Example sentences of "[vb past] up [art] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eric Pendry himself drew up a long list of recommendations for making these exercises safer . |
| 2 | He strolled up the long arcade , pausing frequently to peer in shop windows at the expensive goodies . |
| 3 | So much for security , Ruth mused as she leapt back into the jeep and drove up the long gravelly drive ; I could be a burglar for all he knew . |
| 4 | Thinking of the crystal spaces , the lines of Kubla Khan unfolded naturally before him as he dawdled up the long terrace of decaying houses . |
| 5 | From our mooring at the pier , panting in the heat , we walked up a long steep , straight track , which led to the main village where accommodation in private houses was to be allocated ; there were no hotels or pensiones . |
| 6 | Well a great situation Scott Gemmell followed up the long ball picked up the as they ran at the defence and then he 's committed to play it and then he 's just just slid it in nicely for Kingsley Black on his left side . |
| 7 | His North Sea assault gave the environmentalists a powerful and unique spokesman ; it made the government sit up and take notice ; and it speeded up the long and painful process of making the public aware that there was a very real problem to solve , which was going to involve personal sacrifices . |
| 8 | erm So now we started up the long term survey , and we 've now got 10 schools taking part , and they 're starting next week , and they 'll be carrying on in the same way as they were the pilot survey , taking the same measurements . |
| 9 | Nice , very nice , you went up a long hall toward , as soon as you got er through the doors it was very nice really , quite , quite something for Caldmore anyway . |
| 10 | SE5as do not , ’ he brought up a long , curling belch , ‘ wobble . ’ |
| 11 | Then one of the goats chewed up a long roll of film and swallowed it . |
| 12 | Alec led the strenuous but short-lived pitch and I continued up the long Needle Crack : sustained but never too difficult ; glorious bridging above the full height of the crag . |
| 13 | Instead was a happy medley of Luke laughing , of taking her hand as they ran up a long flight of grey stone steps towards some vague but wonderful journey 's end . |
| 14 | She was concentrating on the speed and length which her stride might attain as she hurried up the long slope . |
| 15 | In his anger and frustration , he picked up a long , curved clothes brush and banged it down hard on the surface of the table . |
| 16 | The Bishop picked up a long thin parchment-knife and balanced it in a vein-streaked , brown-spotted hand . |
| 17 | Then the old man picked up a long piece of wood . |
| 18 | He picked up a long knife . |
| 19 | He opened this and , from the darkness , picked up a long , narrow ladder , the type soldiers climb when scaling a castle wall , or a tiler might use when working on the roof of a house . |
| 20 | Then he picked up a long poker from the fireplace and had it like a rifle when he played the tape again . |