Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] up the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Trent sprinted up the dock and spotted the President 's granddaughter . |
| 2 | If you have any views pick up the phone and call me now . |
| 3 | It means that there are holes in the DLV's willingness to connect up the evidence and enforce the conclusions it generates . |
| 4 | On arrival , Stirling divided up the area between the two squadrons . |
| 5 | The Norman Towers — Entering through these it is easy to imagine the Knights of the Middle Ages setting off for battle , banners flying and a host of bowmen and falconers bringing up the rear . |
| 6 | When I do that , it 's like summat inside of me is pulled out and streaks back up the street , under all the lights , right round the corner to where I ca n't see . |
| 7 | Sir [ James ] Stephen added : ‘ The effect of adopting this definition would be to include under one description all the cognate offences which at present make up the crime of theft . |
| 8 | Meanwhile the main path route goes up the valley until sea reappears ( where these two routes merge ) . |
| 9 | Photographs , coloured yarn and a short text made up the rest of the display . |
| 10 | They pause , watching her long walk across the grass , a supplicant walking up the cathedral nave , she has a sense of awe , her hands are cold and damp in spite of the heat . |
| 11 | She ate dinner alone before a fire made of driftwood that sent salty blue flames leaping up the chimney . |
| 12 | So an optimistic note for the pub trade , but a pessimistic one for Oxfordshire 's only two-man brewery , because it 's struggling to survive against tough competition from the major breweries and the are concerned that the Government proposals to shake up the brewing industry wo n't really help them . |
| 13 | This problem is common with fine lines when you tie any type of knot which entails pulling the line above the hook to tighten up the knot . |
| 14 | Morton 's controversial final chapter is only a few thousand words long and attempts to sum up the marriage now but TODAY has discovered new revelations showing how close Diana came to walking out — and still might . |
| 15 | Rachaela had , again , the image of a man in a black cloak walking up the house wall . |
| 16 | The following morning we were up at 3.00am , accepted slices of bread and jam and joined the line of headtorches walking up the glacier . |
| 17 | Erm I 'm er rising to take the opportunity to sum up the debate er for those of us on this side of the house and to say that on this side of the house we do welcome these orders actually coming through , delayed though they are and er besmirched though they are by the usual examples of government incompetence in failing to send them to the scrutiny committee in the proper manner to allow the usual processes to take place but wi that 's par for the course these days . |
| 18 | Ben drew up the car and then glanced at Zoe . |
| 19 | Lisa snatched up the phone , annoyed at her own forgetfulness . |
| 20 | The shore boys were ready for us with slides and ropes , and the local corporation carthorses were ready to be harnessed to the capstan ropes to pull up the beach the Jim and Eliza . |
| 21 | Of the relatively small amount of CDs issued in other currencies , yen and ECU make up the bulk . |
| 22 | Two skimmers to pole and bloodworm tactics made up the bulk of his 4–1–3 winning weight , pipping England international Alan McAtee ( Elton Tackle ) on 3–13–8 . |
| 23 | At first sight everything seemed normal as boats bobbed at anchor in the little harbour , the wind whipped up the sea , and the mainly farming community attended to early calving . |
| 24 | The first attempt to drive up the cost of travelling by road brought down the government . |
| 25 | A flight of steps led up the mound to the base of the figure . |
| 26 | Kids eat up the money . ’ |
| 27 | The amp 's master volume pot , headphone socket and mains switch make up the remainder of front panel controls . |
| 28 | The sensors pick up the change which is then fed back directly to alter the temperature or some other variable . |
| 29 | The snakes and the tardy remedy make up the entirety of God 's response . |
| 30 | The line of boys and masters — Hasan and Rafiq bringing up the rear — made its way through pools of water and patches of sodden black earth , across the cinder track leading up towards the Windmill , and to the chestnut-trees , now almost empty of leaves , that shadow the edge of parkside . |