Example sentences of "[vb past] up [verb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And then , from down below , an enraged roaring swelled up to fill the staircase . |
| 2 | Maggie woke up to hear the sound of voices , one of which was raised in anger , John 's , she now realized . |
| 3 | Woke up to find the drinking water had frozen . |
| 4 | I woke up to find the doctor lifting me very carefully into my own bed . |
| 5 | Mother Francis often sat there herself when she came up to tidy the place . |
| 6 | Long ago the the abbots of Cupar Angus , they came up to spend the summer m summer months at Dalvaine . |
| 7 | No no he just came up to collect the rent . |
| 8 | Yet Mr Major turned up to watch the cricket at Lord 's yesterday looking like a man without a care in the world . |
| 9 | The tiny village of East Prawle has enjoyed a tourist boom as visitors turned up to view the wreck — and take home a memento . |
| 10 | All that was a drop in the Clyde compared with the crowd at Celtic Park in April 1898 , when 50,000 turned up to see THE game … and the rest ! |
| 11 | The one score and three who turned up to see the morning game against Dorning had a real treat . |
| 12 | When The Fall played Leeds , part of their rider was to play a football match so all these young lads from the area turned up to take the piss . |
| 13 | At the weekend , modern day Roundheads and Cavaliers from all over the country , saddled up to re-enact the skirmish and commerate the 350th anniversary of the war and at times the battle took on a definite air of reality although noone was seriously hurt . |
| 14 | I do n't know how she got up to fix the ceiling chains . ’ |
| 15 | I said I felt ill , and got up to open the door . |
| 16 | Carrie got up to bring the union man some more tea and when she returned with two filled mugs she sat down heavily . |
| 17 | When they had all finished the coffee , Bob got up to pay the bill , leaving John to apologise for his misplaced piece of mockery . |
| 18 | She still said nothing , but got up to make the tea . |
| 19 | When much later in the afternoon she got up to get the tea a tearing sound was heard as her nice blue overall parted with the gummy chair — she let out a burst of laughter . |
| 20 | He moved again , and gladly she leaned over and pressed the bell on the wall beside the cot and got up to get the breast tray . |
| 21 | ‘ I think the first clue I had that I might still be on the team was when your mum pitched up to inspect the body . ’ |
| 22 | If a head popped up to study the terrain , a bullet followed from the other side . |
| 23 | Then , coming to the point where he said ‘ But , my fliends , all that has changed … ’ , he suddenly straightened up , his left hand swung up to remove the moustache , the mandarin cap and the pigtail , while his right hand peeled off the Chinese jacket and gown . |
| 24 | Candlish 's spot kick was well saved by Prentice but Loughery followed up to blast the rebound into the net . |
| 25 | City 's leaders caused Steve Hudsbeth whose tally of goals kept pace with their beaten run , stepped up to take the kick , only to see his effort go outside . |
| 26 | Phillip Mitchell stepped up to ram the spot kick home and then capped a fine individual performance with his second and his side 's third with a powerful strike from the edge of the area . |
| 27 | So I finished up doing the lot . |
| 28 | He hung up studying the information . |
| 29 | He leapt up to take the mug from her shaking hand . |
| 30 | He leapt up to discover the truth . |