Example sentences of "[noun] [vb -s] up one [noun] " in BNC.

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1 A brief isolation in his room sweetens up one child in five minutes .
2 Peter Marshall moves up one place to No 6 and Chris Walker climbs three places to No 7 .
3 His head is cocked slightly to one side , as if to reduce his height to Shirley Esplin 's level , and a slight sympathetic smile goes up one side of his face .
4 To construct one , the spider clambers up one side of the gap and lifts her abdomen into the air .
5 Another entrepreneur described the power struggle like this : ‘ Some little civil servant turns up one day and wields all this power over you .
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