Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb base] up [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | As soon as the flow becomes established , in fact , piles of solid lumps of lava build up at the sides of the flow , and help to confine it to its course . |
| 2 | It was n't long before she heard Douglas 's car draw up on the short gravel drive . |
| 3 | Current members of the Club go up for the weekend to climb ( this year it was too cold — even the lakes were frozen ) and after dinner retire to doss on whatever floor may be found . |
| 4 | Trend prediction is now big business to help commerce and industry keep up with the latest demands created by peer group pressure . |
| 5 | He left the room abruptly before anyone could respond , and it was only when Belinda heard his powerful car start up in the driveway that she realised he was n't coming back . |
| 6 | However , about ten o'clock the police car come up into the close and I was up in the workshop and I says to him I says , aye , I says , have you found Charlie ? |
| 7 | Was that slightly pooped gentleman with the waving arms who had ( oh God ! ) told Lord Boddy that his views were absolutely fascinating , and ( oh God oh God ! ) lit another of the television company 's cigarettes with their silver butane table-lighter every time he had seen the red light come up on the camera pointing at him — was that exuberantly shameful figure really identical with the anguished mortal man who now lay here stretched as taut as a piano-string in the dark ? |
| 8 | From my window I saw a tan Mercedes sports car pull up to the moving steps which were being fitted into place . |
| 9 | I cast one longing glance up at the cliffs of Coire Ardair , where the sun was glancing off the icy tips of gleaming rock , and I knew that next time I 'd get the sucker . |
| 10 | He loped across the bar , swinging his hips to show off his twin Colts , and got his polished pseudoleather boot up on the bar . |
| 11 | Then when we got to the sawmill I 'd stay close beside Uncle Bill watching him sawing and planing , keeping well away from the saw , until midday when the mill shut up for the week . |
| 12 | As Julian & co limber up for the long haul , you get the feeling they never really hated rock as the survivors of post-punk seemed to . |
| 13 | My right hand shook as I remembered the sudden fear of seeing the crimson tracer flick up from the ground . |
| 14 | Biggleswade saw the British heroine climb up onto the Argie tank , and cheered . |
| 15 | And then when the graduates from that process come up with the goods , invest in their innovative ideas . |
| 16 | and I was gon na go and apply for but then Neil he sent for me and just asked me , just told me there was a job come up in the office and if I wanted it |
| 17 | This talked about tormentosas , con gran aparato eléctrico , and we experienced one of these during an evening stroll up above the town and got completely drenched . |
| 18 | The neighbours would hear the truck draw up in the middle of the night , the rattle of the tail-board , the despairing slurry of the prisoner 's feet on the dirt . |
| 19 | Then there 's a water butt up by the back door ; and some honeysuckle growing over the porch . |
| 20 | Reynard Lennon , who had left a trail of confused , temporarily disabled security droids behind him , waited in the shadow of a large rhododendron hybrid in Acropolis Park and watched the Roirbak rotor dance up from the roof , wheel around and head towards Sector 2p . |
| 21 | Oh god hurry up with the beer . |
| 22 | Despite a last minute clear up by the travellers the common was still strewn with waste — the leftovers of a twenty thousand strong party . |
| 23 | ‘ My friend Sheilagh up on the mountain is very nervy and distraught until she has her turf in . |
| 24 | Loads of water get up through the gates . |
| 25 | Hope walked across to one of the biggest stones and examined its blank surface close up with the most scrupulous attention until the Colonel and his ward had quit the field . |
| 26 | Sure an' they must be pleased seein' the geddle come up in the world like she has . ’ |
| 27 | He saw the tree rise up off the stage and did not see the rope and pulleys that raised it . |
| 28 | But now the solar influence is beginning to turn around to contribute a further warming influence up to the year 2010 , boosting the greenhouse effect where for the past 30 years it has been counterbalancing it . |
| 29 | Will the right hon. Gentleman further explain to my constituent why people who reach that age end up in the appalling position of having all their age allowances clawed back by the Government ? |
| 30 | She hoisted the baby on to her hip and dragging a chair close up to the television set , sat down and stared at the blank screen . |