Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv] up [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This makes it very difficult for the mains to be contaminated by dirty water ( from a bath , say ) being sucked back up the mains — a phenomenon known as back siphonage . |
| 2 | Trefor 's exercise , for picking and co-ordination , is based on a major seventh chord shape *INSERT CHORD BOX * moved chromatically up the fingerboard . |
| 3 | No details of attribute unc have been specified , so it could be considered as an external influence on the assembly , termed " car sub-space " , and thus be reflected further up the system . |
| 4 | The smoke should be drawn cleanly up the flue . |
| 5 | Sampson feels ‘ a very great aversion ’ to Slinkton as soon as he sees him : ‘ His hair , which was elaborately brushed and oiled , was parted straight up the middle ; and he presented this parting to the clerk , exactly … as if he had said , in so many words : ‘ You must take me , if you please , my friend , just as I show myself . |
| 6 | The body of Edward Stone , 27 , an experienced climber who lived locally , was found halfway up the peak . |
| 7 | Once she was safely winched back up the slipway into the lifeboat shed , I spoke to some of the crew . |
| 8 | John could tell that it was being driven back up the hill towards Putna . |
| 9 | Daak had stopped half-way up the girder and , holding on with one hand , was flailing the air with his chainsword . |
| 10 | Most of them , to judge by the paw marks , had gone straight up the ride , not working the covert on either side at all . |
| 11 | That , and being taken further up the reef , for three to four days , is the real bonus — highly recommended . |
| 12 | They are , however , living close by and were last spotted further up the valley , where they have taken residence in another barn ! |
| 13 | He will be taken far up the ladder . ’ |
| 14 | In this way , liability is passed back up the chain of distribution to the manufacturer . |
| 15 | Paul had climbed back up the embankment — with the post sticking out of his body . |
| 16 | Dunwoody was surprised when the judge called him the winner on Remittance Man in the opening Bristol Novice Hurdle , believing Peter Scudamore had got back in the final strides on the favourite Regal Ambition after being headed halfway up the run-in . |
| 17 | So we swung across like two trapeze artists failing an audition for Billy Smart 's circus , and headed gratefully up the glen towards the ridge . |
| 18 | The light travels down an open tube until it hits a curved mirror at the bottom ; the rays are then sent back up the tube on to a smaller , flat mirror placed at an angle of 45 degrees , so that the rays are directed into the side of the tube , where an image is formed and magnified by an eyepiece . |
| 19 | Four guylines are attached halfway up the pole sleeve to storm-lash the tent — great for very high winds . |