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

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1 To maintain his operation , Sangster needed a regular flow of Classic winners , but this dried up when the Maktoums arrived on the international scene with their limitless spending power .
2 They rose 10 per cent on 2 August , and also moved up when the UN imposed sanctions , when Iraq refused the UN 's call for withdrawal and when the UN set the 15 january deadline .
3 I may as well tell the story , though a new generation , growing up since the Odonata arrived on Earth , will find it incredible .
4 the Russian have fucking one of the most powerful forces , I mean up until the Stalingrad in Moscow , the , the battle of Stalingrad they did n't know if they at all .
5 Since then new offices and flats have sprung up but the Teesdale Development Corporation itself is the only significant tenant on the site .
6 Colchester And District Visual Arts Trust ( CADVAT ) was set up when the Minories art gallery closed after Eastern Arts Board and Colchester borough and Essex county councils withdrew funding .
7 This autumn Heavenly records will release ‘ The Fred EP ’ on which St Etienne , Flowered Up and the Rockingbirds perform ‘ I 'm Too Sexy ’ , ‘ Do n't Talk Just Kiss ’ and ‘ Deeply Dippy ’ respectively ( all royalties , including Right Said Fred 's publishing money , is going to the Terence Higgins Trust ) .
8 Aid to China was stepped up and the USA began to exert economic pressure on the Japanese , stopping all trade between the two countries by July 1941 .
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