Example sentences of "[vb past] up on [num] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I understand that other roads built up on one side only have been granted 30 mph speed limits . |
| 2 | Even her voice was different and he came up on one elbow to look into her face , seeing all the fire die out of her . |
| 3 | He got up on one elbow . |
| 4 | The bedside lamp snapped on and she turned to see Fernando , raised up on one elbow , gazing at her . |
| 5 | Having reached the end it went up on one wing , round through 180 ° in the space of fifty metres , and plummetted out of the sky on to the tarmac . |
| 6 | He leaned up on one elbow to gaze down at her and instead of Ruth feeling a rush of panic she felt incredibly calm . |
| 7 | Her eyes flying open , Polly reared up on one elbow . |
| 8 | Men who had been asleep and were woken up by the noise did not appear to resent it but sat up on one elbow and stared . |