Example sentences of "[vb past] up the [noun] but " in BNC.
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| 1 | OK , I often employ builders on the basis that they 've got an honest face only to find they 've nicked my buckets , added unnegotiated noughts on to their invoices and buggered up the plumbing but … |
| 2 | Willie climbed up the ladder but the enormous socks kept making him slip . |
| 3 | Shadow Chancellor Gordon Brown stepped up the onslaught but his Commons demand that the Chancellor should be dragged to explain himself before MPs was unsuccessful . |
| 4 | Just rang up the Dial-a-ticket but there 's no news as to when the tickets for the Oxford match are available . |
| 5 | Moodie , suffering a bout of flu , kept up the momentum but eased off on the last lap with a minor suspension problem . |
| 6 | The flames lit up the skyline but there was no sign of Mayne . |
| 7 | ‘ His timing was impeccable , and he ended up the hero but you set your own standards and once they are high you have got to keep up with them . |
| 8 | Conley picked up the passengers but as he overtook a car on Overdale Road , Park End , Middlesbrough , he lost control . |