Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] up the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 We reached the much photographed Nape 's Needle and skimmed up the short , yet difficult , chimney of boot-worn rock .
2 She claims her alleged victim was confused and made up the whole story .
3 She claims her alleged victim was confused and made up the whole story .
4 If I was n't an actor I 'd be covered in tattoos and pierced up the fucking ying-yang .
5 There , I crossed the ancient Monnow Bridge and rode up the broad main street to Agincourt Square , where colourful umbrellas set before the inns give the place a continental air .
6 Only 16ยท5 per cent of the inhabitants of Pimhill Hundred were exempted from payment of the hearth tax in 1672 , and though many cottagers remained near the poverty line all their lives others prospered a little and moved up the social scale .
7 He came across and dabbed up the spilt coffee with a dirty dishcloth and a flourish .
8 Quickly he went down the ladder , crossed the kitchen and snatched up the top one of a pile of washed sacks from behind the kitchen door .
9 A Shrewsbury architect , Thomas Farnolls Pritchard , had the idea and drew up the original plan , but the design was modified in the process of building the bridge .
10 So much for security , Ruth mused as she leapt back into the jeep and drove up the long gravelly drive ; I could be a burglar for all he knew .
11 Both country 's leaders were from the same generation Clinton is 46 , Major 49 and came up the hard way , she added .
12 We slanted across the river , the wind carrying us against the current , and coasted up the far bank .
13 Emily turned and walked up the wide staircase , looking painfully at the bare walls where paintings of her ancestors had hung for generations .
14 Now several people in the audience were on their feet and waving in an attempt to attract the attention of Gerrard , who left the dais and walked up the narrow central aisle , holding a hand microphone high in the air .
15 In my utter loneliness I had only one resource : several times I took the ferry to North Shields , and walked up the steep bank to a certain public lavatory beside a roaring pub .
16 He left the Incident Room and walked up the steep alley to Lady Street , into the usual morning clutter of delivery vans and pedestrians .
17 She went to the Underground , sat on the train planning what she was going to do , and walked up the big rich tree-lined road where Theresa and Anthony had their home .
18 After slipping the clip carefully into her anorak pocket and zipping it closed she descended the steps and scooped up the fallen FN FAL .
19 And at once , two more leapt forward and scooped up the bleeding lumps of flesh and bone and flung them into the open furnaces .
20 She stooped and scooped up the little dog on to her lap .
21 Without pausing , she hurried on and although I called after her she did n't stop until she had reached the other side and scrambled up the rocky gully to the top .
22 Spurred on by a new hope , she ran across the road and scrambled up the smooth grassy side of the hillock .
23 Then Julius closed the door again and started up the winding staircase nearby .
24 Smoothing down her skirt as she seated herself , she reached over and started up the secondary computer .
25 He lifted one knee from the ground and turned his head slowly and looked up the slight incline to the path , and in his sun-blinded vision he saw a shape .
26 Manolo flicked a switch and brought up the other figure .
27 She went downstairs and brought up the only sweets she had in the house ; a box of liqueur chocolates .
28 They jumped it and went up the opposite slope .
29 On Sunday 10 May 1719 three warships subjected Castle Eilean Donan to a fierce bombardment which left gaping holes in its walls and the small garrison , in their alien white and yellow uniforms , surrendered , in the most gratifying fashion , to a few boatloads of English sailors , who seized the rebels ' stores and blew up the old fortress .
30 His wife seemed to recognise some signal and took up the conversational baton for the next lap .
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