Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] up the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As he did so , the silence was shattered by a warning shout from further up the alley . |
| 2 | The aqueduct carried the overflow stream over three sections of a by-pass channel I 'd cut from further up the dam . |
| 3 | I thought he would , he deserves it and suddenly the semi-circle is clapping and looking at me : ‘ She 's won , she 's a-a-a won , ’ I hear John shout from half-way up the stalls , and my fellow contestants are slapping me on the back and pushing me to the front of the stage , |
| 4 | The old technique of raising the kundalini is , in essence , allowing energies to well up the spine through all the chakras without obstruction . |
| 5 | If the incipient spin has progressed for more than about half a turn because the pilot has kept the stick back , applying the full opposite rudder must be a good thing because it helps to stop the rotation and to even up the stalling of the wings . |
| 6 | Travel changes perspectives , it gives the traveller a new set of horizons and a chance to even up the sense of proportion with which he or she views life . |
| 7 | Will my right hon. Friend find out what can be done to even up the balance ? |
| 8 | It would be risky , so soon after Paul 's death , but I had to do something to even up the balance . |
| 9 | In fact she might even just dream up a few to even up the score a little . |
| 10 | So I got to even up the score and have a wonderful , if demanding , week of fun acting . |