Example sentences of "[noun] [coord] [verb] up [noun prp] " in BNC.

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1 Now he 's there it should almost be like a holiday because he is required only to do what he is good at — getting tight on the opposition and setting up England 's creative players .
2 She got out of the car and walked up Doris 's path , her back ramrod straight .
3 They got out of the car and walked up Sybil 's short drive .
4 Grant sat back , decided to use his transceiver and call up Lawton , hungry for the sound of another human voice .
5 By their action in rebelling against King Oswiu and setting up Penda 's young son , Wulfhere , as their king ( see Appendix , Fig. 8 ) , the Mercians again broke free from the northern Anglian Humbrian federation and re-entered the arena of southern politics .
6 Ricco Cardoni robbed Peter Shirtliff and set up Joao Cruz for a simple finish that had Spora 's fans — all 26 of them — dancing with delight .
7 Just in case he met any of the Springall household he went down Friday Street , turning into Bread Street and back up St Mary Le Bow .
8 ‘ Pooh , nonsense , Miss Abbott , ’ Harry Burrows exclaimed , striding about the drawing-room and picking up Aunt Emily 's treasured objects .
9 Can you just s use the microphone and speak up Mr Potter please .
10 If we go back up to the corner of Rua de Carreira and Avenida Zarco and go up Rua das Pretas , we come to the Church of São Pedro which was completed in 1598 and then extensively restored in 1747–8 , when the front was altered .
11 Carry on to Seacombe Cliff and turn up Seacombe Bottom until you see a stone marker on the left .
12 He looked as though he had just returned from a Chas'n Dave concert or tied up Hercules the horse in the Steptoe and Son barn .
13 The only thing I 've time to do today is to run into Registry and look up Dr Serafin .
14 The big centre-forward effortlessly strolled past David Burrows , moved into the penalty area and set up Bradley Allen — but his snatched shot went over .
15 He moved across to the display cabinet and picked up Dick Turpin .
16 Labs which for years had worked on more classical memory tasks found themselves funded to purchase morris mazes and set up LTP facilities .
17 In between they were too busy enjoying themselves on the beach at Barmouth , or down by the lake or clambering up Snowdon .
18 A fight involving 150 people led to BUF members breaking up an IFL meeting , tearing up its banner and beating up Arnold Leese and Brigadier-General Blakeney , the ex-president of the BFs .
19 Weir looked sharp and eager as Jackson 's partner in attack and set up Lennon for the best early chance of the game .
20 Weir looked sharp and eager as Jackson 's partner in attack and set up Lennon for the best early chance of the game .
21 Stephen clapped his hands and picked up Elaine 's grip , whilst a porter took the trolley loaded with three large suitcases and two carrier bags packed full of magazines , newspapers and duty-free goods .
22 I can just about remember my own , but I do n't rack up the angst if I have to extract the address book and look up Oliver Russell in it .
23 She handed Emmie the empty cup and picked up Mo tenderly .
24 Nine minutes later the score was 3–0 as John Brown broke into the penalty box and set up Ian Ferguson to fire home .
25 They left the Tower and rode up Eastcheap , turning into Gracechurch , past the Cornmarket where St Peter on Cornhill stood , and into Cheapside .
26 We started off VFR and ended up IFR , but on this occasion had to climb up to 10,000 feet , when the lack of turbo-charging became very apparent as the climb rate dropped considerably .
27 It occurred to him that he could go into any public library where they kept phone directories for the whole country and look up Alec Chipstead and see if his address was Wyvis Hall .
28 The DPR directors had worked at LHW and set up DPR along the same principles .
29 Then came a review which made a bonfire of all the others and lit up Burton 's name in flames in the English theatre of the day .
30 We started from the Dungeon Ghyll hotel and crawled up Mill Gill in the heat of the midday sun .
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