Example sentences of "[verb] up [prep] [art] main " in BNC.
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1 | We drew up by the main entrance and Tony and I went through the swing doors at speed and headed for the secretary 's office . |
2 | Unlike its predecessors , Warrior is capable of keeping up with a Main Battle Tank across country |
3 | David Ormerod , a geology lecturer at the Open University , has been held in Oradea , Romania , for the past three days , after being picked up at the main crossing point into Hungary . |
4 | Richard and John barred any further advance by holding Châteauroux long enough to permit their father to come up with the main Angevin army and force Philip to raise the siege . |
5 | As I arrived a tractor pulled up with sacks of freshly-picked hops that would be carried up to the main floor of the building to be dried . |
6 | Meanwhile , two stragglers and a dog are running to catch up with the main party ( 2 ) . |
7 | Sometimes there was a dense mass of men , sometimes only a trickle hurrying to catch up with the main body . |
8 | Walking up from the main road we passed the camel drivers squatting round their early morning fires . |
9 | As they drove up to the main door Louise tried not to be emotional . |
10 | I walk up to the main building along a path of large brown stones with the shape and texture of unleavened bread . |
11 | I thought about running along beside him as we came up to the main road opposite the church , about his taking my hand and singing , ‘ Hold my hand — I 'm a stranger in paradise ! ’ |
12 | When the second part of the strap is cut it 's matched up with the main piece for colour . |
13 | If they are right , this spares them the refusal which would have otherwise shown up in the main survey as reported difficulty in getting credit . |
14 | Well you can see for yourself on Friday , when we meet up with the main man on the golf course ; he 's full of fun and full of hope . |
15 | The old growth should be cut right off , to ground level , and the plant dug up with the main mass of roots as intact as possible . |
16 | You can compensate for using more time working a really special border and so on by speeding up on the main sections . |
17 | Ben stood before the shallow flight of steps that led up to the main entrance , his head tilted back as he studied the frontage . |
18 | The path ended at the wide stone steps that led up to the main entrance of the lodge . |
19 | To the Edinburgh , at least the Scotland passengers , to Carstairs to connect up to the main Glasgow Central to Liverpool , Birmingham and there were all these places . |
20 | After all the Christmas lights remain up on the main street , and are still working . |
21 | But all that was happening was , the overflow pipe from the Koi quarters was partially blocked : this meant that an abnormally high head of water was building up in the main pool , bringing the level above the sealed junction between liner and blockwork . |
22 | As they walked up towards the main road , he was surprised to see her turn round to wave at the policemen as if they were old friends . |
23 | Tithonus creates a sense of emotional anguish by Tennyson 's use of inversion between lines five and six , ‘ Me only cruel immortality/consumes ’ : This breaking up of the main image of the poem suggests that Tithonus has been captured by immortality . |
24 | They often finished up as the main item on the menu at the feast after their visit . |
25 | Later , when it was time to take Eddie back to school , Louise had kissed him at the gate and his father had walked up to the main door with him . |
26 | The train that leaves Montreal comprises only a couple of day coaches , linking up with the main service 10 hours later at the junction town of Sudbury , Ontario . |
27 | Traffic was beginning to build up on the main road which bypassed Axe , and the sound of one particular car engine could be heard , becoming steadily louder as it approached her part of the lane . |
28 | The place looked heart-wrenchingly familiar , yet in several respects changed too , for as they pulled up below the main steps the first things she noticed were the banks of geraniums and polyanthus cascading over the balconies and frothing down either side of the entrance . |
29 | Stacey nodded enthusiastically , then they all turned as a minibus pulled up at the main entrance . |
30 | They said no more then , for the coach had pulled up at the main door . |