Example sentences of "[adv] and [vb past] up [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Soil was scraped away and carried up ladders in bags , weighing 30–60 kilos , to be dumped at the edge of the crater . |
| 2 | But after the interval the striker pulled up with a hamstring strain , signalled to the bench to come off — and then gave the ball away and set up Stuttgart 's vital opening goal . |
| 3 | ‘ The moment he finished with Etty , the big beast ran over and dug up Admiral King-Fisher 's nest . |
| 4 | Greek bidders descended on the sale yesterday and drove up prices . |
| 5 | You did not go off and set up house with the man in your life and perhaps think about marriage if it seemed like a good idea , after a year or two . |
| 6 | He would have been so happy that his daughter — his only child — ’ the pause-calculating arrived once more and pushed up Hope 's resistance another notch ‘ — had accepted and had been so proud to accept the proposal of a man as distinguished as you , sir . ’ |
| 7 | Rory unscrewed the top from the bottle of Bells carefully and topped up Fergus 's little silver cup . |
| 8 | With his usual presence of mind he nipped back and picked up Sheldukher 's hard copy map of the planet . |
| 9 | The methods Souness used when he set about a struggling Rangers , turned them around and picked up Championships and cups , prepared us for what was on the way at Anfield . |
| 10 | Now , out there , in other areas , north of the river mainly , there is gangs would like to come down here and set up organization . |