posters being left with more egg on their faces than those who dreamed up George Bush 's ‘ four more years ’ slogan . |
| 17 | Is the Minister seriously saying that when he drew up the disposal scheme and the scheme for professional advice he had no consultation with the Secretary of State for Transport ? |
| 18 | Ben drew up the car and then glanced at Zoe . |
| 19 | The panel members drew up the report after extensive visits to each Park , and to the Norfolk Broads , which enjoys similar status . |
| 20 | Mr Smith , who drew up the report into purchasing powers , said the moves did not mean the end of existing district health authorities . |
| 21 | How easily he could dissemble , Merrill thought wearily as she drew up the chair and prepared to take his dictation . |
| 22 | As I panted in the thin air , a herdboy passed me on the broken steps which zigzagged up the mountainside , joining the smooth terraces with their retaining walls of stone . |
| 23 | Once , after a long night spent putting up posters , Paul Simonon heated up the remainder of the flour and water paste on a rusty blade and ate it . |
| 24 | On the Cobbler 's South Peak , Gary Latter ventured up the slab directly above the start of Osirus : Horus E6 6b was the outcome . |
| 25 | They leaped down and charged up the shore , yelling triumphantly . |
| 26 | She wore a pale blue suit , skirt slit up the thigh for combat , and a white blouse . |
| 27 | After two years of hectic creative activity , Jill Garner left the FYT team where , as Support and Resources Officer , she headed up the Jubilee Year programme and Development Appeal . |
| 28 | The conductor pushed the door open and peered up the train to see that others were doing the same . |
| 29 | But despite his willingness to collaborate with this tall , blond , handsome editor and publisher with his square , even teeth invariably clamped over fat Turkish cigarettes and whose ice-blue eyes sometimes narrowed as he weighed up the profit or nuisance value of a potential contributor , Vaughan regarded Lehmann critically , detecting mistrust and calculation behind the editor 's apparent kindness and friendliness . |
| 30 | There was a long silence in which Steve weighed up the situation before speaking . |