Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pers pn] [vb past] up the " in BNC.
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| 1 | With the summer certain to be dominated ( again ) by sequels ( Legal Weapon 3 , Batman Returns , Alien³ ; , Honey I Blew Up The Kids ) , Hollywood pundits are keeping busy predicting this season 's sleeper hits . |
| 2 | In the car I rolled up the windows and screamed all the way to the Sawtelle Veteran 's Hospital in Los Angeles where we were filming . |
| 3 | With an anguished whimper she gave up the fight and kissed him back with a fervour born of all the long , lonely nights she 'd spent without him , her arms snaking up round his neck to pull him closer still . |
| 4 | As soon as I mentioned an Easter wedding they brought up the Royal . ’ |
| 5 | The Empress was in great beauty … the Emperor also looked very impressive , and when after the ceremony he held up the child in his arms to present him to the multitude , the enthusiasm was genuine and great . |
| 6 | Like a small child being told by stern parent she picked up the drink and tossed it back at a gulp . |
| 7 | To join the band , I first picked up the sweater piece with right side facing and then using a three pronged latch tool I picked up the band . |
| 8 | Just for that you can start again , from the moment you climbed up the mooring rope . ’ |
| 9 | When he caught up with the spectators following the last match he picked up the information that had filtered back through the crowd 's grapevine . |
| 10 | In the logbook at the Climbers ' Club 's May Cottage we wrote up the details and history of all climbing activity in Range West . |
| 11 | It sounds quite absurd but the other day I walked up the footpath from the road just to see if it was . |
| 12 | The night I went up the bus was n't due to leave until 11 PM , so I left my luggage with the bus station and went for a meal . |
| 13 | In the course of conversational interviews ( Burgess , 1988 ) that 1 conducted with Valerie Way and with Jenny Ball I followed up the themes of religion , gender and feminism and the impact these had upon their day to day work . |
| 14 | On our first day we sweated up the short scree slope to the foot of Middlefell Buttress , where our threesome roped up sound hemp . |
| 15 | The following day we took up the problem again . |
| 16 | On impulse I picked up the phone and rang her , hoping I still had the right number . |
| 17 | Next morning I cleaned up the vomit and got myself ready for school but I still had a nasty taste in my mouth and I was hot and achey . |
| 18 | The next morning we walked up the glacier and did a lengthy rock scramble , the Trifthorn ( 3,728 metres ) , partly to acclimatise , and partly because Martin had tried it a few years earlier and failed to reach the top . |
| 19 | Sombre , though with a pacy , filmic sequencing he whipped up the orchestra to a marvellously stylish finale . |
| 20 | Despite the opposition of his father he took up the study of medicine , first at Leipzig University and then in Vienna , where his funds ran out , forcing him to take employment for a time with the Governor of Transylvania until he had accumulated sufficient money to continue his studies . |
| 21 | In the morning he picked up the van in Hilderbridge and drove to Jackley the long way round through Byss , having a newly upholstered chaise longue to deliver before he made the Jackley collection . |
| 22 | In a footnote he held up the Greek Doric style as the model for a reformed modern architecture . |
| 23 | In their progress they took up the whole width of the footpath . |
| 24 | And who could ever forget the row you kicked up the one year you were n't chosen to play Mary in the school nativity play ? ’ |
| 25 | With a rush of fury she picked up the J-cloth which was sitting in a pool of greasy water at the bottom of the sink . |
| 26 | When his mother knocked on the door he pulled up the sheet . |
| 27 | In fury he scooped up the gelatinous mess and hurled it at Fairbrother , who kicked him in the balls . |
| 28 | Sitting down opposite without a word he picked up the glass and emptied the contents down his throat . |
| 29 | When she returned with the money he brought up the matter of the dog's-tooth suit . |
| 30 | After a moment 's hesitation he picked up the receiver . |